Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson is a member of the firm's Labor, Employment, Benefits + Immigration Group. She focuses her practice on counseling private sector employers, ranging from NYSE and NASDAQ companies, multi-national corporations, nonprofit health care organizations, and educational institutions to manufacturers, in all areas of employment law. She handles sensitive, high-risk personnel issues and investigations as well as compliance and training.
Board Advisory Services
In today’s marketplace, boards are faced with constant change and a complex governance landscape. Between the rise in public scrutiny, an increased focus on risk management, and the significant role that directors have in the talent management strategy, organizations are expected to have insightful, forward-thinking, and effective boards. As a former board chair of a multi-million dollar organization and a counselor to the boards of significantly larger organizations, Britt-Marie is well-versed in the key collective and individual responsibilities of directors and the critical need for boards to seek governance, risk, and strategy guidance. When there is an employment-related or board member-related opportunity, challenge, or crisis (or some combination thereof), she is called upon to provide sound, strategic counsel. She regularly counsels board chairs, chief executive officers and other C-Suite executives, and nominating, governance, and audit committees, on a variety of matters, including C-Suite and director transitions, the executive search and selection process, workplace investigations, and board and committee training.
Employment Counseling, Compliance, and Training
Britt-Marie counsels companies and human resource professionals in all areas of employment law, including discharge and discrimination issues, workplace investigations, personnel policies and handbooks, affirmative action compliance, employee discipline, wage and hour issues, disability and reasonable accommodation, family and medical leave, unemployment, employment and independent contractor agreements, severance and separation agreements, individual terminations and reductions in force, and workplace health and safety issues.
Workplace Investigations
Britt-Marie is a trained workplace investigator and regularly conducts, manages, and provides advice regarding workplace investigations involving all types of employment-related issues, particularly those requiring Board of Director and senior management involvement and high-profile matters. She serves as a faculty member for the Association of Workplace Investigators and frequently gives presentations on workplace investigations for Society of Human Resource Management chapters, the Association of Workplace Investigators, and other professional groups, as well as firm clients.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Britt-Marie K. Cole-Johnson
- Key Preparation for 2023: A Roundup of Critical New York State Labor and Employment Legislation from 2022 - (Posted On Friday, January 13, 2023)
- 2022 Labor and Employment Tri-State Legislative Update: CT, MA, and RI - (Posted On Tuesday, November 01, 2022)
- Employers and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Getting it Right in 2021 - (Posted On Wednesday, February 10, 2021)
- Running a Successful COVID-19 Testing Program: Considerations for Employers Using Third-Party Vendors - (Posted On Thursday, January 07, 2021)
- Work from Anywhere? Telecommuting and Tax Obligations for Employers: Practical Considerations and Tips for Human Resources and Management - (Posted On Friday, December 18, 2020)
- CDC Develops Guidelines for a Happy Holiday Season: What Employers Need to Know - (Posted On Monday, November 30, 2020)
- Amid Rising COVID-19 Hospitalizations: Reminder to Health Care Employers on FFCRA’s Exclusion for “Health Care Providers” - (Posted On Monday, October 19, 2020)
- New FMLA Model Notices and Forms Issued by the U.S. DOL Reflect Significant Changes - (Posted On Friday, September 18, 2020)
- Connecticut Executive Order Presumes Eligibility for Workers’ Compensation for Certain Employees Diagnosed with COVID-19 - (Posted On Thursday, August 13, 2020)
- COVID-19 Relief: Understanding The Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program - (Posted On Monday, April 13, 2020)