30 May Navigating Complaints and Investigations for Human Resources Staff
This session will guide HR executives through the mandates on employers (as well as employee burdens) as staff seek time off and/or pay for their own (or a family member’s) medical reasons and reasonable accommodations. We will emphasize how consistently following (and documenting) a process creates the best results in getting staff back to work, managing them out of the workforce if appropriate, and defending against claims.
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Presenters
Melissa Zambri, Partner, Barclay Damon
Melissa is a member of Barclay Damon’s Management Committee and managing director of the Albany office. She is also the co-team leader of the Health Care and Health & Human Services Providers Teams. In her practice, Melissa focuses on enterprise development and regulatory guidance for the health care industry.
In addition to her practice, Melissa is an adjunct professor for Albany Law School’s Online Graduate Programs, where she teaches Health Care Compliance and HIPAA Compliance. She is also an adjunct professor at Clarkson University, where she teaches Legal Aspects of Health Care.
Margaret Surowka, Partner, Barclay Damon
Margaret serves as co-team leader of Barclay Damon’s Health Care and Health & Human Services Providers Teams. A former general counsel at the New York State Dental Association with over 30 years of legal experience, Margaret has unique experience in healthcare, labor, and employment. Her healthcare practice includes representing agencies, facilities, and individual providers in compliance matters, licensure, disciplinary, and ethics proceedings.
Margaret has decades of experience practicing labor and employment law. She counsels and represents employers on employment compliance issues and defends employers before the NYS Division of Human Rights. Margaret has conducted several internal investigations relating to sexual harassment allegations, discrimination complaints, and diversity and equity initiatives. She also trains governing boards with respect to not-for-profit law and governance issues.