Compliance with California 2021 Employment
Laws and COVID-19 Considerations
presented by Anthony Zaller, Anne McWilliams, Veenita Raj &
Steven Dawson
Sponsored by
This presentation will address the most prevalent issues facing California employers as they work to navigate the impact of COVID-19 in the workplace alongside new developments in employment law in 2021.
For the foreseeable future, employers will need to make employment decisions against the backdrop of a global pandemic. The presentation will expand on how to integrate COVID-19 laws into the workplace. This includes everything from ending employment in cases where companies are forced to downsize, things to consider in setting up remote working conditions, and rehiring practices for companies reviving operations.
This presentation will highlight the various paid sick leave laws applicable to California employers on the local, state, and federal levels. will discuss the interplay between these laws and how they will affect employers and employees moving forward.
The presentation will also summarize major wage and hour laws that employers must comply with as of this year. This includes meal breaks, California’s Private Attorney’s General Act (PAGA) claims, and reimbursement of work expenses. The presentation will touch on significant cases that are shaping the area of employment law in 2021.
Finally, this presentation will provide guidance on how to comply with the DFEH’s new pay data reporting requirement. Presenters will walk participants through what data actually has to be reported, which employees must be included in the report, and best practices on how to gather the data.
Learning Objectives
The goal of this webinar is to educate participants so that they can:
- Understand the interplay of the various sick leave laws
- Recognize potential issues and benefits of the different ways of ending the employment relationship with an employee
- Develop protocol for returning employees back to work
- Handle rehiring of former employees as businesses begin to reopen
- Evaluate feasibility and need for a vaccination policy in the workplace
 | Anthony Zaller, Partner, Zaller Law Group |
 | Anne McWilliams, Partner, Zaller Law Group Anne McWilliams is a seasoned, results orientated litigator with expertise in a diverse range of complex cases including employment, premises and products liability, medical and legal malpractice, unfair business practices, business torts, commercial and real estate disputes, and insurance bad faith and coverage. Anne has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in state and federal court, including trials, contractual arbitrations, and mediations. For over 20 years, Anne has handled the entire gamut of labor and employment cases, including all types of terminations, discrimination, retaliation and harassment claims (pregnancy, disability, race, national origin, age, religion), unfair competition, overtime, wage statement violations, PAGA penalties, equal pay, and minimum wage, involving private and public sector workforces (non-union, unionized, executive and civil service employees). |
 | Veenita Raj, Senior Counsel, Zaller Law Group Ms. Raj uses her over 15 years of labor and employment law experience to counsel clients on a variety of matters. She represents clients in state and federal court in single and multi-plaintiff actions involving employment discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, fraud, breach of contract and trade secret claims. She also counsels clients regarding accommodation of employee disabilities, engaging in the interactive process, reduction in force, employee theft, employee terminations and conducting workplace investigations stemming from internal complaints including sexual harassment complaints. |
 | Steven Dawson, Senior Counsel, Zaller Law Group Mr. Dawson is a former prosecutor, law firm partner and in-house employment attorney with first-chair experience in more than 40 lawsuits. He has more than 30 years’ experience handling complex litigation in both private practice and with an in-house legal department. Mr. Dawson provides employment law advice, counseling and litigation representation, including California Labor Code class actions and Private Attorney General Act ("PAGA") matters, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims; disability/ADA issues; whistleblowing; wrongful termination; reasonable accommodations; CFRA/FMLA leave; and misappropriation of trade secrets. |
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