Labor Relations and Employment Law
Representing Management Since 1962
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RELEASE: IMMEDIATE PORTLAND , MAINE ATTORNEY PETER BENNETT TO PRESENT AT NATIONAL WORKERS’ COMPENSATION & DISABILITY CONFERENCE & EXHIBIT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- PETER BENNETT, a Portland , Maine management attorney, will be speaking at the National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference & Exhibit Seminar to be held in Chicago, Illinois from November 19-21, 2003. Bennett will address over one thousand of the nation’s leading workers’ compensation professionals, occupational physicians, occupational nurses and attorneys on the topic of “Employee Misconduct and the Americans with Disabilities Act”. Attorney Bennett’s remarks will discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act, with emphasis on the provisions which impact an employer’s control over job performance, such as reasonable accommodation, undue hardship and the safety defense. He will review the law in the area of employee misconduct related to or triggered by a disability. Attorney Bennett will distinguish on-duty versus off-duty misconduct and explain their legal ramifications, as well as offer practical suggestions on handling employee performance issues to minimize the potential for liability. Bennett served as counsel to Lepage Bakeries, Inc. in Reed v. Lepage Bakeries, Inc., the leading case in the nation on this subject. Bennett is President of The Bennett Law Firm, a Portland , Maine firm which specializes in representing management throughout the Northeast on matters of labor and employment law. He has written and lectured extensively on employment law issues, and was the lead defense counsel in several ground breaking cases dealing with employee disability triggered misconduct. He is also on the Board of the American Bar Association’s Trial and Insurance Practice Section and is a Vice President and Director of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms. |