6 months…that’s long but also very short, especially in New York City… When I arrived for my first day of work in the White Plains office of Jackson Lewis, I didn’t know what to expect. I wanted to make a lot of things, I wanted to learn and I wanted to be useful for the […]
Webinar: The Contract of Employment in Australia
On Wednesday 13 June, 2012, Shana Schreier-Joffe, CEO and Senior Team Leader, Harmers Workplace Lawyers presented “The Contract of Employment” to a small group of senior legal and HR executives. In this session, Shana covered the importance of the contract of employment and focused on the creation of the employment contract, the terms of the […]
The adventure continues…
I am a lucky guy and I am really conscious about that. On May 9th – 11th, I was invited to the 2012 Jackson Lewis corporate counsel conference in Washington DC. We were welcomed at the very beautiful Fairmont Hotel. I have assisted to very interesting sessions specially concerning religion in the Workplace led by […]
Workplace Issues and their Investigation
On Thursday 19 April, 2012, Shana Schreier-Joffe, CEO and Senior Team Leader and Jenny Inness, Senior Associate and Team Leader of Harmers Workplace Lawyers delivered a training presentation to senior management, legal and HR professionals entitled “Workplace issues and their investigation” at the Swissotel, Sydney. In this session, Shana and Jenny considered the role of […]
The World is Ours…
On March 28th, the L&E Global Annual Meeting was held in New York City. Partners from all thirteen member firms were in attendance and I had the opportunity to see again, Claire Toumieux, my boss in Flichy Grange. I had the chance to be part of a very successful cocktail reception organized for the L&E […]
First week… the Parisian is becoming the New Yorker…
My name is Benjamin Krief and I am what we call a “real Parisian.” I have been living in Paris for the past 27 years, where I completed all of my academic studies and began my professional career. On 2012 January 5th, the Parisian flew to New York for an amazing adventure on the other […]