A Seminar on the new changes to the Laws regarding the Non Competition Statute (effective as of October 1, 2018) and the new Family Leave Statute (efffective July 1, 2019), and its impact on businesses.

Speakers:
D. Moschos, of Counsel
Mirick O'Connell

D. is a member of the firm's Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group and is the former chair. He has extensive experience in labor and employment law. He has frequently represented management in labor and employment cases before government agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. He has personally conducted more than 600 labor negotiations, including numerous negotiations involving teachers, factory workers, hospital employees, and public employees. D. also practices education law and represents public and private schools in Massachusetts. Presently, D. is labor counsel for various private and public employers in Massachusetts and regularly advises employers on labor and employment law issues.

He drafted a portion of the Massachusetts Labor Statute and is a founder and former management chair of the State Joint Labor Management Committee (Dunlop Committee) and the Worcester County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee.

In 2013, D. received the 2013 Cushing-Gavin Labor-Management Counsel Award. Also in 2013, D. was awarded a rare honorary membership in the International City Management Association (ICMA). Honorary membership in ICMA is rarely awarded and is given to an individual outside of the profession of local government management because of his or her distinguished public service and contributions to the improvement and strengthening of local government.

Human Resource Executive Magazine and Lawdragon have recognized D. as being one of the “Top 100 Corporate Employment Attorneys in the United States” and in 2014 elected him to the Human Resources Hall of Fame. D. was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America ©2018 in the fields of Employment Law – Management and Labor Law - Management (Copyright 2018 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). D. was also named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Worcester Employment Law – Management “Lawyer of the Year.” In 2007, the Massachusetts Municipal Personnel Association selected him as the recipient of its annual Emil S. Skop Award for outstanding contributions to human resources management. D. has been named one of Massachusetts “Super Lawyers” by Boston magazine and Law & Politics every year since 2006. D. has received an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available for legal ability and professional ethics. In 2015 the Worcester County Bar Association gave D. their Distinguished Service Award.

He is a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers which includes the leading labor lawyers in the United States.

He is a lecturer of labor relations at Clark University.

Kimberly A. Rozak, Partner
Mirick O'Connell

Kim is a partner in the firm's Labor, Employment and Employee Benefits Group. She currently serves as counsel to a wide variety of employers, both in the public and private sectors, including for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Her practice includes representing employers before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the State Division of Labor Relations, and the Civil Service Commission. She also appears in state and federal courts in connection with discrimination cases. She regularly advises clients on a broad range of topics, such as the drafting and implementation of personnel policies, discipline and termination practices, and employment and non-compete agreements. She also represents numerous clients in labor arbitration matters. Kim's practice includes representing school committees and school districts, handling arbitrations and labor complaints, and providing advice on issues related to school policy and student discipline.

Kim was recognized by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the "Top Women in Law" for 2010. Kim has been named a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" by Boston magazine and Law & Politics every year since 2011. Also in 2011, Kim was one of six recipients to receive the "Outstanding Women in Business Award," awarded by the Worcester Business Journal. In 2001, Kim was selected by the Worcester Business Journal as one of "40 under Forty" professionals honored for their professional excellence and community services.

Kim has exclusively practiced management-side labor and employment law throughout her career. She was previously associated with Morgan, Brown and Joy in Boston, where her practice was also focused on traditional labor and employment law. She is also admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Arizona, where she worked as an assistant attorney general for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, handling a wide range of litigation matters for the tribal government, including discrimination and labor complaints involving highly complex jurisdictional issues. She began her career by serving as a clerk to the Honorable Jerome Niedermeier, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.