April 29 - May 1, 2009 - Miami, Florida

National Employment Law Council will hold its next annual conference April 29 through May 1, 2009 at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida.

The NELC is an organization primarily composed of minority outside and in-house attorneys throughout the United States and abroad who represent private and public sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment matters. The conference is directed to attorneys and senior level human resources professionals representing management in labor and employment law.  This is an advanced program for practitioners with significant experience representing exclusively management in labor and employment law.

Our annual conference focuses on topics of interest to such attorneys, as well as those of minority senior human resource professionals. With respect to attorneys, attendance at the conference is limited strictly to outside counsel who regularly spend at least 75 percent of their time representing management clients in labor and employment law matters, and to in-house counsel who devote a minimum of 25 percent of their time to labor and employment matters.

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Conference Registration

Conference registrations cannot be accepted from individuals who do not exclusively represent management and meet the percentage criteria described above. This is an advanced program for practitioners with significant experience representing exclusively management in labor and employment law.

Conference registrations are subject to approval by the council based on criteria relative to the applicant's practice. We are continually updating our invitation list; accordingly, we encourage you to send us the names and mailing addresses of colleagues whom you believe meet the requisite criteria and would benefit from this conference. They will be considered for invitation to this or future conferences.

Registration Information:

Contact Sonya Heath at (281) 507-2424 or via email

Proposed Agenda Topics

• Annual Labor & Employment Update
• Hot Topics in Ethics
• Best Practices for Ensuring Global Employment Law Compliance
• Strategic Issues in the Defense of Major Wage and Hour Litigation
• The State of Corporate Legal Departments
• Advising Corporate Clients on Diversity Initiatives
• Managing Alternative Workforce Arrangements (including joint employer issues, contingent workers, cross-reporting among entities, remote workers, etc.)
• Managing Foreign Workers in the U.S.