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2. To provide cutting edge strategies to comply with the law yet still run a successful and profitable business.
3. To provide employers with the insight and tools they will need to navigate the complicated legal requirements during COVID in order to protect the company from significant liability in the workplace.
Concurrent Session: Managing Employee Leaves/Returns During COVID
CAHR21
Keyword(s)
California, California Employment Law, HR Compliance, COVID, Pandemic, Sick Leaves,
Concurrent Session:
Managing Employee Leaves/Returns During COVID
presented by Greg Labate
The COVID pandemic has affected, and continues to affect, the day-to-day operations of all employers concerning every aspect of employment, especially when making critical decision concerning leaves of absence and returns to work. This seminar will provide employers with the insight and tools they will need to navigate the complicated legal requirements surrounding employee leaves and returns to work during COVID in order to protect the company from significant liability in the workplace. Specifically, we will cover how to handle requests for COVID-related leaves, reasonable accommodations required due to COVID, dealing with a remote workforce, deciding on who and how to return to work after COVID leave, processing layoffs and terminations, and much more. We will provide cutting edge strategies to comply with the law yet still run a successful and profitable business. This will be an informative and entertaining presentation that California employers should not miss.
Learning Objectives include:
1. To provide advice to employers on how to manage employee leaves and returns during COVID.
2. To provide cutting edge strategies to comply with the law yet still run a successful and profitable business.
3. To provide employers with the insight and tools they will need to navigate the complicated legal requirements during COVID in order to protect the company from significant liability in the workplace.
Credits
HRCI - California:1.0, SHRM - PDC:1.0
Description
About the speaker...
Greg Labate
Greg Labate is a seasoned employment attorney with 30 years of legal experience. He is a partner in Sheppard Mullin's Orange County office, and is the Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice Group. Greg provides general labor advice to employers, and regularly drafts employee handbooks, employment agreements, severance agreements, and arbitration agreements for his clients. He has extensive experience in defending employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, defamation, workplace violence, wage claims, trade secrets, employee raiding, and other related matters. Greg also specializes in defending employers in wage and hour class action lawsuits, with an emphasis on class actions in the restaurant, mortgage/banking, aerospace, and manufacturing industries. He is a trial attorney who has had great success defending his clients in court. Greg is a frequent speaker and has presented to many employer’s organizations on labor and employment developments. He has also appeared on television and radio regarding employment issues.
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