Engelmeier had worked for big firms before Engelmeier & Umanah’s 2009 launch. The firm, which has offices in Minneapolis and St. Cloud, represents employers and employees in employment law cases.
“You learn a whole bunch of things when you sit on both sides,” Engelmeier said. The firm’s work in the often-cited Ewald v. Royal Norwegian Embassy pay-discrimination case resulted in awards of $270,000 in lost wages and emotional distress damages for the plaintiff and $2.1 in attorney fees. The latter amount, Engelmeier said, is the largest she knows of in a single-plaintiff gender pay case.
See the full article at: https://minnlawyer.com/2019/07/31/breaking-the-ice-learning-from-both-sides-in-employment-cases/
Sheila Engelmeier to speak at the NCSL 2019 Legislative Summit in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, August 5, 2019, from 3:15 pm to 5 pm on The Evolution and Legal Considerations of Workplace Harassment Policies. Today’s legislative workplace harassment policies aren’t the policies of 20 years ago. State legislatures are evolving to keep current with new legal considerations and increased awareness and understanding of harassment issues. Examine the evolution of these policies and the legal implications of implementing them, along with training requirements and disciplinary procedures.