Labor & Employment

NH Specific

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New Hampshire Human Resource Law Boot Camp

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
SHRM CP/SCP Approved 6 Total
OnDemand
5 hours 58 minutes
Amy Cann
Christopher Vrountas
Rodney Gould
Brigette Renaud
Richard Rybicki
J. Gregory Grisham
With Amy Cann Esq. from Cann Law, P.C. + 5 others
Recorded May 20, 2026.
Product ID 102089

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Overview

A Full Day Brimming With Employment Law Best Practices

The rapid pace of change in the employment law arena requires constant vigilance on the part of HR professionals. It's all too easy to miss a seemingly minor detail and have your employer face a financially debilitating lawsuit as a result. Don't let your company's employment policies and procedures fall into legal obsolescence and fail to provide safeguards. Let our experienced attorney faculty provide you with up-to-date information on the FLSA, HIPAA, and more. Take away indispensable legal information you can use to reinforce your company's HR practices - register today!

  • Get the latest FLSA perspectives and ensure your wage and hour practices are up to speed.
  • Determine if the language of your organization's handbook contains potential legal landmines.
  • Sidestep potential HIPAA violations when handling employee medical information.
  • Handle hiring and firing issues with confidence - know which practices will land you in hot water.
  • Ensure your company's social media policy provides maximum legal protections.
  • Confidently investigate misconduct, create performance improvement plans, and more.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. FLSA Essentials: Practically Applying the Most Recent Legal Perspectives
  2. Using Handbooks to Protect Against Legal Liabilities: With Example Policies
  3. Hiring and Firing: Legal Dos and Don'ts for Crucial HR Functions
  4. HIPAA Best Practices for HR: Ensuring Confidentiality of Medical Information
  5. Social Media Policies: Balancing Employer Needs and Employee Rights
  6. Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace: Marijuana and Other Considerations
  7. Employee Relations: Legal Solutions for Sensitive Workplace Issues
Product ID 102089

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
SHRM CP/SCP Approved 6 Total
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  1. FLSA Essentials: Practically Applying the Most Recent Legal Perspectives

    1. Primary Duties Test: Recognizing the Top Pitfalls
    2. Salary Test Legal Essentials
    3. Independent Contractor Issues
    4. Off-The-Clock Work and Unauthorized Overtime
    5. Addressing Employer Errors: Essential Safe Harbor Policies to Have
  2. Using Handbooks to Protect Against Legal Liabilities: With Example Policies

    1. Handbook Scope: How Much Is Too Much?
    2. What Topics You Must Include: With Example Language
    3. Key Disclaimers You Can't Forget
    4. Avoiding Implied Contractual Relationships
    5. Essential Updates: NLRB and Other Concerns
    6. Updating Handbooks: With Checklists
  3. Hiring and Firing: Legal Dos and Don'ts for Crucial HR Functions

    1. Crafting Legally Compliant Job Descriptions
    2. What Employers Can and Can't Ask About Criminal Backgrounds, Credit Histories, etc.
    3. How Enforceable Are Non-Compete, Non-Solicit, and Confidentiality Agreements?
    4. Verifying Immigration Status - E-Verify and Other Considerations
    5. Legally Defensible Termination Documentation
    6. Terminating Employees on Leave
    7. Separation Agreements and Releases: With Examples
  4. HIPAA Best Practices for HR: Ensuring Confidentiality of Medical Information

    1. When Does HIPAA Apply to Employers?
    2. Requesting Protected Health Information (PHI): FMLA and Other Purposes
    3. Safeguarding PHI
    4. Putting PHI Policies in Place: With Examples
  5. Social Media Policies: Balancing Employer Needs and Employee Rights

    1. Social Media and NLRA Violations for Non-Union Employers
    2. To What Extent May Employers Limit Social Media Use?
    3. Using Private Social Media Accounts for Business Purposes
    4. Using Social Media in Hiring Decisions
    5. Best Practices for Creating and Updating Social Media Policies
  6. Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace: Marijuana and Other Considerations

    1. Accommodating Medical Marijuana Users: Do Employers Have To?
    2. Drug-Testing Considerations for Current and Prospective Employees
    3. Firing and Disciplining Medical Marijuana Users: Current Legal Perspectives
    4. Creating Drug and Alcohol Policies That Leave No Room for Interpretation
  7. Employee Relations: Legal Solutions for Sensitive Workplace Issues

    1. Granting Employee Leave: FMLA, ADA, and Other Considerations
    2. Return-to-Work Policies After Leave
    3. Disciplinary Actions
    4. Investigating Misconduct
    5. Answering Discrimination and Harassment Complaints
    6. Workplace Safety and Security Issues: Firearms, Disgruntled Employees, Domestic Violence, etc.
    7. Creating Performance Improvement Plans
    8. Employee Evaluations: Best Practices

Who Should Attend

This intermediate level online seminar on HR legal issues is of benefit to:

  • Human Resource Professionals
  • Attorneys
  • Corporate Executives
  • Accountants
  • Payroll Professionals
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Amy Cann Esq.
Amy
Cann, Esq.
Cann Law, P.C.
Christopher T Vrountas
Christopher T.
Vrountas
Vrountas, Ayer & Chandler, P.C.
Rodney E Gould
Rodney E.
Gould
Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP
Brigette Renaud
Brigette
Renaud
Barton LLP
Richard C Rybicki
Richard C.
Rybicki
Rybicki & Associates, P.C.
J. Gregory Grisham
J. Gregory
Grisham
Fisher Phillips LLP
Speaker bio
Amy Cann Esq.

