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Elizabeth Arnold is a director in BRG’s Labor and Employment practice and is an expert in studying the work activity performed in diverse job roles in a range of workplace environments. Over the last two decades, Ms. Arnold has worked on hundreds of employment matters in both an advisory and expert capacity. Her extensive experience includes leading research studies at local and international organizations of various sizes, from small nonprofits to global digital retailers, and across a range of industries, including government, healthcare, retail, technology, transportation, and professional business services. Ms. Arnold specializes in the development and execution of customized research methodologies that address complex employment compliance issues at the individual worker, organization, city, state, and federal levels. Her engagements often include identifying the tasks and responsibilities associated with different jobs and the contexts in which they are performed. She employs multiple approaches in her studies, including time and motion observations, questionnaires, surveys, and interviews.Ms. Arnold’s wage and hour engagements have involved meal and rest break compliance, job classification (FLSA, state exemptions, independent contractor), joint employer, tip pooling/credits, and suitable seating. In addition, her work has involved the review of multiple "compensable time" activities, including the duration of health and security screenings, donning and doffing activity, computer bootups, walking, driving, and other activities. Her work has been used at multiple stages of active litigation and she has provided expert testimony in state, federal, and international class action disputes. Additionally, clients have leveraged the results of her studies to shape or modify existing organizational practices and policies.As a seasoned authority on examining jobs, the workplace, and compliance with elements of labor and employment law, Ms. Arnold regularly presents at academic and professional conferences such as the American Bar Association (ABA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP), publishes in recognized journals such as Law360, Daily Journal and Reuters Westlaw, and provides commentary on current topics in labor and employment law.

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