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Services - Litigation Consultant/Expert Witness |
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Charles A. Conine, SPHR is a former HR executive with thirty-five years of unit level, field and corporate Human Resources, Labor Relations, Risk Management leadership experience. Since his retirement from corporate human resources Mr. Conine has been retained to provide pre-trial consulting and expert testimony on a variety of human resources-related topics. Mr. Conine has been retained by both plaintiffs and defendants. The following topics illustrate areas within the scope of Mr. Conine’s expertise: - Engaging in the interactive process: use of the interactive process in FMLA/ADA/workers compensation; employer policies and protocol; interaction with treating physicians and insurance carriers; accommodating injured employees; essential job components - Wrongful termination: failure to warn; failure to conduct thorough investigation or follow established policies concerning disciplinary action or investigations; constructive discharge; retaliation - Discrimination matters involving current, former and prospective employees; investigations; discrimination in hiring, training, compensation, advancement, affirmative action, discipline and discharge - Harassment: investigation of complaints; complaint systems; hostile working environment; sufficiency of harassment investigations; supervisory training; HR policies; discipline for offending employees - Disability and Workers Compensation: employer policies; use of the interactive process in FMLA/ ADA/workers compensation leaves; return-to-work scenarios, including modified and transitional duty arrangements; claim handling policies; interactions with insurance carriers, attorneys and workers compensation claims examiners - Labor and Employee Relations: union contract interpretation; bargaining issues; grievances; investigation of employee “hotline” complaints, including whistleblowers; retaliation issues - Layoffs, Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions: employer policies; notices to employees; merging seniority lists; severance pay and benefits; layoffs in retaliation for prior conduct; COBRA considerations; Older Worker considerations; reallocation of duties following a merger or restructuring; related discrimination issues - Human Resources departments: structure; assignment of duties; investigatory techniques and protocol |
