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SUMMARY:2025 Business X-Change - 10/8 Sponsored by Anderson O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:BUSINESS X-CHANGE PRESENTATION   OCTOBER 8\, 2025 \n\n \n\nBusiness X-Change meets regularly throughout the year.  Our October X-Change will be held at the Portage County Business Council office. Business X-Change allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other. \n\n \n\nThere is no cost to attend. Coffee and Danish will be provided.\n\n \n\n\n\nTitle: "The 2025 Astute Employer's Employment Law Update: Is This Legal Vertigo?"\n\n \n\nPresented by:\n\n\n\nAttorney Brian Formella\n\nAnderson O'Brien\n\n       \n\nAbout the Program:  Join with Attorney Brian Formella as he guides us through a discussion of the most significant federal and state Supreme Court developments that affect Wisconsin employers. With the audience's help\, Brian will make recent legal developments a little less dizzying.\n\n\n\nTopics to Include: \n\n- Title VII and reverse discrimination.\n\n- Arrest and conviction record discrimination in Wisconsin.\n\n- Status of sex orientation and gender identity discrimination.\n\n- The ADA and post-retirement benefits.\n\n- Burden of proof in overtime exemption situations.\n\n- SCOTUS corrects WI SCT in unemployment compensation decision.\n\n\n\nAbout our Presenter: \n\nBrian Formella graduated from Marquette University with B.A. degrees in English and Economics and from Marquette University Law School with honors. After graduating\, he was a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis J. Ceci. His areas of practice include employment\, labor law\, and municipal law. Brian works with employers to establish sound employment practices. He also defends employers against discrimination accusations.\n\n\n\nWhat is Business X-Change? Allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other.  Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year from 7:30 - 8:30am.\n\n \n\nSpecial THANK YOU to Anderson O'Brien for their sponsorship of this program.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal\; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">BUSINESS X-CHANGE PRESENTATION&nbsp\;&ndash\; OCTOBER 8\, 2025&nbsp\;</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;">&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year.&nbsp\; Our October&nbsp\;X-Change will be held at the Portage County Business Council office.&nbsp\;Business X-Change&nbsp\;allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other.&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>There is no cost to attend. Coffee and Danish will be provided.</strong></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#B22222\;"><span style="font-size:26px\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial narrow\,sans-serif\;">Title: &quot\;The 2025&nbsp\;Astute Employer&#39\;s <u><em>Employment Law Update: Is This Legal Vertigo?</em></u>&quot\;</span></strong></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Presented by:</span></span><br />\n<img alt="" height="234" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/BrianFormella.jpg" style="width: 175px\; height: 234px\;" width="175" /><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Attorney Brian Formella<br />\nAnderson O&#39\;Brien<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br />\n<em><strong>About the Program:</strong></em>&nbsp\; Join with Attorney Brian Formella as he guides us through a discussion of the most significant federal and state Supreme Court&nbsp\;developments that affect Wisconsin employers. With the audience&#39\;s help\, Brian will make recent legal developments a little less dizzying.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><em style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.6667px\;"><strong>Topics to Include:&nbsp\;</strong></em><br />\n- Title VII and reverse&nbsp\;discrimination.<br />\n- Arrest and conviction&nbsp\;record&nbsp\;discrimination in Wisconsin.<br />\n- Status of sex orientation and gender identity discrimination.<br />\n- The ADA and post-retirement benefits.<br />\n- Burden of proof in overtime exemption situations.<br />\n- SCOTUS corrects WI SCT in unemployment compensation decision.<br />\n<br />\n<strong><em>About our Presenter:&nbsp\;</em></strong><br />\n<strong>Brian Formella&nbsp\;</strong></span></span><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.6667px\;">graduated from Marquette University with B.A. degrees in English and Economics and from Marquette University Law School with honors. After graduating\, he was a law clerk to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis J. Ceci. His areas of practice include employment\,&nbsp\;labor law\, and municipal law. Brian works with&nbsp\;employers to establish sound employment practices. He also defends&nbsp\;employers against discrimination accusations.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong><em>What is Business X-Change?</em></strong>&nbsp\;Allows business owners and their employees the opportunity to discuss pertinent topics\, learn from local industry leaders and\, most importantly\, learn from each other.&nbsp\; Business X-Change meets regularly throughout the year from 7:30 - 8:30am.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Special <em>THANK YOU</em> to Anderson O&#39\;Brien&nbsp\;<span style="color:black\;">for their sponsorship of this program.<br />\n<img alt="" height="119" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/390/Image/AndersonOBrien2021.png" style="width: 400px\; height: 119px\;" width="400" /></span></strong></span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:Portage County Business Council office 5501 Vern Holmes Drive Stevens Point\, WI 54482
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URL:https://business.portagecountybiz.com/events/details/2025-business-x-change-10-8-sponsored-by-anderson-o-brien-11501
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