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Federal and State Leave Laws and Recent Jury Verdicts

Involving Leave Disputes

In this session, we will provide you with an entertaining and educational update on recent developments under key leave laws, including the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), state unpaid leave laws, and the various State Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) laws.

Employers face what seems to be an endlessly expanding array of leave laws, both paid and unpaid.  Our speaker will provide common sense guidance on the requirements of these various laws, including how they overlap. She will also review recent jury verdicts that illustrate the importance of compliance. 

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.

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•  Pre-registration required by emailing Wendy Button by midnight on Thursday, May 8th.  Payment instructions will be given upon registering.
• The Chapter pays for the headcount given to BCC the Friday prior to a meeting.  Cancelations of prior registration must be received by midnight on Thursday, May 8th to avoid invoice for the meeting fee.
• No refunds or credits will be issued for cancelations after midnight on Thursday, May 8th or no-shows.
• Doors open at 7am for check-in and networking.  
• Meeting begins at 7:30
• Speaker begins at 8:00
• Hot breakfast buffet is included
• Photographs may be taken and used in Social Media and Marketing.  If you wish not to be photographed, please let us know during check-in
• The Berkshire Country Club dress code business casual. 

This meeting has been submitted for 1 HRCI and SHRM recertification credit. 

Approval is pending