Kaitlin C. Dewberry

Kate practices in the areas of employment law and litigation. She represents employers in litigation under all federal and state employment laws, including cases involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour issues. Kate also assists in representing clients in proceedings before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the United States Department of Labor, the North Carolina Department of Labor, and the North Carolina Division of Employment Security.

Publications

• North Carolina Attempts to Clean Up the “Bathroom Bill”: Legislature Repeals and Replaces Controversial Law, K&L Gates Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety Alert (April 2017)
• Beyond the Bathroom: North Carolina’s H.B. 2 Also Flushes Local Employee Protections, Law 360 (April 2016)
• Employee Focus Comes with a Cost, Journal of Accountancy, a publication of the American Institute of CPAs (April 2016)
• Local Paid Sick Leave Laws are Costing National Employers, Law360 (October 2015)
• Who Decides Who Gets to Decide? Challenging the Competence of U.S.-Seated Arbitrators to Determine Arbitrability of a Dispute, K&L Gates Arbitration World (September 2015)
• NLRB Broadens Joint Employment Standard, K&L Gates Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety Alert

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