HRSHRM invites you to an in-person employment law update. Join us for a comprehensive program covering recent employment law developments in 2024, and what we can expect moving forward in 2025.  We will cover the challenging and dynamic workplace law landscape in 2025 and beyond. We will discuss some of the most pertinent and rapidly developing areas of labor and employment law and how to comply with new requirements. We will address executive orders signed by President Trump and key employment law topics for 2025. President Trump, who began his second non-consecutive term on January 20, 2025, has issued several executive orders affecting the workplace with more orders anticipated in the coming days and weeks, including those on immigration, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), gender identity, and affirmative action. We will also address these new practical and legal challenges, including current court injunctions and rulings impacting these orders.

Speaker: Kristina H. Vaquera

Kristina H. Vaquera is the office managing principal and office litigation manager of the Norfolk, Virginia, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focuses exclusively on labor and employment counseling and litigation.

Kristina represents employers in federal and state court lawsuits and agency investigations and charges covering a wide range of statutes and subjects, including anti-discrimination and civil rights laws, wrongful termination claims, disability accommodation and access, wage and hour laws, covenants not to compete, leave of absence claims, negligent hire/retention, and breaches of fiduciary duty and contract, as well as traditional labor issues, including bargaining and negotiations. Kristina has litigated class and collective actions, including FLSA, FCRA, and discrimination class actions. She also represents clients in grievances, mediations, arbitrations, and charges before various national and state entities.

Kristina speaks extensively on various employment topics, including to the Virginia and Hampton Roads Society of Human Resource Managers, Virginia State Bar Labor and Employment Section, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Virginia Employment Commission, International Professional Managers Association, Virginia Government Contract Attorneys Association, Society of Designers and Architects, local chambers of commerce, Hampton Roads Industrial Liaison Group, PINK! Women Business Owners Conference, Public Media Business Association, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the Retail Association of Hampton Roads. She lives in Hampton Roads with her family.

Thank you to our sponsor, Jackson Lewis!