Orange County LERA, Los Angeles LERA and San Diego LERA are now SoCal LERA, serving all of Southern California’s labor and employment community.

This is our 40th Labor Law Conference held in Southern California, second conference held under the banner of SoCal LERA. 

40th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference

In cooperation with

National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA), Southern California Region
and programming support provided by
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 21 and Region 31, Los Angeles

Please join us as we continue the tradition of LERA’s annual one-day conference in Southern California designed for all labor and employment professionals in either the private or public sector. This program is geared for attorneys, union organizers and representatives, HR professionals, arbitrators and mediators, supervisors and managers, students and academics, by providing invaluable information on the latest labor and employment law issues and legislation affecting the workplace.

Featured Speakers

Chairman Lauren McFerran, National Labor Relations Board, will discuss her perspectives on the NLRB

 Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law, will present an insightful analysis of cases recently decided or pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

 NLRB Region 21 Regional Director William B. Cowen

 NLRB Region 31 Regional Director Mori Rubin

 Also, distinguished NAA arbitrators, and well-known practitioners in the fields of labor and employment law.

Program Schedule

10 to 10:15 am — Welcome

Josh Adams, President, SoCal LERA

10:15 to 11am — NAA Panel

“Are You Putting Me On? How Arbitrators Resolve Everyday Disputes Between Parties in Labor Arbitration.”

Dave Beauvais, Guy Prihar*, Jan Stiglitz*, Brenda Suttonwills, and moderator Christopher David Ruiz Cameron*  (*denotes NAA member)

11 to 11:45 am — NAA Breakout Sessions with Guest Arbitrators

Robert Bergeson*, Carl Bosland,* Michael Eagleson, Juan Carlos Gonzalez*, Fred Horowitz*, Najeeb Khoury, Sylvia Marks-Barnett, Anthony Miller*, Yuval Miller, Jon Monat*, Ken Perea* Sheri Ross*, Theodore Scott, Robert Steinberg* (*denotes NAA member)

12 pm to 1:30 pm — NLRB Update with Guest Speakers

Chairman Lauren McFerran, National Labor Relations Board
William B. Cowen, Regional Director of NLRB Region 21, and Mori Rubin, Regional Director of NLRB Region 31

Lion Elastomers, 372 NLRB No. 83 McLaren McComb, 372 NLRB No. 58 Tesla, 371 NLRB No. 131 The Atlanta Opera, 372 NLRB No. 95 Thryv, 372 NLRB No. 22 Bexar County II, 372 NLRB No. 28

2:00 to 3:00 pm — Panel 

Hot Topics in Employment Law – Gig Work + Post-COVID Safety

Rocio Y. Garcia-Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel (South) Cal/OSHA Legal Unit
Stacey Leyton, Partner at Altshuler Berzon LLP
Michael Plank, Partner at Bush Gottlieb (moderator)

I.  Cal-OSHA Materials

Table AC1 – Permissible Exposure LIMITS FOR CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS California Code of Regulations, Title 8, 5204. Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Appendix A to Section 1532.3 – Methods of Sample Analysis (Mandatory) California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Appendix A to Section 5204 – Methods of Sample Analysis (Mandatory) California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Appendix B to Section 5141.1. Protection from Wildfire Smoke Information to Be Provided to Employees (Mandatory) California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 1532.3. Occupational Exposures to Respirable Crystalline Silica_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3203. Injury and Illness Prevention Program_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3205. COVID-19 Prevention_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3205.1. COVID-19 Outbreaks_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3205.2. COVID-19 Prevention in Employer-Provided Housing_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3205.3. COVID-19 Prevention in Employer-Provided Transportation_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3363. Water Supply_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3364. Sanitary Facilities_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3395. Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor Places of Employment_ California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5141.1. Protection from Wildfire Smoke_ C2I4UK~P California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5155. Airborne Contaminants, Appendix California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5155. Airborne Contaminants_ Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment

II.  Petition for Review Materials

Tuolumne Jobs & Small Bus. Alliance v. Superior Court (2014) U.C. Riverside School of Business, An Analysis of App-Based Drivers in California (Feb. 2022) Wal-Mart Stores v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (2003) Western Indemnity Co. v. Pillsbury (1915) Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer Abernathy v. DoorDash, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2020) Adams v. Postmates, Inc. (N.D. Cal. 2019) Adolph v. Uber Technologies, review granted July 20, 2020 Assembly Bill 5 (2019-2020) Briggs v. Brown (2017) Bus. & Prof. Code § 7448-7467 Bus. & Prof. Code § 7451 Bus. & Prof. Code § 7453-7455 Cal. CONST., art 2, § 1 Cal. CONST., art 2, § 10 Cal. CONST., art 4, § 1 Cal. CONST., art 4, § 4 Cal. CONST., art 12, § 4 Cal. CONST., art 12, § 5 Cal. CONST., art 14, § 4 Cal. CONST., art 14 California Cannabis Coalition v. City of Upland (2017) Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors of CA, Inc. v. Professional Engineers in CA (2007) County of Los Angeles v. State of California (1987) Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) Ex parte Collie (1952) Facundo-Guerrero v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd (2008) Graczyk v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (1986) Gregg v. Uber Technologies, Inc. (2023) In re Marriage of Shaban (2001) Independent Energy Producers v. McPherson (2006) Intervenors-Respondents Answer to Petition for Review Jacobs & Reich, U.C. Berkeley Labor Center, The Uber Lyft Ballot Initiative Guarantees only $5.64 an hour (Oct. 31, 2019) Kennedy Wholesale, Inc. v. State Bd. of Equalization (1991) Lab. Code § 2750.3 Lab. Code § 2775-2785 Matthew v. Workmen’s Comp. App. Bd. (1972) Murguia v. Lyft, Inc. (2022) People v. Kelly (2010) People v. Superior Court (Pearson) (2010) People’s Advocate, Inc. v. Superior Court (1986) Professional Engineers in California Government v. Kempton (2007) Ps’ Reply iso Petition for Review Rio Linda Union School Dist. v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd. (2005) Rossi v. Brown S.G. Borello & Sons, Inc. v. Dept. of Industrial Relations (1989) State Answer to Petition for Review State Comp. Ins. Fund v. State Bd. of Equalization (1993)

3:15 to 4:15 pm — SCOTUS Update

Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

4:15 to 4:30 pm — Closing Remarks & Signoff

Pricing and Registration

Registration is $55 that covers all sessions. You can register now at the bottom of this page by submitting your booking. If you have been to this website before, you will need to login first (upper right corner).

Location

The 40th Annual SoCal LERA L&E Conference is fully remote and will be held by Zoom.

MCLE Credits

This program provides up to 5 hours of California MCLE credit. Following the program, please email jadams@gslaw.org to request your certificate of attendance.

Questions?

Questions logging in or having trouble with the website? Contact Emily Smith at eesmith@illinois.edu. For all other questions, email Josh Adams at jadams@gslaw.org.