Elizabeth Arnold

Elizabeth Arnold serves as a director in BRG’s Labor and Employment practice and is an expert in researching the work activity performed in diverse job roles and in a range of different 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, organizational, city, state, and federal levels. Her engagements often include identifying 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, and interviews.

Ms. Arnold’s wage-and-hour engagements have involved meal and rest break compliance, job classification (Fair Labor Standards Act, state exemptions, independent contractor), joint employer, tip pooling/credits, and suitable seating. In addition, her work has involved review of multiple “compensable time” activities, including duration of health and security screenings, donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE), 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 organizational practices and policies.

As a seasoned authority on examining jobs, workplace behavior, and compliance with elements of labor and employment law, Ms. Arnold regularly presents at academic and professional conferences for organizations such as the American Bar Association (ABA), American Psychological Association (APA), and Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (SIOP); publishes in recognized publications such as Law360, Daily Journal, and Reuters Westlaw; and provides commentary on current topics in labor and employment law.