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08/31/2016
Workplace Violence & HR Update
(Read more about our September conference or register here.)
This year, our Leadership Conference will bring a very crucial topic, guns and violence in the workplace. On Sunday, September 18th Sarah Moore and Scott Gedeon, Fisher Phillips, will address this significant issue and how employers should prepare their workplace and employees. Jeff Smith, Fisher Phillips, will be joining the session to discuss the DOL’s recent changes and what to expect with the legalization of marijuana.
Sarah Moore is a partner in the firm's Cleveland office. She has extensive experience crafting practical solutions to legal challenges faced by public and private employers, with a primary focus on labor relations, employment, day-to-day operations, integrating technology, public relations, emergency response/crisis management, and strategic planning. Sarah taught labor law, employment law, collective bargaining, and human resources management courses to graduate and undergraduate students at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and Cleveland State University's Nance College of Business Administration. She has also served as an instructor of special education law for Cleveland State University's College of Science School Psychology Program.
Scott Gedeon is an experienced labor and employment attorney with an emphasis on trial practice. He has spent more than a decade helping companies of all shapes and sizes - from small, family-held businesses to large Fortune 500 multinationals - defend their rights and protect their interests, both in the courtroom and in the boardroom. In addition, he regularly counsels clients on a broad range of worker and workplace safety issues, including on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance, on-the-job violence risk assessment and mitigation, accident and fatality prevention, and more. Scott also has an active workers' compensation defense practice helping employers recover money before the courts, in Ohio and across the nation.
Jeff Smith is a partner in the Cleveland office and a member of the firm's Employee Benefits Practice Group. He works with clients to create, implement and maintain their retirement and health plans. He also advises employers on the impact of COBRA, HIPAA, MEWAs and VEBAs. He has been selected for inclusion in Ohio Super Lawyers - Rising Star three times.
