Janette Levey Frisch
Janette Levey Frisch
Janette Levey Frisch is an attorney with more than 20 years legal experience. Janette is the founder of The EmpLAWyerologist Firm. Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, acting as the Employer’s Legal Wellness Professional – to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette authors the firm’s weekly blog and has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.
Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others. Janette is licensed in New Jersey and New York. In addition, Janette serves as a Legal Wellness Professional to employers outside New Jersey and New York on almost all federal employment law issues, to enable employees to address workplace challenges before they escalate to litigation or costly audits. Janette is also a contributor to the recently released book, “Hiring Greatness: How to Recruit Your Dream Team and Crush the Competition”, published by John Wiley and Sons, and authored by David E. Perry and Mark J. Haluska.
Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Pre-Employment Screening among many others.
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DOL’s Final Overtime Exemption Rule Released for 2020 – What the Changes Mean for Your Organization
The new salary rules are expected to impact at least a million workers nationwide, and to result in a significant increase in the number of employees who will be eligible for overtime pay. In this webinar we will discuss... -
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Understanding Pay Equity, Discrimination and Reporting Requirements
The Equal Pay Act made pay discrimination illegal over 50 years ago. Yet statistics show a persistent gap between men’s and women’s earnings. While this isn’t exactly breaking news, what is new is that both the Equal Employment Opportunity... -
Employment-at-Will! Does It Protect Employers from Wrongful Termination Allegations? (SHRM & HRCI Accredited Course)
You may have heard that most employment is at-will, but what does that mean? If you employ your workers “at-will”, does that mean you can fire them whenever you want? Does invoking the employment-at-will doctrine protect you from wrongful... -
The Employer’s Guide to Severance Arrangements – EEOC, ACA and ERISA
Have you ever terminated an employee or handled the aftermath of an employee termination? Do you offer severance pay? Do you use severance agreements? When done properly, severance arrangements can be an extremely valuable risk management tool for employers-but... -
Legal Issues Concerning Employees with Psychiatric Illness
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws originated to prohibit any form of discrimination in the workplace; keeping in mind both physical and psychiatric disabilities. However, it’s a common fact that employers tend... -
Leave Abuse under FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Comp – How Employers Can Deal with the Most Outrageous Excuses
This training program will focus on employee leave abuse under FMLA, ADA, and Workers’ Comp. It will help participants get a working knowledge of how an employer can minimize a company’s exposure to employee abuse of family and medical... -
Investigating and Preventing Sexual Harassment Claims in the Workplace
It seems every time we turn around there’s another story about a Hollywood or media executive or government official guilty of sexual harassment. Could there be someone like that in your workplace? Unfortunately, yes. Sexual harassment has been illegal... -
Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process
Most of your employees are likely to be honest, reliable employees. At the same time, hiring employees always involves at least some risks. Are they honest? Are they reliable? Are you, your employees and the public safe if you... -
Understanding the Overlap Between FMLA, ADA and Workers Comp
Rare is the employer who hasn’t encountered a thorny employee leave issue. Many employers assume that an employee who isn’t eligible for FMLA leave does not have job protection. But the FMLA is not the only federal law that... -
Medical Marijuana in the Workplace
As an Employer you need to update your HR workplace policies to ensure a safe productive workforce. This becomes paramount especially when your employees are holding prescriptions for medical marijuana. What can or can’t you do with regard to...
