NOVEMBER LOCATION: IN-PERSON

300 W. Davis Street, Conroe, Texas - Council Chambers, 1st Floor

"2023, An Employment Law Year in Review and What 2024 Might Look Like"

Program 2 - MC-SHRM General Meeting   11:45*AM-1:00PM (*Registration 11:45AM-11:50AM)

Presented by:  Joseph G. (Chip) Galagaza, Sr. Counsel
                          & Joshua A. Redelman, Sr. Associate-Stibbs & Co., P.C.

Employment law, if anything, is in a constant state of change, and 2023 has been no different. This presentation will review major cases, regulatory initiatives, and enacted (or proposed) legislation in the employment law arena and how they impact the day-to-day world of employee relations.

Participant Learning Objectives:

• Explore recent major cases, regulatory initiatives and legislation in the employment law arena
• Evaluate the impact of the cases, regulatory initiatives and legislation on human resources
• Discover possible methods to adapt employee relations polices and procedures to the changes to the extent necessary
• Assess potential changes on the horizon and how they might impact human resources 

Joseph G. (Chip) Galagaza is an attorney in Stibbs & Co.’s employment law section. For over 40 years, Chip has provided clients with sound and practical advice and counsel, and he has represented clients before administrative agencies, in state and federal courts, and in arbitral forums on virtually every kind of issue impacting the employer/employee relationship under labor and employment laws, including statutory discrimination and retaliation claims (e.g., Title VII, TCHRA, ADA, FMLA, EPA, FLSA, ERISA, OSHA, the NLRA, and workers’ comp retaliation) and common law employment claims.

He has authored and presented papers at local and regional continuing legal education seminars and to human resource professional groups on a wide variety of employment law topics, including topics of current interest and “nuts and bolts/how-to” presentations. Before joining the firm, Chip was a Principal in the Houston office of Jackson Lewis P.C.

Joshua A. Redelman is a trusted advisor to businesses both large and small, with significant experience litigating cases involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, as well as discrimination and retaliation claims brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Family Medical Leave Act.

Josh also provides advice regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act compliance and assists his clients with rolling out company-wide compensation changes, conducting internal audits and investigations, reviewing, drafting and rolling-out employment agreements and arbitration and class action waivers, and leading settlement negotiations.