S. McKinley Gray, IIILabor and Employment AttorneyWard and Smith, P.A.Websitewww.wardandsmith.comOrganization ProfileFull ProfileConnectEmail252-672-5476 Professional Biography Ken leads the Labor and Employment practice. His practice experience encompasses various areas of employment-related litigation. He advises clients and litigates cases involving all forms of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, and breach of employment contracts from small start-up companies to Fortune 500 corporations. Ken is a frequent lecturer on employment discrimination, workplace retaliation, workers' compensation, and wage and hour law issues. He has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his fields of law and serves in leadership roles with various legal and civic organizations. Ken is a former president of the Craven County Bar Association, a former two-term president of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Coastal Carolina, and Chairman of the Deacons of First Baptist Church of New Bern. More Legal and Business Bylines From S. McKinley Gray, III Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement Agreements with Non-Supervisory Employees: New Limitations from the NLRB - (Posted On Wednesday, March 01, 2023) “I Always Feel Like, Somebody’s Watching Me”: How the NLRB General Counsel Proposes to Curtail Employer Surveillance - (Posted On Friday, December 16, 2022) Inside Out: Employment Law LARP - (Posted On Friday, January 21, 2022) Déjà Vu: Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Dissolves Stay of OSHA COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard" for Large Employers - (Posted On Monday, December 20, 2021) Once More, with Feeling: Fifth Circuit Re-Affirms Stay of ETS and Then Loses Jurisdiction of the Case - (Posted On Tuesday, November 16, 2021) U.S. Court of Appeals Puts Brakes on OSHA COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard" - (Posted On Monday, November 08, 2021) OSHA Issues Long-Awaited COVID-19 "Emergency Temporary Standard" - (Posted On Friday, November 05, 2021) Busy as a Bee: LARPing a day in the life of HR - (Posted On Wednesday, October 06, 2021) The FFCRA Trap: Employers Must Consider Retaliation Even After the FFCRA - (Posted On Friday, June 04, 2021) Webinar: Protecting Yourself Against EEOC, OSHA, and Workers' Compensation Claims in the COVID-19 Era - (Posted On Thursday, June 25, 2020) Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 2 Next page Next › Current Legal Analysis California Legislature Advances Bills Impacting Private Equity and Management Services Organizations by: Paul A. Gomez , Ashley N. Osak Asked & Answered: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast Episode 10: The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What Employers Need to Know Now [Podcast] by: Kelly Dobbs Bunting , Mikaela Shaw Masoudpour Ogletree Deakins Payroll Brass Tax: SUB Plans—A Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Severance [Podcast] by: Michael K. Mahoney July 2025 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims by: Sophia B. Castillo , Mitzi Ng Clark Employee Taxed on Mistakenly-Issued Stock by: David B. Shiner Australian Privacy Law Reform Tranche 2: The Time for Conversation is Over by: Cameron Abbott , Rob Pulham Sixth Circuit Provides Clarity about Application of Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine to Internal Investigations by: Jeffrey A. Zager , Newton B. Fowler, III Illinois General and Franchise Tax Amnesty Programs Set to Begin Oct. 1, 2025 by: Breen M. Schiller Florida’s SB 492 and the Future of Wetland Development by: Andrew Cromer , Adam R. Troutwine The AI Oversight Gap: IBM's 2025 Data Breach Report Reveals Hidden Costs of Ungoverned AI by: Jason M. Loring Protecting Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in Global Supply Chains: Legal Strategies for Manufacturers by: Peter Lawrence Loh Shell v Venture Global: Commissioning a Dispute by: John Gilbert , Alistair Calvert Avoiding Cross-Border Pitfalls—The Importance of Written Employment Agreements for Foreign Employers Operating in Canada by: Shir Fulga OIG Clarifies Small Entity Investment Safe Harbor for Physicians by: Stephen M. Fatum , Amy Kluesner CPPA Adopts ADMT, Cybersecurity and Risk Assessment Regulations by: Liisa M. Thomas , Kathryn Smith Upcoming Events Sep 15-16 2025 US General Counsel Summit Sep 15-16 2025 Chief Litigation Officer Summit Sep 29-30 2025 Intellectual Property Law Institute 2025 - New York Oct 20-21 2025 Intellectual Property Law Institute 2025 - California Print
