Legal Update: The NLRB’s New, Aggressive Focus on Non-Union Workplaces

with Kristen Smith from BOND

DoubleTree Hotel - Carrier Circle

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Registration/Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30 AM

Program: 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Are you a HR professional in a non-union workplace? Do you tend to tune-out when you hear about the latest rulings and policies issued by the National Labor Relations Board? This program will change the way you look at the NLRB by providing an eye-opening review of the current National Labor Relations Board’s aggressive enforcement activities aimed at non-union workplaces.  From confidentiality and employee codes of conduct, to discipline for discussing wages, you will learn about the sometimes surprising ways that a non-union employer can inadvertently violate the National Labor Relations Act and expose itself to significant legal liability.  This is a program that no HR professional that has worked primarily in the non-union sector should miss.

Kristen E. Smith

Kristen E. Smith is a Labor and Employment Law attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King who counsels and represents employers of varying sizes, both private and public sector on a wide range of matters, including employment policies and agreements, employee handbooks, wage and hour compliance, workplace harassment, wrongful discharge, employment discrimination, collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. She regularly represents employers in defending claims brought in state and federal court as well as state and federal agencies under various labor and employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Eployment Act (ADEA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the New York State Public Employees Fair Employment Act (Taylor Law), the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL) and the New York Labor Law.

Prior to law school, Ms. Smith worked in human resource management for several large firms, including Exelon Corporation (public utility) and Bose Corporation (consumer and automotive electronics).

Honors and Affiliations
Justinian Honorary Law Society
Order of the Coif
Editor-in-Chief, Syracuse Law Review (2004-2005)
Associate Editor, The Labor Lawyer (2003-2005)
New York State Bar Association
Onondaga County Bar Association
Other Activities
Board of Directors and Legislative Committee Chair, Central New York Society for
Human Resource Management (CNY SHRM)