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    Shelagh Michaud

    Senior Attorney


    • Providence
    • Office401.454.1133
      Mobile401.316.2504
    • smichaud@nixonpeabody.com
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    Introduction

    Shelagh Michaud is a member of the Labor & Employment practice group and the firm’s Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA) practice. Her practice focuses on advising and counseling clients on employment matters and workplace safety (OSHA) issues and representing employers in employment and workplace safety investigations and litigation. She has a broad range of experience counseling and representing corporations, schools, municipalities, and nonprofit entities in state and federal employment, workplace safety, and business dispute matters.

    Practice Areas

    Labor & EmploymentLabor & Employment LitigationOccupational Safety & Health (OSHA)Complex DisputesLitigationTransactional Employment Due DiligenceWorkplace: Policies, Procedures & TrainingWorkplace Violence Prevention & ResponseLabor Relations

    My focus

    Employment Counseling

    In my practice, I counsel and advise employers on day-to-day and long-term employment law matters, such as termination and performance counseling, employee management, and employment policies and best practices. I also work with employers to implement workplace safety initiatives and policies, including those to address public health emergencies/infectious disease issues and workplace violence concerns. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I have continued to work actively with clients to respond to business and financial concerns and workplace safety issues, to keep abreast of changing guidance, regulations, and laws impacting employers as businesses move forward during and after the pandemic, and to implement new employment policies and practices to assist businesses as they grow and transition during these changing times.

    Employment Litigation

    I represent employers in all stages of discrimination and employment matters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), state agencies, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and state and federal courts. I defend clients in employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, workplace safety, and COVID-19–related matters. I assist clients in conducting investigations and implementing strategies to prevent litigation and work with clients to develop and implement effective and manageable employment policies and practices to respond to changing business needs. I have also represented and counseled municipalities, schools, and colleges in civil rights and business litigation matters.

    Looking ahead

    As COVID-19 moves into endemic phase, we need to be aware of the impact of lessons learned from responding to the pandemic and ways in which that experience can shape and improve employment policies and practices going forward.

    Insights

    • “Human Resource Issues: Policies for Companies In A Post-Pandemic Era,” Council for Affordable and Rural Housing's Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, June 27, 2022

    In the news

    • HR Specialist Employment Law

      Q&A on OSHAs upcoming vaccine mandate-What it means for HR

      This industry newsletter includes the client alert “President Biden orders vaccination mandate for large employers,” co-authored by San Francisco partner Rachel Conn, Rochester partner Kim Harding, and Providence department attorney Shelagh Michaud, all of the Labor & Employment group. The Q&A covers OSHA’s emergency standards, the 100-employee threshold in Biden’s vaccination mandate, and how the rule affects state OSHA plans.
      Oct 1, 2021
    • The Charlotte Observer

      What workers and employers should know a week after Biden issued COVID vaccine mandate

      This article, which has been syndicated across the country, quotes the client alert “President Biden orders vaccination mandate for large employers” co-authored by San Francisco partner Rachel Conn, Rochester partner Kim Harding, and Providence department attorney Shelagh Michaud, all of the Labor & Employment group. The content covers OSHA emergency standards, the 100-employee threshold in Biden’s vaccination mandate, and how the rule affects state OSHA plans.
      Sep 16, 2021

    Admitted to practice

    Massachusetts
    New Hampshire
    Rhode Island
    U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
    U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire
    U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island

    Education

    Boston College Law School, J.D., cum laude
    University of New Hampshire, B.A., cum laude

    Professional activities

    • Member of the Policy Committee of the Compass School in Kingston and the North Kingstown High School Booster Club Board
    • Massachusetts Bar Association
    • New Hampshire Bar Association
    • Rhode Island Bar Association

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      OSHA Update: What to Expect in 2023

      Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA)
      March 30, 2023
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      OSHA Update: What to expect in 2023

      March 29, 2023
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      New Hampshire's innovative take on paid family medical leave: What employers should know?

      March 2, 2023
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    • Tara E. Daub

      Partner / Practice Group Leader, Labor & Employment
      • Long Island
      • Office:516.832.7613
      • tdaub@nixonpeabody.com
      Tara E. Daub
    • Richard J. Frey

      Partner
      • Los Angeles
      • Office:213.629.6177
      • rfrey@nixonpeabody.com
      Richard J. Frey
    • Kimberly Harding

      Partner / Deputy Leader, Litigation Department
      Leader, Labor Relations Team
      • Rochester
      • Office:585.263.1037
      • kharding@nixonpeabody.com
      Kimberly Harding
    • Stacie B. Collier

      Partner / Chief Talent Officer
      • Providence
      • Office:401.454.1018
      • sbcollier@nixonpeabody.com
      Stacie B. Collier
    • Rachel L. Conn

      Partner / Leader, Occupational Safety & Health (OSHA) Practice
      • San Francisco
      • Office:415.984.8216
      • rconn@nixonpeabody.com
      Rachel L. Conn
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