Webinar: The Child Care Dilemma: Balancing the Legal and Practical Aspects of Business and Family Needs

Recorded On: 09/10/2020

As schools and daycares announce their plans for Fall 2020, employers and employees are navigating through the uncertainties that lie ahead. Employees with young children are struggling with how to adjust their work schedules with remote and hybrid model learning schedules and employers are grappling with how to address the staffing needs of their businesses given these unique challenges. McLane Middleton attorneys will discuss the legal and practical issues employers and employees need to consider as they determine how best to move forward.

Topics include:

State laws and requirements
FFCRA
Discrimination Concerns
Remote and Flexible Work Arrangements
Balancing the Practical and the Legal

Presented by McLane Middleton

Charla Bizios Stevens, Esq.

Principal

Charla B. Stevens practiced law in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for more than 37 years before retiring from McLane Middleton where she chaired the employment law practice group and also represented schools and health care practices. Stevens is the principal of Charla Stevens Consulting LLC where she continues to offer services to businesses which include workplace training, independent investigations, strategic human resources consulting, and mediation and conflict resolution.

During her years of practice she was recognized as a top lawyer in employment law by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, and Super Lawyers, among others. She has been the recipient of numerous awards to include the Granite State HR Hero Award, the Jack B. Middleton Pro Bono Services Award, the Business and Industry Association's Above and Beyond Award, and the NH Business Review Business Excellence Award.

Charla is currently the chair of the Granite United Way Board of Directors, a Trustee of Solution Health, a Commissioner of the New Hampshire Lawyers' Assistance Program, and serves on the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Task Force on Mental Health and Wellness.

Adam Hamel, Esq.

Director, Litigation Department & Vice Chair of the Employment Law Practice Group

Adam is a director in McLane Middleton's Litigation Department and vice chair of the firm's Employment Law Practice Group, concentrating his practice in the areas of business, employment and probate litigation. Adam regularly assists clients on a variety of commercial and employment litigation matters, including claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, and violations of restrictive covenants. Adam also has extensive experience working on will contests, fiduciary litigation and guardianships.

Adam received his J.D., magna cum laude, from New England Law / Boston in 2005.

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