Session Type: Convention, Management Workshop
Location
Location: Convention Center
Available Dates & Times
Description
| The regulatory efforts and administrative agency decisions of today’s administration can have a huge effect on the rights and obligations of an electrical contractor. This program will cover current topics, and red flags to be aware of, including non-traditional NLRB initiatives, new guidance on gender stereotypes, and the impact of court decisions involving gay marriage. The discussion of these issues will show the interplay between federal workplace laws and collective bargaining obligations to enable you to avoid problems early and to best position your company. |
Speaker
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James Matthews
Mr. Matthews is a senior partner in national law firm Fox Rothschild LLP. He is a past Chair of the Firm’s Labor Employment Department and has served as an elected member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. For more than 30 years, he has devoted his practice to representing employers in all aspects of the employment relationship and has extensive trial and appellate litigation experience in the arbitral, administrative and judicial systems. He has deep experience in the construction industry and serves as labor counsel to National Electrical Contractors Association’s Penn-Del-Jersey Chapter and as management counsel to a number of its benefit funds. He has also consulted with the NEBF on withdrawal liability issues. Mr. Matthews writes and speaks frequently on labor employment issues and has presented to multiple regional meetings of National Electrical Contractors Association Chapter Managers. He is the author of Pennsylvania Labor Employment Law (2013), the first comprehensive treatise on federal and state employment issues affecting Pennsylvania employers and employees.