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Labor and employment attorney Ken Gray will speak at this year’s CFMA Carolina Construction Conference, sponsored in part by Ward and Smith. He is…

Recently, several of our clients have asked us whether they are required to compensate their employees for time spent going for the COVID-19 test.…

Ward and Smith is proud to sponsor the 7th Annual Kirsten McDonald Memorial Charity Golf Tournament, also known as Play the K. It will…

Labor and employment attorney X. Lightfoot is moderating a series of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) panels for the North Carolina Society for Human…

Benchmark Litigation has recognized Ward and Smith and three attorneys in its 2021 Labor & Employment edition.  The publication selected Ken Gray, Will Oden, and…

The ongoing saga of how to define “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) continues.  In this latest installment, we have, in effect, time-traveled back…

Mandatory vaccines.  It’s a hot topic that threatens to boil over after the Biden Administration announced a new six-pronged national strategy to combat COVID-19.…