UPCOMING MEETING NOTICE

Date:	June 19, 2009
Time:	8:15-10:00
Topic:	The Fair Labor Standards Act: Recent Case Law Developments Related to the Amendments to the Exemption Tests Implemented in 2005
Speaker:	Michael Faillace, Managing Partner, Michael Faillace & Associates, P.C.
Summary:	Michael Faillace will take participants through an overview of case law developments impacting interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, including the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act that was recently signed into law by President Barack Obama. Michael Faillace is the managing partner of Michael Faillace & Associates, P.C., an employment litigation firm in Manhattan. He specializes in representing both plaintiffs and defendants in wage and hour, discrimination and harassment cases in both federal and state courts. Prior to forming the firm, Michael worked for seventeen years as an in-house Employment Counsel with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). In that capacity he advised IBM’s field in-house counsel and personnel departments on employment law-related matters, including employment discrimination, compensation, privacy, labor law, and immigration. He also developed human resources policies and training programs, engaged in employment-law related lobbying activities in Congress and various state legislatures, and actively participated in litigation. Michael has also been an Adjunct Professor of employment law at Fordham University School of Law since 1992. Mr. Faillace is a nationally-renowned speaker and writer on employment law. He is the author of the best-selling treatise on the ADA, Disability Law Deskbook: The Americans with Disabilities Act in the Workplace, published by Practicing Law Institute (PLI). His other publications include Automatic Exemption of Highly-Paid Employees and Other Proposed Amendments to the White Collar Exemptions: Bringing the Fair Labor Standards Act Into the Twenty-First Century (The Labor Lawyer, 2000). In addition, he publishes and presents ADA, FMLA, and FLSA case law developments for Fortune 100 Companies, as part of the Employment Law & Litigation Group of Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (ORC). He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and an L.L.M. on labor and employment law from New York University School of Law. He also received an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. from Columbia University.
Location:	The Harvard Club, 35 West 44th Street, bet. 5th and 6th Avenues, Third Flr
Cost:	No fee for active NYCA members or substitute. Normal guest fee is $60.00
Contact:	E-mail Susan.Mathew@pseg.com