Doing Business Better: How to Comply with the New Overtime Rules

About the Workshop

The U.S. Department of Labor has redefined the rules that determine who is entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. It is the biggest change to the Fair Labor Standards Act in more than a decade. Businesses must comply by December 1, 2016.

Learn more about how to make your business compliant with the new rules and avoid overtime violations. This Doing Business Better workshop will be led by labor and employment attorneys Wade Ballard and Grant Close of Ford Harrison, LLP.

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Agenda

8:30-8:45 AM - Breakfast and Networking

8:45-10:00 AM - Workshop

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About the Presenters

Grant Close is an employment and labor attorney with FordHarrison LLP who represents companies with all of their human resources-related legal needs.  Grant has represented companies of all sizes with all aspects of the employment relationship, from the hiring process to the termination process.  Grant helps clients stay in compliance with federal and state employment laws including the FLSA, FMLA, and discrimination laws.  He focuses his practice on wage and hour issues including all areas of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Grant has represented clients in state and federal class and collective action lawsuits under the FLSA and state wage payment laws, and investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor and the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.  Grant most enjoys helping clients find solutions to their human resources problems that best fit their business needs.

Wade Ballard represents management in labor and employment matters in the courts, in arbitration, and before government agencies, including the EEOC, the U.S. Department of Labor, the North and South Carolina Departments of Labor, the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, and other agencies at the federal, state and local level. He counsels businesses on the entire range of workplace issues and frequently conducts management training and continuing legal education on employment law, wage and hour law, discrimination, harassment, and other issues of concern to employers and the bar. He has worked extensively with employers in many industries, including the healthcare, automotive, telecommunications, hospitality, and aerospace industries.

Wade is certified by the Supreme Court of South Carolina as a Specialist in the area of Employment and Labor Law. He is a former member and past chairman of the South Carolina Supreme Court's Employment and Labor Law Specialization Advisory Board. Wade is the past president of the Spartanburg Boys Home and the past President of Senior Centers of Spartanburg. He serves on the Board of Directors for the National Kidney Foundation Serving South Carolina and is a Past-Chairman and Board Member of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce. He is also a graduate of Leadership Spartanburg.

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