Adapting to the Latest Employment Law Changes: What It Means For HR with Joyce Collier, Partner at Uebler Law (#20)

The Biden administration has taken a stance to protect employees, especially when it comes to hot topics like sexual harassment, nondisclosure agreements, pregnancy and women returning to work after the birth or adoption of a child. And there could be severe consequences for employers who don't follow the letter of the law. To get you up to speed on recent, impactful changes to employment law, we talked to employee advocate attorney Joyce Collier, Partner at Uebler Law, LLC.

Highlights

[3:07] Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

[9:00] Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act

[12:24] Speak Out Act

[15:06] Sexual harassment training

[17:30] Federal ban on forced arbitration for complaints of sexual assault and harassment

[22:59] EEOC guidance on using AI to scan resumes

[27:15] FTC proposed rule banning non-compete agreements and the pending Groff v. DeJoy Supreme Court decision

[33:23] Employee health info and the ADA

[37:11] Healthy workplace bills

[40:44] State pay transparency laws
Guest Bio

Joyce Collier, Partner, Uebler Law, LLC

Joyce has over 30 years of experience handling employment cases that involve discrimination in state and federal courts. She's advocated for victims of sexual harassment, retaliation, and wage theft.

She's also represented employers in helping them avoid litigation by helping them write policies and handbooks, as well as conducting audits and compliance seminars.

She graduated with honors from Rutgers School of Law, receiving the Most Promising Civil Litigator award. She clerked for the Honorable Justice Robert Clifford of the New Jersey Supreme Court and has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 10 years running. She has also served as an adjunct law professor at Rutgers School of Law, Camden in the area of disability law.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyce-collier-57078b1b0/⁠https://ueblerlaw.com/https://www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-pregnant-workers-fairness-act

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/fab/2023-2.pdf

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-releases-new-resource-artificial-intelligence-and-title-vii

https://www.hrmorning.com/news/new-law-pwfa-june-27/

https://www.hrmorning.com/news/pump-act-guidance-new-compliance-tool/

https://www.hrmorning.com/articles/4-reasons-speak-out-act-all-cracked-up-to-be/

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