The most common type of employment lawsuit plaintiff today is the employee who got fired while on, or after returning from, a medical leave. This session will highlight mistakes in handling leaves that will almost certainly get your business sued, including failing to reinstate an employee following a leave because you realized you didn't really need him, firing an employee who fails to return from FMLA leave, terminating an employee who is deemed “permanently disabled” under workers' compensation, and changing an employee's job duties while he/she is away on leave. This session will learn:
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Shayna Helene Balch
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Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Shayna Balch is a partner in both the Phoenix and Los Angeles offices. She represents employers in employment and labor litigation matters before federal and state courts as well as before administrative agencies. She handles matters across all facets of labor and employment law including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, restrictive covenants, preventive counseling, employee training, personnel policies, and employment agreements. Shayna has represented clients before trial and appellate courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Arizona Civil Rights Division, and United States Department of Justice Office of Special Counsel (OSC).
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Pavneet Singh Uppal
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Fisher & Phillips, LLP
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Pavneet Singh Uppal is a partner in the Firm’s Phoenix office and has litigated in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Illinois. He regularly represents national, regional, and local clients in a variety of complex civil litigation matters. As lead trial counsel, Pavneet has litigated employment cases, including class actions, in federal and state trial and appellate courts, at arbitration and before administrative agencies. He focuses his practice on labor and employment disputes with an emphasis on unfair competition, trade secrets, wrongful discharge and equal employment opportunity litigation and arbitration.