S. McKinley Gray, IIILabor and Employment AttorneyWard and Smith, P.A.Websitewww.wardandsmith.comOrganization ProfileFull ProfileConnectEmail252-672-5476 Professional Biography Ken leads the Labor and Employment practice. His practice experience encompasses various areas of employment-related litigation. He advises clients and litigates cases involving all forms of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and breach of employment contracts from small start-up companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Ken is a frequent lecturer on employment discrimination, workplace retaliation, workers' compensation, and wage and hour law issues. He has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law and serves in leadership roles with various legal and civic organizations. Ken is a former president of the Craven County Bar Association, a former two-term president of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Coastal Carolina, and Chairman of the Deacons of First Baptist Church of New Bern. More Legal and Business Bylines From S. McKinley Gray, III Turning Back Overtime – Texas Judge Strikes Down Salary Threshold Increase - (Posted On Tuesday, November 19, 2024) Legal Showdown Continues: FTC Appeals Court Ruling Against Non-Compete Ban - (Posted On Thursday, October 24, 2024) Having the Talk: How Employers Should Prepare for Difficult Disciplinary Situations - (Posted On Tuesday, May 14, 2024) Raising the Rate: DOL Expands Overtime Protections to Millions of Workers - (Posted On Wednesday, April 24, 2024) The EEOC Issues a Proposed Rule Regarding the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act - (Posted On Friday, September 15, 2023) NLRB Turning Up the Heat Over Employee Handbooks - (Posted On Monday, August 14, 2023) Employers Take Note: New Laws Provide Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees - (Posted On Wednesday, March 08, 2023) Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements with Non-Supervisory Employees: New Limitations from the NLRB - (Posted On Wednesday, March 01, 2023) “I Always Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me”: How the NLRB General Counsel Proposes to Curtail Employer Surveillance - (Posted On Friday, December 16, 2022) Inside Out: Employment Law LARP - (Posted On Friday, January 21, 2022) Pagination Page 1 Next page Next › Current Legal Analysis Biomanufacturing Interagency Working Group Identifies Actions to Increase U.S. Biomanufacturing Capacity by: Lynn L. Bergeson , Carla N. Hutton Louisiana Court Clarifies Employee Non-Solicitation Provision Requirements by: Joseph F. Lavigne ECHA and Five National Authorities Issue Progress Update on REACH Restriction by: Lynn L. Bergeson , Carla N. Hutton OFCCP Issues First FY 2025 CSAL, Targeting 2,000 Establishments of Supply and Service Federal Contractors and Subcontractors for Audits by: T. Scott Kelly , Lauren B. Hicks California Voters Reject Statewide $18 Minimum Wage for All Employees by: Charles L. Thompson, IV , Zachary V. Zagger EPA Extends Deadline for Public Comment on Manufacture of Certain PFAS during Fluorination of HDPE and Other Plastic Containers by: Lynn L. Bergeson , Carla N. Hutton Upcoming Events Dec 10 2024 Legal AI Week 2024 Nov 21 2024 Third-Party Litigation Funding through a Transatlantic Lens Nov 21 2024 CC&Rs and Easements for Mixed-Use Projects: Best Practices for Developers Nov 21 2024 AI Patent Eligibility: Processing the USPTO's New Guidance Nov 21 2024 Update of 2024 California Employment Law Cases Nov 25 2024 2024 Election: Impact on the Health Care Legal and Policy Landscape Webinar Dec 4 2024 GLP-1 Drugs: What's Next after FDA's Resolution of Drug Shortages Dec 4 2024 TSCA 30/30 - December 4, 2024 Print
