Product Description

This comprehensive program provides a basic introduction to employment and labor law for the lawyer new or returning to the field. Each half-day session features lectures by experienced faculty designed to teach you the statutes, case law, and practice pointers, followed by interactive sessions that reinforce your knowledge by giving you hands-on experience. These sessions are organized around the life cycle of typical employment situations and utilize a variety of techniques, including faculty demonstrations, role-playing, small-group online Zoom discussions, and analysis of hypothetical cases based on typical client situations. You "learn by doing" and get valuable practical experience crafting real-life solutions to common client problems.

Lecture sessions 

• Employment Discrimination 
• Laws Regarding Leaves 
• Other Federal and State Employment Law Statutes and Regulations 
• Common Law Claims 
• Federal and State Wage and Hour Laws 
• National Labor Relations Act 
• Ethics Snares and Entanglements for the Employment Lawyer

Interactive sessions: The life-cycle of the employment relationship 

• Hiring 
• Terms of Employment 
• Performance Management 
• Accommodations; Leaves 
• Termination of Employment 
• Post Employment

Agenda & Materials

• Day One - Monday, November 15th, 2021
• 9:00 - 9:01 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  Joshua M. Davis, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  
• 9:01 - 10:15 am

  Employment Discrimination

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  Joshua M. Davis, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  Ellen J. Messing, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 10:15 - 10:25 am

  Break
• 10:25 - 11:45 am

  Employment Law Regarding Leaves

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  Lori A. Jodoin, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP , Boston
  Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  
• 11:45 - 12:00 pm

  Break
• 12:00 - 12:55 pm

  Interactive Session 1: Mock Employment Interview, Leave Scenario & Layoff Scenario

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  Joshua M. Davis, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• Day Two - Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
• 9:00 - 9:02 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Joshua M. Davis, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 9:02 - 9:53 am

  Employment: Common Law Claims

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  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  Joshua M. Davis, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  
• 9:53 - 10:05 am

  Break
• 10:05 - 11:18 am

  National Labor Relations Act/ Chapter 150E

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  Damien M. DiGiovanni, Esq., Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP , Boston
  Paige Walker McKissock, Esq., Segal Roitman LLP , Boston
  
• 11:18 - 11:25 am

  Break
• 11:25 - 12:50 pm

  Ethics Lecture & Interactive Session 2: Facebook Hypothetical

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  • Ethical Issues: Establishing Attorney/Client Relationships & What to Do with 11th Hour Phone Calls, Conflicts in Representing Multiple Clients, Use of Threats of Criminal Prosecution to Obtain and Advantage in a Civil Matter
  • Ethical Issues: Rule 4.2, Witness Interviews - Plaintiff and Employer Perspective, Conflicts of Interest, Perjured Testimony

  Joshua M. Davis, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC , Boston
  Damien M. DiGiovanni, Esq., Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP , Boston
  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  Paige Walker McKissock, Esq., Segal Roitman LLP , Boston
  
• Day Three - Wednesday, November 17, 2021
• 9:00 - 9:01 am

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP , Boston
  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 9:01 - 10:09 am

  Other Federal and State Employment Law Statutes and Regulations

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  Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP , Boston
  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 10:09 - 10:20 am

  Break
• 10:20 - 11:04 am

  Federal and State Wage and Hour and Other Worker Protection Laws

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  Christine T. Eskilson, Esq., Office of Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor , Boston
  Lillian M. Hirales, Esq., Division of Occupational Licensure & Office of Public Safety and Inspections , Boston
  
• 11:04 - 11:30 am

  Break
• 11:30 - 12:34 pm

  Interactive Session 3: Contractor Hypothetical & Test-Your-Knowledge Quiz Show

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  Christine T. Eskilson, Esq., Office of Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor , Boston
  Lillian M. Hirales, Esq., Division of Occupational Licensure & Office of Public Safety and Inspections , Boston
  Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP , Boston
  Dahlia C. Rudavsky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  

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