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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260825T130000
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URL:https://mainecul.org/education-events/education-events-calendar/maine-
 cu-league-town-hall-employment-law-compliance-new-statutes-from-the-legisl
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SUMMARY:Maine CU League Town Hall: Employment Law Compliance - New Statutes
  From the Legislature for 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Legislature has been especially active this year\, pa
 ssing several employment-related laws that affect how organizations manage
  their workforce. Join the Maine Credit Union League for an informative\, 
 virtual Town Hall on August 25 at 1:00 pm\, covering Employment Law Compl
 iance: New Statutes From the Legislature for 2026. Norman\, Hanson &amp\; 
 DeTroy's Bob Bower will review these statutory changes\, discuss the addit
 ional limitations they place on human resources management\, and share pra
 ctical strategies to help your credit union remain compliant while confide
 ntly navigating the evolving regulatory landscape.\nAbout Bob Bower:\nBob 
 Bower graduated from Colby College and the University of Maine School of L
 aw\, where he served as the Articles Editor for the Maine Law Review. Bowe
 r began his legal career at Norman\, Hanson &amp\; DeTroy in Portland\, Ma
 ine in 1985. He worked as a trial lawyer defending personal injury civil l
 awsuits early in his career. Later he focused on Labor and Employment law.
  Bower has served as chairman of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Law and
  Workers’ Compensation Practice Groups. He served as a member of the Fir
 m’s Management Committee. He is “AV” rated by Martindale Hubbell.\n\
 nIn 2012\, Bower was appointed by Governor LePage to the Maine Board of Ci
 vil Service Appeals and to the Maine Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
 . In 2014\, Bower was appointed by the Governor to serve as the Primary Ma
 nagement Member of the Maine Labor Relations Board. In 2018\, Bower was ap
 pointed Chair of the Maine Board of Civil Service Appeals. In these roles\
 , he was a decision maker in litigated disputes between public employees\;
  their labor unions\; and state\, county\, and municipal employers.\n\nBow
 er’s law practice is currently divided between litigated defense of vari
 ous forms of employment\, workers’ compensation\, and labor law disputes
 \, and advice to management regarding employment contracts\, human resourc
 es issues\, general employment and labor law\, collective bargaining negot
 iations\, and dispute resolution. He has lectured frequently on various em
 ployment and labor law topics.\n\nLauren Simonds has shared a Teams meetin
 g invitation for this Town Hall soon. If you have not been receiving meeti
 ng invitations for Town Halls and would like to add your name to the distr
 ibution list and/or attend this meeting\, please email Simonds at lsimonds
 @mainecul.org.
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