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Immigration & Employment Law: The Top Ten Things that Contractors-as-Employers (and their Lawyers!) Ought to Know
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Are your construction clients on top of their obligations under the Legal Arizona Workers Act? Do they understand the substantial risks of misclassifying their various employees? With the recent changes to drug laws, do they know what to do if their workers are using on the job (and the measures they can take to prevent it in the first place)? Whether you’re advising as in-house counsel, defending a complaint before the Department of Economic Security, or giving business advice adjacent to a dispute, this seminar will help you answer your clients’ questions on navigating the current landscape of state and federal regulations.
Seminar Chair/Moderator:
Joseph Citelli, Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona
Speakers:
Helen Holden, Partner, Spencer Fane LLP
Ms. Holden is a Partner in the Phoenix office of Spencer Fane LLP. Helen brings over 20 years of experience to her focus on management-side employment law, which is evident in the practical advice and training she provides to management on human resource issues. Helen’s clients include companies in diverse industry sectors, including construction, real estate, manufacturing, technology, health care, distribution, and the retail and service sectors.
Emilie Bell Assistant General Counsel, Sundt Construction
Ms. Bell is Assistant General Counsel with the Legal Department of Sundt Construction. She practiced law for two firms in the Chicago area before moving to Phoenix in 2004. Since then, she has focused her practice on construction and corporate law. Ms. Bell joined Sundt Construction in 2022. She received her J.D. from DePaul University in 2000. She earned her bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Missouri – Columbia.
Helen R Holden, Spencer Fane LLP
helps businesses understand how successfully navigating the alphabet soup of federal and state employment laws can positively impact company culture. Helen brings over 20 years of experience to her focus on management-side employment law, which is evident in the practical advice and training she
provides to management on human resource issues. Helen's clients include companies in diverse industry sectors, including construction, real estate, manufacturing, technology, health care, distribution, and the retail and service sectors. When disputes arise, Helen is a strong advocate for the employer's interests, without losing sight of the larger issues impacting the business. She regularly represents employers in agency proceedings involving allegations of discrimination or harassment, and has successfully defended employers in lawsuits brought in both state and federal courts.
Highlights of Helen's experience include:
*Successfully defeated attempt to obtain preliminary injunctive relief in high stakes breach of restrictive covenant and trade secret matter
*Advised client regarding employment policy overhaul and implementation, including designing and delivering highly interactive management training to ensure compliance with newly-implemented policy directives.
*Provided interactive training program for multiple clients on issues such as internal investigations, workforce diversity, and other topics relating to harassment and discrimination.
*Represented employer in successfully obtaining dismissal with prejudice in U.S. District Court of a "collective action" filed by a group of employees for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
*Successfully resolved litigation in U.S. District Court alleging violation of non-solicitation obligations of a former employee.
*Regularly represent employers in responding to charges of discrimination filed by current and former employees.
*Efficiently completed compliance audits for multiple employers, as required by client contracts.
*Successfully resolved litigation alleging violation of non-solicitation obligations of a former employee.
*Obtained dismissal of a parent corporation from litigation alleging breach of employment contract and employment discrimination by former employee of subsidiary.
provides to management on human resource issues. Helen's clients include companies in diverse industry sectors, including construction, real estate, manufacturing, technology, health care, distribution, and the retail and service sectors. When disputes arise, Helen is a strong advocate for the employer's interests, without losing sight of the larger issues impacting the business. She regularly represents employers in agency proceedings involving allegations of discrimination or harassment, and has successfully defended employers in lawsuits brought in both state and federal courts.
Highlights of Helen's experience include:
*Successfully defeated attempt to obtain preliminary injunctive relief in high stakes breach of restrictive covenant and trade secret matter
*Advised client regarding employment policy overhaul and implementation, including designing and delivering highly interactive management training to ensure compliance with newly-implemented policy directives.
*Provided interactive training program for multiple clients on issues such as internal investigations, workforce diversity, and other topics relating to harassment and discrimination.
*Represented employer in successfully obtaining dismissal with prejudice in U.S. District Court of a "collective action" filed by a group of employees for unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
*Successfully resolved litigation in U.S. District Court alleging violation of non-solicitation obligations of a former employee.
*Regularly represent employers in responding to charges of discrimination filed by current and former employees.
*Efficiently completed compliance audits for multiple employers, as required by client contracts.
*Successfully resolved litigation alleging violation of non-solicitation obligations of a former employee.
*Obtained dismissal of a parent corporation from litigation alleging breach of employment contract and employment discrimination by former employee of subsidiary.
Emilie Suzanne Bell, Sundt Construction, Inc
Joseph Citelli
has served as the Registrar's Chief Counsel since November, 2019, and has been with the agency since March 2016. Citelli also serves as a Young Lawyers Division Representative to the State Bar of Arizona Construction Law Section. Citelli is also a 2019 Flinn-Brown Fellow and successfully completed a program sponsored by the Flinn Foundation and the Thomas R. Brown Foundations to help expand the cadre of Arizonans in state leadership positions with the knowledge, skills, and commitment to address the state's critical long-term issues. Citelli graduated from the University of California in Davis with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communications in 2010. He received his Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2015 where he received recognition as a Willard H. Pedrick Scholar. While in law school, Citelli served as Editor-in-Chief of the Sports and Entertainment Journal. Citelli was also a member of the Corporate and Business Law Society and Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Before coming to the AZ ROC, Citelli worked as a law clerk for Napier, Coury and Baillie, P. C. Law focusing on administrative, employment, and personal injury law. He also clerked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Daniel P. Collins in the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Arizona.
