In the session, the attorneys shed light on key issues relevant to modern workplaces, including an employee under the influence of prescription medication on the job, marijuana use across state lines, sexual relationships between employees, and harassment of a transgender employee via incorrect pronoun use.
A unique educational strategy developed by Ward and Smith’s Labor and Employment Practice, the discussion involved a Live Action Role Play ("LARP") with audience members, who shared ideas about the situation through a text-based polling system. The session was led by Ken Gray, leader of the Labor and Employment Law Group.
The LARP offered valuable guidance from Amy Fitzhugh, a professional licensing attorney, and Avery Locklear, a labor and employment attorney, on an incident at Cruising Construction Company ("CCC"), a growing commercial construction company with 150 employees across seven departments. The attorneys discussed how CCC should deal with a fatal accident involving one of its employees.
Although the company was hypothetical, some of the examples were drawn directly from real life, with the names changed to protect the innocent. Before diving into the issues, the attorneys provided key points about the background of the company and the accident:
A local housing provider has cleared up misinformation circulating online about plans to house immigrants or migrants at a site in Grimsby. False claims shared on social media alleged that a devel...