Category: Labor and Employment Law, Solo & Small Firm Practitioners Category: Labor and Employment Law, Solo & Small Firm Practitioners (show less)

Speakers
Ryan Stahl, Scherer Smith & Kenny LLP
Angela Clements, Clements Employment Law
John Mullan, Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP

Moderator
Mark Gabel, Gabel Law Firm, P.C.

This panel will discuss key employment law issues that both employers and workers are facing during the shelter in place, including staff and salary deductions, wage and hour issues, workplace safety issues, and legal claims that may be triggered by COVID19 and its economic fallout. The panelists will share how they are advising their clients now, and what issues they expect to start seeing when shelter in place restrictions are loosened or lifted in the coming months.

Topics

• Handling furloughs and layoffs
• Managing paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Reponse Act, both during and after shelter-in-place
• Essential workers’ concerns about workplace safety issues related to COVID19
• Rights of workers who raise COVID19 safety issue
• Legal pitfalls for employers who reduce salaries or have employees working remotely for the first time
• Providing a safe work environment when non-essential workers are allowed to return