Emerging Wage-Hour Class Action Threat Breakfast

With the Former Administrator of the Wage-Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor

For Senior Human Resources Executives and Senior Legal Counsel

The Human Resources Association of Central Ohio and Littler Mendelson, the nation's largest employment and labor law firm, cordially invite you to join us for this invitation-only opportunity for senior human resources executives and legal counsel to meet Tammy McCutchen, former Administrator of the Wage-Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor during the Bush Administration, who will provide an insider's view of the emerging threat of wage and hour collective actions facing a wide range of industries.

Collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage-hour laws have proliferated within the past few years and continue to be of paramount concern to employers. Suits involve claims of the misclassification of employees as exempt from overtime pay, employees working off the clock, and other alleged violations of federal and state wage-hour laws. They create massive potential liability for companies, attract the attention of regulators, mandate changes in employer’s time keeping and pay practices, inspire bad press, and can undermine employee relations.

Littler Mendelson defends more employment class and collective actions than any other law firm in the U.S. Currently, it is defending approximately 250 such cases, nationwide. As a member of Littler’s Wage-Hour Class Action Practice Group, as the Co-Chair of the firm’s Wage-Hour Compliance Services, and as a former senior government official responsible for enforcing the nation’s wage-hour laws, Tammy McCutchen, a shareholder in Littler’s Washington, D.C. office, is uniquely qualified to educate the attendees on:

• The nature and risks of wage-hour collective actions;
• The types of claims being made; and
• Practical solutions to defend against and avoid such claims in the future.

This is an invitation-only event for senior human resource executives and legal counsel to give you an opportunity to meet Tammy McCutchen and discuss the emerging threat of these actions affecting your industry.

We hope you can join us:

Breakfast and Registration: 7:30 AM
Program: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Please contact Samantha Webb at 614.463.4222 or sawebb@littler.com with questions. Please RSVP by April 16, 2010.