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    Federal and State Leave Laws and Recent Jury Verdicts Involving Leave Disputes

    Date: May 13, 2025, 7:30am – 9:00am
    Organizer:
    SHRM Berks Chapter
    Location:
    The Berkshire Country Club
    Price:
    $23 for Berks Chapter Members / $25 for guests of members
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    Federal and State Leave Laws and Recent Jury Verdicts

    Involving Leave Disputes

    If you would like a copy of the presentation slides, please email Wendy Button 


    Speaker:  Sarah Simmons, Counsel, Sun Life 

    Sarah Simmons is Absence and Employment Counsel at Sun Life, advising on legal issues related to the Sun Life’s Absence & Disability Management Solutions offered to employer clients, as well as employment and employee relations matters.  Sarah’s legal career has focused on employment law.  Prior to joining Sun Life, she was in-house employment counsel for a large Tier 1 automotive supplier and a specialty pharmacy company.  She was also an attorney for Littler Mendelson, one of the largest labor and employment-focused law firms in the U.S., and a law clerk for the Honorable Marilyn Kelly at the Michigan Supreme Court.   She has previously spoke on employment focused topics such as conducting internal investigations in the era of #MeToo and handling COVID accommodation requests at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.  She is a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.


    Approved for 1 HRCI & SHRM Recertification Credit