RILA & Seyfarth Shaw LLP Webinar: Labor & Employment Policy in the Obama Administration             
Thursday, March 4 • 3:00-4:00PM ET

RILA is delighted to welcome former US Department of Labor leaders Victoria A. Lipnic, Leon R. Sequeira, and Alexander J. Passantino--all currently with the law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP--to present "Labor and Employment Policy in the Obama Administration".

This free webinar will provide member companies with:

• An overview of the federal rulemaking process
• Key rules and opinion letters that retailers should be aware could change in the areas of Wage & Hour, OSHA and OLMS
• Lessons learned from past Labor Department regulations and ways in which retailers can ensure our voice is heard.

The webinar will be held on Thursday, March 4, at 3:00 p.m., and is open to any human resources, legal counsel and government affairs executives at RILA member companies.

Ms. Lipnic was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from 2002 to 2009, where her agency enforced some of the most comprehensive labor and employment laws that impact more than 135 million workers, including the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP), the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) and the Office of Workers Compensation (OWCP). Ms. Lipnic led teams who successfully revised the Part 541 overtime, FMLA and union disclosure regulations, among others. She has testified before Congress many times and also served as workforce policy counsel to Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee.

Mr. Sequeira was Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy from 2007 to 2009. While with the Department of Labor, Sequeira advised Secretary Elaine L. Chao on a wide range of policy issues affecting the American workforce and oversaw more than 80 regulations annually under development by the department's agencies. Previously, Mr. Sequeira served as legal counsel to U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Mr. Passantino was Deputy and Acting Administrator of the Wage & Hour Division from 2006 to 2009. In this role, he led the interpretation and enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and numerous other federal statutes. Mr. Passantino also worked with Ms. Lipnic as Senior Policy Advisor for the Employment Standards Administration in 2005. Before joining the U.S. Department of Labor, he served as a clerk to the Honorable John F. Nangle in the Southern District of Georgia and as an associate at other law firms focusing on labor, employment, First Amendment, consumer and financial services litigation.

To view a powerpoint presentation during the conference call, please register in advance by clicking the link below. To listen in to the discussion, please use the following dial-in information just prior to call start time: Dial-In 1-888-858-6021, Passcode 520-440-81#.

We look forward to speaking with you on Thursday, March 4, at 3:00 p.m., For questions or comments in the meantime, please contact Katherine Lugar at 703-600-2098 or katherine.lugar@rila.org, or Sarah Arbes at 703-600-2021 or sarah.arbes@rila.org.