Articles by Melissa Fleischer, Esq.
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Melissa Fleischer, Esq. is the Founder and President of HR Learning Center LLC, a human resources consulting firm specializing in the area of employment law. HR Learning Center LLC provides training seminars and consulting on a wide range of workplace and human resource issues.
Fleischer is a management-side employment attorney with over 20 years experience and is nationally recognized as an expert in her field. She has successfully represented numerous clients in employment discrimination litigation as well as providing preventive counseling and training on workplace issues. Fleischer is a frequent lecturer on a wide range of employment law topics including seminars and workshops on Anti-Harassment Training, FMLA/ADA Training and Workplace Violence Prevention Training. Fleischer is also a Chapter Editor for the new FMLA Treatise that has been recently published by BNA. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
As President of HR Learning Center LLC, Fleischer provides proactive solutions to management on a variety of employment law issues including sexual and unlawful harassment, workplace violence, FMLA and ADA. Fleischer provides on-site and on-line training seminars on important employment law topics. Fleischer can be contacted at 914-417-1715 or via e-mail at Melissa.fleischer@hrlearningcenter.com.
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One of the major employment law changes that is likely to come during the Obama administration about is the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. This bill would amend Title VII to prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation. Prior versions of this bill included gender identity as well as sexual orientation. However, the current version of the bill know as HR 3685 that was...Full Article »
GINA (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act) is a federal law that was signed by President Bush two years ago on May 21, 2008. It applies to employers with 15 or more employees. GINA was prompted by Congress’ concern that fear of being fired or treated unfairly by employers and insurers based on the results of their genetic testing would prompt employees to forego obtaining important...Full Article »
Bob has been out on FMLA for 12 weeks. For those weeks I have had to keep his job open, and now that he left me one employee short for three months he calls and tells me that he can’t come back to work yet. I told him enough is enough. If he does not come back tomorrow, I am going to fire him. No problem right? Wrong! FMLA is only the first issue when an employee is out on leave. Managers...Full Article »
Events of Interest-
7th Annual Information Governance & eDisclosure Summit
Millennium Gloucester Hotel & Conference Centre, London, UK
May 14- 16, 2012
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