CADS Waffle Wednesday: Pulling Teeth - Hiring, Wages, Firing & Paid Leave in Arizona

3/25/2020 • 2 CEUs
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Pulling Teeth: Hiring, Wages, Firing, & Paid Leave in Arizona presented by Denise M. Blommel, PLLC

Three takeaways from this CE:
 
  1. I need to spend more time in the hiring process so I don’t have to spend more time in the firing process.
  2. I need to pay employees correctly.
  3. I need policies about paid sick leave and other time off work.
 
The most difficult part of any practice is dealing with employees and their issues.

Denise Blommel, PLLC:

Denise Blommel is an attorney in Scottsdale, Arizona. She represents employers and employees in employment and labor matters. Denise is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Arizona and Nevada. Her practice centers on the employer-employee relationship. She has been in law practice since 1978.

Denise belongs to the State Bar of Arizona, State Bar of Nevada, Scottsdale Bar Association, where she serves on the Board of Directors, and the Arizona Employment Lawyers Association. Denise is First Vice Chair of Girl Scouts – Arizona Cactus-Pine Council. She is a frequent presenter for government, business, educational and community groups. Denise also serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Arizona's Honors College.

Denise also is one of the authors of the Arizona Employment Law Handbook (topics of legislation, occupational safety and health and workers' compensation procedures). She is co-author of a December 2013 article about the Affordable Care Act and two articles in the April 1994 and April 1998 Arizona Attorney about workers' compensation, the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act. Denise has served as Chair of the Employment and Labor Law and Workers' Compensation Law Sections of the State Bar of Arizona. She was awarded the State Bar of Arizona's Member of the Year for 1998-1999. The Employment and Labor Law Section named her Member of the Year in 2014.

Denise is a former Field Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board and a former Assistant Chief Counsel of the Industrial Commission of Arizona. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Honors, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, from the University of Arizona. Her law degree is from Arizona State University. Denise taught Human Resources Law to Master of Legal Studies Students for Arizona State University during 2014 and 2015.

The Girl Scouts awarded Denise the Thanks Badge in 2000 and the Thanks Badge II in 2005, their highest volunteer honors. Denise and her husband, Don Doerres, live in Scottsdale and are Eucharistic Ministers for St. Patrick Catholic Community in Scottsdale.

Schedule:

6:00 - 7:00pm: Chicken & waffles!
7:00 - 9:00pm: CE Program

 
 


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