Whitney M. Ferrer
Shareholder | Co-Chair, Compliance Audit Services Practice Group
Afiliaciones Profesionales y Comunitarias
Member
State Bar of Georgia
Member
National Association of College and University Attorneys
Reconocimiento
Named, The Best Lawyers in America©
2024-2025
Recipient, BTI Client Service All-Star Award
2022, 2024
News, Analysis & Press
Eleventh Circuit Concludes that Property Damage Investigators Do Not Fall Under FLSA’s Administrative Exemption
ASAP
July 5, 2022
Littler Appoints New Practice and Industry Group Chairs
October 14, 2020
DOL Releases a Proposed Rule to Clarify the Types of Compensation that Employers Must Include in the Overtime Calculation
ASAP
March 28, 2019
DOL Extends PAID Program, Presenting Employers with "Third Option" to Release FLSA Claims
ASAP
November 6, 2018
DOL Seeks Input Before Issuing New Proposed Rulemaking on the White Collar Exemptions
ASAP
July 25, 2017
Ringing in the New Year: Employment Issues to Monitor in 2017
HR Professionals Magazine
February 1, 2017
The Southern Employer
LexisNexis
2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 and 2012-2013
Littler Rings in New Year with New Shareholders: Leading Labor and Employment Firm Elevates 13 Associates
January 4, 2012
Adopting the Avoidable Consequences Affirmative Defense: Applying the Lessons of Ellerth/Faragher to FLSA Claims
American Bar Association
2008
Speaking Engagements
Late Night with Littler: A Healthcare Industry Roundtable
Littler Executive Employer Conference
May 4, 2022
Clearing the Way to Compliance: Hindsight Is So 2020
October 7, 2021
When Every Day is "Blursday" - Wage and Hour Compliance for a Remote Workforce
July 13, 2021
Challenges Created by Remote Work: Compliance and Best Practices
March 18, 2021
2020 Year in Review and What to Expect in 2021
Atlanta, GA
January 27, 2021
Healthcare Industry Group: A Roundtable Discussion
Atlanta, GA
April 18, 2019
Audits
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 4, 2018
Understanding the DOL’s PAID Program: What it Means and How to Self-Audit for Compliance Success
Littler Executive Employer, Phoenix, AZ
May 3, 2018
Key Wage and Hour Topics
Georgia Movers Association, Atlanta, GA
November 17, 2016
Countdown to the New Overtime Regulations
Atlanta Talent Collective, Atlanta, GA
November 3, 2016
Countdown to the New Overtime Regulations
Southeastern Council of Foundations, Atlanta, GA
October 18, 2016
Working on Overtime: Preparing for DOL’s Changes to the FLSA Overtime Regulations
Accounting Principals, Atlanta, GA
August 18, 2016
Finally – The New Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Exemption Rules
Littler Breakfast Briefing, Atlanta, GA
May 25, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 23
May 23, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 20
May 20, 2016
DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule - May 19
May 19, 2016
2015 Southeast Employer Conference
Atlanta, GA
August 20, 2015
DOL’s Proposed Changes to the White Collar Regulations: What Should Employers Do Now?
Atlanta, GA
July 22, 2015
DOL's Proposed Changes to the White Collar Regulations: What Should Employers Do Now?
Atlanta, GA
July 15, 2015
Proposed Changes to the Overtime Regulations
July 6, 2015
The Emerging New Workforce: Evaluating and Minimizing Risks Associated with Independent Contractors In Today’s Enforcement Environment
GEM Meeting - Society for Human Resource Management, Atlanta Chapter
September 2013
Litigation Armoring – Building Advance Defenses to Common Wage & Hour Class Claims
The 2013 Atlanta Employer Conference
Littler Mendelson, Atlanta, GA
August 15, 2013
Pay Audits and Compliance Issues: Emerging Issues & Trends that Employers Need to Know in Order to Pay Employees Correctly
2011 Ohio Employer
Littler Mendelson, Cleveland, OH
October 2011
Conducting Internal Audits for FLSA Compliance
Employer’s Duties and Problems CLE Seminar - Georgia State Bar Association
February 2011
Legal Challenges regarding Classification of Independent Contractors
Southeast Regional Employer Conference, Atlanta, GA
September 2010
Wage and Hour Compliance Initiatives
Southeast Regional Employer Conference, Atlanta, GA
September 2009
Labor and Employment Legislative Update
Northwest Arkansas Employer Conference, Fayetteville, AR
May 2009
How to Conduct Wage and Hour Audits Using Audit QB
Littler National Employer Conference, Phoenix, AZ
April 2009
Wage and Hour Fundamentals
Lorman Education Services, Norcross, GA
February 2009
Educación
- J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1996
- B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 1993
Cortes
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia