Navigating the New HR Frontier: Tackling Today’s Workplace Challenges
October 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This MBA Speaker Series session will explore the challenges faced by employers, applicants & employees in today’s dynamic business environment, with a specific focus on Human Resource (HR) issues in employment practices.
Mr. Carr is a Member at Spilman Thomas & Battle, and he serves as co-chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Law and Education Law practice groups. His practice encompasses the gamut of traditional labor law issues facing employers, trial work in employment matters, class and collective actions, complex immigration litigation, and wage and hour law. He represents employers in the collective bargaining process with labor organizations and regularly advises employers during union organization efforts and elections. Mr. Carr has served as lead counsel in numerous trials of unfair labor practice charges and appeals to the National Labor Relations Board. He has served as lead trial counsel in more than 200 employment cases in various jurisdictions throughout the United States, including trials in state and federal courts, on myriad labor and employment issues. He works with companies to develop strategies for dealing with the full array of employment and labor issues, including EEO policies, practices and personnel decisions. He earned both his bachelor’s degree and law degree from West Virginia University.