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 Raising the Rate: DOL Expands Overtime Protections to Millions of Workers - (Posted On Wednesday, April 24, 2024) The EEOC Issues a Proposed Rule Regarding the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act - (Posted On Friday, September 15, 2023) NLRB Turning Up the Heat Over Employee Handbooks - (Posted On Monday, August 14, 2023) Employers Take Note: New Laws Provide Protections for Pregnant and Nursing Employees - (Posted On Wednesday, March 08, 2023) 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) Pagination Page 1 Next page Next › Current Legal Analysis FTC Calls Out Bill Payment Company’s Use of Dark Pattern Practices by: A.J. S. Dhaliwal , Mehul N. Madia FTC Final Rule Banning Most Worker Noncompete Agreements by: Baldwin J. Lee , Melissa K. Bell From Payment Service Providers to Professional Football Clubs: New EU Regulations to Combat Money Laundering Adopted by: Annabelle Juliette Rau FTC Cracks Down on Payments Processor for Facilitating Fraud by: A.J. S. Dhaliwal , Mehul N. Madia US Treasury Releases Final Regulations for $7,500 EV Tax Credit, Maintains Exclusions for Foreign Entities of Concern by: Chris DiAngelo , Mitchell A. Fagen Upcoming Legal Education Events Jun 12 2024 REACH 30/30 - June 12th, 2024 Jun 4 2024 FinTech and Securities Trading Platforms May 29 2024 Emerging Legal Concepts for Generative AI - Part 3 May 22 2024 OSHA 30/30 - May 22nd, 2024 Print