Event Details

February Chapter Meeting will be held February 9, 2017 at the Biloxi Innovation Center.  Networking will begin at 7:30am.

 Topic Information

OSHA Update – J. Wilson Eaton III

• A discussion and analysis of the impact of OSHA’s severe injury reporting program during its first year. 
• A review of OSHA’ recent published statements that a lack of safety leads to income inequality, and the effects that OSHA’s position has on its enforcement actions. 
• A review of OSHA’s top 10 most frequently cited standards
• Q&A

Bio

J. Wilson Eaton III

Associate, Young Law Group, PLLC

Areas of Experience and Practice:

• Management Labor & Employment Law

• Employment discrimination
• Teacher non-renewal/termination hearings
• Wage and Hour Law
• Employment litigation
• Administrative agency proceedings (e.g. EEOC, DOL)
• Employer counseling
• Training

• OSHA & Workplace Safety Matters

• State & Federal Court Trial Representation

Professional Law Licenses: Mississippi 1993 Tennessee 1997

Education: B.S., Mississippi State University, cum laude Starkville, Mississippi

J.D., Emory University School of Law Atlanta, Georgia

Wilson is licensed to practice law in Mississippi and Tennessee, and is a member of the American, Mississippi and Tennessee State Bar Associations. He is admitted in Mississippi and Tennessee Supreme Courts, US Court of Appeals and US District Court for Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and Western and Middle Districts of Tennessee.

Wilson has two children and lives in Gulfport, Mississippi.