RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
CONTACT: Peter Bennett
PHONE: 207-773-4775
DATE: May 18, 2004

PORTLAND, MAINE LABOR LAW ATTORNEY PETER BENNETT TO ADDRESS 12TH ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND PAYROLL CONFERENCE IN SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE.

SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE -- PETER BENNETT, a Portland, Maine management labor law and employment attorney, will be speaking at the 12th Annual New England Payroll Conference to be held at the Sheraton Conference Center in South Portland from June 9 - 11, 2004. Bennett will be providing to an overview of laws governing employee leaves of absence payroll professionals from throughout New England. This area of employment law is considered a hot topic because of the rapid increases in lawsuits over the issue.
Attorney Bennett’s remarks will cover various Federal and New England state laws governing employee absences. He will discuss the methods employers can use to determine whether such laws apply and, if so, to what extent they apply as well. Bennett also will discuss the interplay between the employer’s obligation to recognize that an employee’s request for time off implicates a leave law and the statutory limitations on an employer’s right to inquire about an employee’s medical condition, as well as the traditional considerations arising from workers’ compensation and disability insurance claims.
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 throughout the United States. He is also Secretary 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. For more information on the program, please contact Laurie Proctor of the Bennett Law Firm at (207) 773-4775.