Seacoast Employment Law Update: Managing a Difficult Employee
Date: November 14 Time: 8:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $100
Portsmouth, NH 03801 United States
McLane Middleton’s annual Seacoast Employment Law Update is back! This year, we are doing a deep dive into one of the most challenging aspects of managing a workforce – managing difficult employees. Our group of experienced employment attorneys will guide you through essential strategies for effectively managing performance issues, accommodation requests during a performance problem, and other problematic behavior in the workplace.
The half-day in-person program will feature interactive sessions on:
- Examining federal and state laws impacting employee discipline issues
- Learning best practices in documentation through offer letters, handbooks, and employee counseling notices
- Developing a fair approach to determining if discipline is appropriate
- Reviewing best practices for addressing ADA accommodation and leave requests during a performance or disciplinary problem
- Identifying distinctions between “at-will” and “for cause”
- Exploring benefits of separation agreements and releases.
Who Should Attend: Owners, human resources professionals and other individuals with positions responsible for managing staff and HR practices.
COST: $100 per person
Fee includes continental breakfast, electronic copies of materials, and credits.
Payment can be made via credit card and are fully refundable until Friday, November 8, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET.
Presenters
Peg O’Brien is chair of the firm’s Employment Law Practice Group. She assists employers with legal compliance and risk management in all phases of the employment relationship, as well as defense of employers in matters pending before government agencies and courts. Peg provides on-site and virtual training for employees and supervisors on harassment prevention and documentation and discipline best practices, and other employment law matters. In addition, Peg conducts workplace investigations as an internal or outside independent investigator, and recently completed the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination’s Certified Course on Conducting Discrimination Complaint Investigations.
Adam is a director in McLane Middleton’s Litigation Department and vice chair of the firm’s Employment Law Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of business, employment and probate litigation. Adam regularly assists clients on a variety of commercial and employment litigation matters, including claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, and violations of restrictive covenants. Adam also has extensive experience working on will contests, fiduciary litigation and guardianships.