Coffee chats with HR experts

Leave laws: HR risks and opportunities

Featuring Louis Lessig

About this session

In this coffee chat, Unum VP of Leave and Absence Strategy, Susan Stowell, caught up with Louis Lessig of Brown and Connery, LLP to unravel the complexities of leave laws that HR teams must navigate. From FMLA and ADA to PWFA and state-specific mandates, they explore how evolving legal obligations create mounting risk yet introduce opportunities for HR to collaborate in designing and monitoring the culture of an organization.

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Louis Lessig

Partner
Brown and Connery, LLP

Susan Stowell

VP, Leave and Absence Strategy
Unum

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