Piloting Through the Pathways of Employment Law: An Essential Guide for Emerging Companies

Join us for a webinar on employment law issues affecting emerging life sciences companies. We will discuss the importance of having confidentiality and invention assignment agreements, the risks and ramifications of hiring independent contractors versus employees, employment law considerations when doing business internationally including FCPA compliance, and immigration issues you may face here and abroad.

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:

• Protecting your assets—Importance of confidentiality and assignment of inventions agreements, a log of existing inventions, and restrictive covenant considerations for employees and consultants
• Employee vs. independent contractor classification–different laws that apply to each (e.g., minimum wage requirements, withholding), and the risks and costs of misclassification
• Employment law ramifications on doing business internationally
• Immigration issues (work visas, student visas, etc.)