Amy Cann, Esq.

Cann Law, P.C.
Amy Cann

, is the founder of Cann Law, P.C., a seacoast-based firm serving businesses, nonprofits, and individuals across New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. She advises on business and employment law, contracts, compliance, and privacy/technology-related legal issues, with a practical, plain-English approach. Ms. Cann also presents nationally for business associations and professional organizations, delivering actionable guidance on current legal and operational issues.

Speaker bio
Christopher T Vrountas

Christopher T. Vrountas

Vrountas, Ayer & Chandler, P.C.
Christopher Vrountas

is a shareholder at Vrountas, Ayer & Chandler, P.C., where he maintains a wide-ranging practice representing businesses in employment, intellectual property, and complex commercial litigation matters. He regularly serves as lead trial counsel in state and federal courts nationwide on matters involving restrictive covenants and trade secrets, wage and hour class actions, employment discrimination, commercial lease disputes, contract claims, trademark and patent litigation, and other high-stakes business disputes, and he has successfully defended cases on appeal before the First Circuit and Massachusetts appellate courts. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Vrountas serves as outside general counsel to longstanding clients, bringing a practical, results-driven perspective to legal strategy, and also acts as a mediator in matters pending before human rights commissions. He is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Florida, as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Vrountas earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School. 

Speaker bio
Rodney E Gould

Rodney E. Gould

Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP
Rodney Gould

is a partner at Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub LLP. He concentrates in commercial litigation, employer/employee relations including EEOC and state administrative issues, transportation, travel and tour operator law, recreation law, intellectual property, and general corporate counseling. Mr. Gould earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Colby College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Columbia University School of Law and was an Editor of the Law Review. He is admitted to practice in New Hampshire, California, The District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New York, Federal Circuit Courts for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and The District of Columbia as well as to numerous Federal District Courts throughout the country. He is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court.

Speaker bio
Brigette Renaud

Brigette Renaud

Barton LLP
Brigette Renaud

is of counsel at Barton LLP and a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group, where she focuses her practice on employee benefits and executive compensation matters for employers. Her work includes advising on retirement and welfare benefit plans under ERISA, equity-based compensation, plan design and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary governance, severance arrangements, and related tax and regulatory issues for both for-profit and tax-exempt organizations. Ms. Renaud brings a practical and technically sophisticated perspective informed by her experience in private practice, in-house leadership roles, and benefits consulting, including advising Fortune 500 companies and serving as general counsel to a large tax-exempt pension fund. She is admitted to practice law in New York and New Hampshire. Ms. Renard earned her B.S. degree from the University of New Hampshire, her J.D. degree from Wake Forest University School of Law, and her LL.M. degree in taxation from New York University School of Law. 

Speaker bio
Richard C Rybicki

Richard C. Rybicki

Rybicki & Associates, P.C.
Richard Rybicki

is founder of Rybicki & Associates, P.C. He works closely with employers, helping them navigate a vast array of tough workplace issues. Mr. Rybicki offers an experienced and practical approach to developing employment policies and managing workplace conflicts.​ When conflicts do not resolve, he represents management in individual, representative, and class-action litigation. Mr. Rybicki has appeared for employers, employer associations, and employee benefit plans in courts and administrative proceedings throughout the United States. He was lead counsel in the first two cases filed under California's Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act ("PAGA"). ​ Mr. Rybicki also practices under state and federal labor relations laws, including union organizing, collective bargaining, arbitration, and hearings before labor relations boards. He is a longtime editor of The Developing Labor Law (ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law), a leading national labor-management publication. Mr. Rybicki attended U.C.L.A., University of Cambridge, and Cornell Law School, receiving his J.D. degree with concentration in advocacy. He is admitted to practice in California and before various federal district courts, courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  

Speaker bio
J. Gregory Grisham

J. Gregory Grisham

Fisher Phillips LLP
J. Gregory Grisham

is a partner in the Memphis Office of Fisher Phillips LLP, with 35 years of successful experience counseling and representing employers in all aspects of workplace law in Tennessee and across the United States. He has helped employers avoid claims, charges, and lawsuits with a focus on preventative practices, including counseling on discipline, termination, demotion, promotion and other workplace changes, investigations, wage and hour compliance, reasonable accommodation assessment, supervisor training and the review of employment policies and procedures. Mr. Grisham has successfully litigated hundreds of administrative charges, employment lawsuits, and arbitration demands on behalf of employers, including federal and state law claims alleging discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, invasion of privacy, defamation, breach of contract, and wage and hour violations, among others. He represents employers in the prosecution and defense of trade secret claims, and in the enforcement of post-employment restrictive covenants such as non-compete, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements. Mr. Grisham also represents employers in matters before the National Labor Relations Board, including unfair labor practice proceedings and in union representation elections. He has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA, Labor & Employment, Mid-South Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America for Employment Litigation-Management side and Employment Law-Management, and LawDragon's 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers. Mr. Grisham is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and of the American Bar Foundation. He is a past chair of the Memphis Bar Association's L&E Section and of the Tennessee Bar Association's L&E Section, where he currently serves on the Executive Committee.

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