Jackson Walker partner Jackie C. Staple will speak at the annual Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues Conference on Thursday, July 13, 2023. She will be joined by Troy MacEachern, Senior Vice President and Director Human Resources at Stellar Bank.

During the conference, Jackie will discuss various challenges HR professional may face when an employee returns from a leave of absence and walk through best practices for returning an employee to work from a legal and practical perspective.

Produced by HR Houston, the Gulf Coast Symposium on HR Issues is the largest regional conference for HR professionals on the Gulf Coast. The Symposium delivers education in business management and strategy, employee and labor relations, international HR, leadership and professional development, and talent management. The conference will take place at NRG Center in Houston, Texas on July 12-13, 2023.

HR Houston connects Human Resource Professionals to knowledge, relationships, and solutions. Through meetings, conferences, webinars and its annual seminar series, HR Houston educates more than 3,750 business professionals each year.

Meet Jackie

Jackie C. Staple is an attorney in the Labor & Employment section of Jackson Walker’s Houston office. She focuses on advising and counseling companies on employment law compliance and handling labor and employment transactional matters. Jackie has depth of experience drafting various employment, separation and release, and restrictive covenant agreements, as well as conducting due diligence of employment considerations in equity and asset transactions as a member of mergers and acquisitions deal teams.