Employment Counseling & Risk Management

Carol M. Goodman, co-chair of Herrick's Litigation Department and chair of the firm's Employment Practice, will be participating in a panel discussion titled "Performance Management in the Age of Transparency & Scrutiny" at CenterForce USA's Employment Law & HR Summit: Tri-State Region.

The panelists will explore how organizations can modernize performance management systems while reducing bias, strengthening defensibility and aligning evaluations with legal and regulatory expectations.

Key Topics:

• Aligning performance evaluations with pay transparency disclosures and compensation decisions across NY, NJ and CT.
• Documentation practices that support defensible decisions in promotion, discipline and termination.
• Reducing bias and inconsistency in manager-driven evaluation processes.
• Legal risks tied to AI-enabled or data-driven performance tools.
• Designing transparent, continuous feedback systems that withstand litigation scrutiny.

Speakers: 

• Julia Hanft, General Counsel - Wego Chemical Group
• Fred Polirer, Vice President, People & Culture - NineDot Energy
• Neil Stekloff, Deputy General Counsel, Global Employment, Ethics Investigations & Intellectual Property - Edgewell Personal Care
• Carol M. Goodman, Partner; Co-Chair, Litigation Department; Chair, Employment Practice - Herrick, Feinstein LLP

For more information and to register, click here.