Back to Business: Important Employment Considerations Post-Quarantine / Dot Your I-9’s and Cross Your Teleworking T’s: Employment Eligibility & Verification & Teleworking Post COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, employers must continue to protect their employees while navigating the economic reentry process. To achieve these goals, employers need to address many specific employment issues and concerns, including new workplace safety regulations, teleworking, leaves of absence, privacy, discrimination, wage & hour, and payroll. Employers must be prepared to reshape their workplaces, policies, and procedures in a way that complies with applicable state and federal laws.

Leech Tishman’s panel of experienced employment & labor law attorneys are offering our clients a no-cost, four-part webinar series to educate businesses on how to prepare for these issues. Each Tuesday in May, Leech Tishman attorneys will host a 45-minute webinar that examines two important and timely employment-related legal issues. Our Employment & Labor Practice Group will also provide clients with a one-hour consultation to determine and discuss key areas that they may need to address.

Please submit any questions in advance to info@leechtishman.com.

Speakers: Cristina Perez, Esq. & Philip A. Toomey, Esq.
Moderator: Steven D. Irwin, Esq.

COVID-19 and workplace guidance that has emerged from the pandemic may have implications for those in your workforce that are in the U.S. on professional visas.

In the first part of this webinar, Cristina Perez will address:

• Employment eligibility/verification basics
• Recent I-9 guidance, including temporary I-9/E-Verify policies and flexible options for Section 2 completion
• USCIS extension on E-Verify tentative confirmations

For the first time, many employers are facing a situation where much of their workforce is teleworking/working remotely. Although many businesses have been able to make this adjustment successfully, having a remote workforce also entails its own set of headaches. Employers and employees will need to remain flexible as they navigate this new normal.

In the second part of this webinar, Philip Toomey will address:

• Requiring regular, consistent, and predictable employee attendance
• Exempt versus non-exempt employees
• Common wage and hour issues
• Accountability and control
• Impact on workplace collaboration
• Privacy, confidentiality, and access issues

Register here.