MSEC attorney Dave Dixon will provide a broad review of many of the most significant developments in employment law over the past two years.  Specific topics will include:

• Update on the legal status of marijuana as it relates to employers
• Highlights from MSEC’s 2014 Employer Drug Testing Survey
• Discussion of the EEOC’s ongoing pursuit of its bold Strategic Enforcement Plan
• Perspective on big U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
• Update on selected FMLA/ADA case law
• Analysis of Wage & Hour Division enforcement statistics and related developments

Presented by Dave Dixon:

A manager for years before law school, Mr. Dixon helps employers solve problems in all settings.  Mr. Dixon has focused his entire legal career exclusively on advising and representing employers in the full spectrum of labor & employment issues, including wage & hour class actions, individual wage claims, harassment, discrimination, disability accommodation, retaliation, unfair competition, trade secrets, and other matters.  He is admitted to practice in California, Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin.

Mr. Dixon strongly believes in reducing risk through proactive management education.  He has provided numerous presentations on topics including harassment prevention, wrongful discharge, ADA/FMLA/WC overlap, wage & hour compliance, workplace privacy, workplace violence, reductions in force, and more.  In the early 2000’s, he co-authored a California-specific HR law treatise for his students at CSU - Sacramento.  At the request of the California State Council of SHRM, he later co-authored the 1st and 2nd editions of the SHRM California Learning System^TM and helped coordinate annual HR participation in legislative affairs by all California SHRM affiliates.  In 2010, Dave returned to his home town of Fort Collins, where he is a fifth generation resident.