This year's Annual NYU Conference on Labor will be held as an ONLINE WEBINAR only, via Zoom.  You may register for all of one or both days, or for a Morning Session or Afternoon Session only.

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

Day 1 – Thursday, October 1

MORNING SESSION:

8:45 a.m.

WELCOME
Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU Law)
Michael Gray, Esq. (Jones Day)

8:45-9:25

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HON. EUGENE SCALIA (U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR)
Introduction by Mark E. Brossman (Schulte Roth)

Morning Session Moderator: Zoe Salzman (Emery, Celli, Brinckerhoff & Abady)

9:30-10:30

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WORKPLACE INEQUALITY?
Is Income Inequality Getting Worse and If So, Why?
Prof. Richard B. Freeman (Harvard)

Causes of Inequality in the Workplace
Prof. Matthew Bodie (St. Louis Univ. School of Law)
Comments:  Prof. John Addison (Univ. of S. Carolina)

10:45-12:00

ADDRESSING GENDER PAY EQUITY
Corporate Reporting Requirements, Shareholder Activism & State Law Approaches
Michael Delikat, Esq. (Orrick)

EEOC Pay Disclosure Initiatives, Past And Future
David Lopez (Rutgers Law School; former GC, EEOC)

Role of Internal Audits: Pay Equity Claims
Joseph O’Keefe (Proskauer)

Comments:  Johnna Torsone (Pitney Bowes)

12:00-1:00

LUNCH BREAK

AFTERNOON SESSION:

1:00-1:45

HON. CHARLOTTE BURROWS (COMMISSIONER, EEOC)
Introduction by Virginia Hardwick, (Hardwick Benfer)

Afternoon Session Moderator: Gerald Hathaway (Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath)

1:50-3:45

ADDRESSING WORKPLACE INEQUALITY
‘Joint Employer’ Issues
Prof. Michael C. Harper (Boston Univ.)
Comments: Jeffrey Rosin (O’Hagan Meyer)

Bolstering Union Power
Prof. Catherine Fisk (Berkeley Law School)
Comments: Frederick Braid (Holland & Knight)

Role of Antidiscrimination & Equal Pay Litigation
Joseph Sellers (Cohen Milstein)
Comments: Amy Traub (Baker Hostetler)

No-Compete Clauses as a Brake on Employee Wage Gains
Prof. Orly Lobel (Univ. of San Diego Law School)
Comments: Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager (Sullivan & Cromwell)

 

Day 2 – Friday, October 2

MORNING SESSION:

 

8:30-9:20

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  HON. JOHN F. RING (CHAIRMAN, NLRB)
Introduction by Marshall Babson (Seyfarth Shaw)

 

Morning Session Moderator: Davida Perry (Schwartz, Perry & Heller)

 

9:25-10:15

RE-VISITING CORPORATE PURPOSE
Prof. Edward Rock (NYU School of Law)
Comments: Pearl Zuchlewski (Kraus & Zuchlewski)

 

10:15-10:45

REDUCING INCOME INEQUALITY THROUGH PROFIT SHARING
Prof. Joseph Blasi (Rutgers School of Management)

 

10:55-11:25

PAY EQUITY ISSUES IN SPORTS
Jeffrey Kessler (Winston Strawn)

 

11:30-12:15

EQUALITY INITIATIVES IN THE OFCCP
Craig Leen, Director (USDOL, OFCCP)
Comments: Karen Gillen (O’Melveny)

 

12:15-1:15

LUNCH BREAK

 

AFTERNOON SESSION:

 

1:15-2:30

COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Wendi Lazar (Outten & Golden)
Littler Mendelson International Offices:
    Hannah Mahon, London
    Sari Springer, Toronto
    Juan Carlos Varela, Caracas
Hironobu Tsukamoto (Nagashima Ohno)
Comments: Phil Berkowitz (Littler Mendelson)

 

2:35-3:50

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY/DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, ELIMINATION OF BIAS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Krissy A. Katzenstein (Morgan Lewis)
Other Speakers TBA

 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: labor.conference@nyu.edu

 *Refunds will be granted only for cancellation requests made by email on or before September 18, 2020. A cancellation charge of $20 will be deducted from the amount initially charged.  

**During the Covid-19 pandemic, we discourage payments by check.  If you must pay by check, please contact us at labor.conference@nyu.edu no later than September 18, 2020 for mailing instructions.

***NLRB Attorneys:  Please contact geraldine.singletary@nlrb.gov regarding payment for your participation in this program.

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