Critical Legal Strategies Session 2: Employment
Future-Proofing Your Agency: Critical Legal Strategies for Leaders
This seminar series is designed to help member CEOs, CFOs and COOs navigate the complex legal landscape while driving sustainable growth. Covering key issues such as privacy regulations, employment law, and the emerging legal and ethical issues of new technologies like generative AI, these sessions will provide actionable insights to mitigate risk and seize new opportunities. Led by Davis+Gilbert partners, each seminar will equip agency leaders with the knowledge they need to protect their business, maintain compliance, and thrive in an evolving industry.
Session 2: Employment
From independent contractor classifications to workplace policies, employment law is constantly evolving. This session will help agency leaders navigate key legal considerations, including wage and hour laws, remote work policies, and DEI-related compliance, ensuring they can manage their workforce effectively while minimizing legal exposure.
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain clarity on employee classification, contracts, and wage compliance.
- Learn how to implement legally sound workplace policies.
- Identify common employment law pitfalls and how to proactively address them.
Speakers
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Jessica Cortes
Partner
Davis+Gilbert
Jessica Golden Cortes provides clients with comprehensive employment counsel, ensures their regulatory compliance, and resolves workplace disputes when they arise. Her clients include businesses of all sizes from startups to established multinational corporations in industries such as advertising, marketing public relations, finance, fintech and architecture, and nonprofit religious and education-focused organizations.
