Labor & Employment

ME Specific

4.89

Maine Employment Law: Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees

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Credit Status Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 53 minutes
John Chapman
Elizabeth Johnston
Amy Cann
James Haddow
With John W. Chapman from Kelly & Chapman + 3 others
Recorded August 27, 2024
Product ID 98592

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Overview

Your Guide to Lawfully Hiring and Terminating Employees

What are the do's and don'ts of using social media to screen job applicants? Do you know how to craft an effective investigative report following a workplace investigation? When should you address a decline in work performance concerning an employee on intermittent leave? In this comprehensive online seminar, our experienced faculty provide you with essential guidelines for hiring, onboarding, disciplining, and terminating workers. Whether you're new to employment law, or you're just hoping to get a refresher, this course is for you - register today!

  • Adopt best practices for hiring and onboarding new employees.
  • Uncover practical guidance for preventing hiring discrimination issues.
  • Come away with essential tools for conducting reviews.
  • Tackle termination meetings and exit interviews with confidence.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws
  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them
  3. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees
  4. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices
  5. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials
  6. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave
  7. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

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Product ID 98592

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
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  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws

    1. Guidelines for Using Social Media to Screen Applicants
    2. Interviews: Avoiding Common Perils
    3. Training Supervisors and Managers on Hiring Practices: Why It Matters
    4. Offer Letters and Other Essential At-Hire Documents
    5. Non-Compete Agreements - Current Developments
    6. Understanding State Working Age Requirements

  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them

    1. Case Law and Legislative Updates
    2. Risks in Diversity Initiatives
    3. Pay Equity and Salary Transparency - The Latest Developments
    4. Use of AI in Hiring
    5. Background Checks: What You Must Know
    6. Uniform Discipline: Best Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claims

  3. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees

    1. Performance Reviews, Warnings, and Suspensions Made Simple
    2. Practical Guidance for Crafting Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
    3. Best Practices for Maintaining Disciplinary Policies and Records
    4. Employees With Mental Health Conditions: Handling Performance Issues
    5. Eliminating Bias From the Disciplinary Process
    6. Sloppy Disciplinary Procedures: Top Mistakes to Avoid

  4. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices

    1. Forming an Investigation Plan
    2. General Rules on Who Should Conduct the Investigation
    3. Techniques for Determining Witness Credibility
    4. Investigation Interviews: Top Legal Considerations
    5. Creating the Investigative Report: Legal Best Practices
    6. Following Up

  5. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials

    1. Conducting Termination Meetings and Exit Interviews: Tips and Traps
    2. State Requirements for Severance Packages and Separation Agreements
    3. State Whistleblower Laws
    4. Disciplining and Terminating Employees for Marijuana Use: Top Risks
    5. Preventing Wrongful Termination Claims
    6. Pay Reductions, Layoffs, and RIFs: Essential Guidelines

  6. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave

    1. The Interactions Between the FMLA, ADA, and State Leave and Workers' Compensation Laws
    2. When a Worker's Performance Suffers While on Intermittent Leave
    3. Do's and Don'ts of Defensive Documentation
    4. Timing Considerations
    5. Avoiding Retaliation Claims
    6. Review of Recent Case Law

  7. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

    1. Rules of Professional Conduct
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Attorneys' Fees
    4. Confidentiality

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar on employee hiring and firing is of benefit to:

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

Speakers

John W Chapman
John W.
Chapman
Kelly & Chapman
Elizabeth T Johnston
Elizabeth T.
Johnston
Verrill Dana LLP
Amy Cann
Amy
Cann
Cann Law, P.C.
James B Haddow
James B.
Haddow
Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP
Speaker bio
John W Chapman

John W. Chapman

Kelly & Chapman
John Chapman

has practiced law in Maine for over 40 years. He represents PORAC (US Border Patrol), Fraternal Order of Police, Androscoggin County Employee Association, Professional Fire Fighters of Maine and National Correctional Employees Union. Mr. Chapman has co-authored legislation in the area of mental health and firearms with the Governor's Office and the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine. He teaches use of deadly and nondeadly force at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to cadets, law enforcement firearms instructors and judicial marshals. Mr. Chapman developed and periodically updates the protocol for representation of law enforcement officers involved in critical incidents. He is the counselor at arms for the Gun Owners of Maine, and is an avid shooter, archer and reloader. Mr. Chapman is admitted to practice in the Maine courts, United States District Court for the District of Maine, First Circuit Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

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Elizabeth T Johnston

Elizabeth T. Johnston

Verrill Dana LLP
Elizabeth Johnston

is an attorney in the law firm of Verrill Dana LLP. She handles a variety of employment matters including working with businesses of all sizes to ensure that their policies are in compliance with the latest legal updates and are working effectively for the organization in practice. Ms. Johnston also advocates for clients facing claims before state and federal courts, Maine Human Rights Commission, and Maine Workers' Compensation Board. She is a regular contributor to Verrill's Taking Care of HR Business blog. Ms. Johnston earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Maine; and her J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law. She is a member of the Maine Trial Lawyers Association, Maine State Bar Association and American Bar Association.

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Amy Cann

Amy Cann

Cann Law, P.C.
Amy Cann

is the founder of Cann Law, P.C. As an experienced business professional and attorney with a diverse background, she specializes in providing comprehensive legal solutions to organizations and individuals. With a sharp focus on legal compliance, problem resolution, and risk management, Ms. Cann's expertise spans employment law, OSHA and safety, and business law, as well as effective representation at the agency level, in mediation, and in court. She is licensed to practice in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine; and is a certified data privacy attorney with a foundation in cybersecurity and AI. Formerly of counsel at McLane Middleton, P.A., Ms. Cann established her own practice to better serve clients with personalized, effective legal strategies. She is a member of the New Hampshire Bar Association, New Hampshire Women's Bar Association, Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI), International Association of Privacy Professionals and (ISC)2, an International Cyber Security Professional Association. Cann Law, P.C. is a registered benefit corporation dedicated to providing our neighbors with pro bono representation through 603 Legal Aid and other legal aid organizations in New England.

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James B Haddow

James B. Haddow

Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP
James Haddow

is a partner with the Portland law firm of Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, LLP, where he advises and represents clients on, among other things, matters of employment law. He serves as treasurer on the Board of Governors of the Maine State Bar Association, and is also a member of the Cumberland County and American bar associations and the Maine Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Haddow earned his B.A. degree in philosophy from Colby College and his J.D. degree from the University of Maine. He is the editor and contributing author for A Practical Guide to Employment Law in Maine, published in June 2019 by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc.

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