Seyfarth’s Camille Olson to Testify Before US House Education and Labor Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, March 18, Seyfarth partner Camille Olson will testify before the US House Education and Labor Committee’s Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee and Workforce Protections Subcommittee. The House Joint Subcommittee hearing, “Fighting for Fairness: Examining Legislation to Confront Workplace Discrimination,” is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. ET. Olson’s full written testimony and the hearing webcast will be available here. 

Olson is co-chair of Seyfarth’s National Complex Litigation practice group and national chair of its Complex Discrimination Litigation practice group. Throughout the last decade, Olson has regularly appeared before the US Senate, the US House of Representatives, the EEOC, and the US Department of Labor on her own behalf (because of her extensive experience in various fields), and on behalf of the US Chamber of Commerce and the Society for Human Resource Management. In these capacities, she has provided the business perspective on proposed legislation to amend the following laws: the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the application of white collar exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Seyfarth’s Government Relations and Policy practice group provides legal expertise to clients regarding the actions of Congress and federal, state, and local administrative agencies. Comprised of Seyfarth attorneys with government relations and policy experience, the team develops solutions for clients and provides ongoing education and advocacy on policy issues.