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 offered a four-part webinar series to educate businesses on how to prepare for these issues. Each 45-minute webinar examined two important and timely employment-related legal issues. All webinars from this series can be found by clicking here. The recording of the first webinar, Safely Taking Care of Business, is below.
Safely Taking Care of Business: Workplace Safety & Employee Reinstatement/Rehiring
Are you up to date on social distancing requirements as they relate to your industry? Do you understand how your workplace may need to be reshaped? How about screening/testing/supply requirements for employees?
In the first part of this webinar, Fadi K. Rasheed addressed:
- Screening/testing employees for COVID-19
- Issues surrounding the requirement to provide masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Other workplace safety related topics
Do you have a plan/policy for how you intend to welcome back your workforce? What kind of paperwork is required to rehire your employees? Are you on top of potential wage & hour issues?
In the second part of this webinar, our speaker addressed:
- Rehiring and reinstating employees
- Avoiding retaliation claims/considerations regarding the sequence of call-backs
- Return-to-work certificates, i.e., medical requirements versus OSHA versus privacy, and employer obligations
- Potential wage and hour issues
This session was moderated by Philip A. Toomey, Chair of the national Employment & Labor Practice Group.
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