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Description: Many employers are considering whether to require their employees to take the COVID vaccine. Employers want to return to a pre-COVID work environment as soon as possible. Many issues will arise concerning the vaccine, including disability accommodations for employees who cannot have the vaccine due to medical concerns and those who object for religious reasons. Other employee may refuse the vaccine due to safety concerns. Please join us for a lively and engaging presentation on how best to handle COVID vaccine issues in the workplace.
Presenter Bios
Dr. Sharon Meit Abrahams is a legal talent development expert with over 25 years of experience in success coaching for attorneys and executing high impact programs for law firms. She has created and implemented firm wide initiatives that help attorneys maximize their productivity while maintaining engagement. When individuals produce, a firm increases its profitability. As a talent development leader, she has handled every aspect of an attorney’s firm life from onboarding and integration, through mentoring and training to succession planning and exit interviews.
Dr. Abrahams has published three books with the American Bar Association and regularly publishes articles for Thomson Reuters and American Legal Media. Known for engaging and educational programs, Dr. Abrahams is a sought-after keynote speaker, program facilitator and law firm advisor.
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Valerie C. Samuels is a Partner with Arent Fox LLP. Valerie's practice focus includes discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, reductions in force, wage and hour, whistleblowing, and restrictive covenants. She specializes in guiding international companies, including those in the United Kingdom, Israel, Canada, Italy and Germany doing business in the United States. Valerie provides harassment, discrimination and diversity awareness training, drafts employee handbooks, social media, and other policies. She also represents management in connection with union elections, unfair labor practices, collective bargaining, grievances and arbitration and union avoidance counseling. She has guided numerous companies through the most difficult employment situations, with sensitivity, intellectualism, and compassion.
Valerie routinely appears before federal and state courts and agencies, including the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board.
Valerie mediates and arbitrates cases for private parties and has mediated cases for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the United States District Court for Massachusetts. She is a member of the American Arbitration Association Arbitration Panel for Employment Disputes. Valerie was trained in civil mediation by the Community Dispute Settlement Center in 2001, and also received advanced mediation training. She is certified as a harassment prevention and disability discrimination trainer by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Valerie conducts workplace investigations and fact-finding.
 | | Practice Areas: | | Employment Law | | | Online Media Type: | | Audio | | | Production Date: | | 04/12/2021 2:00 PM EDT | | | Level: | | Intermediate | | | Category: | | Standard | | | Duration: | | 1 Hours, 0 Minutes | | | Online Format: | | Live | | | Course Type: | | Public |
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