Learn the latest on Covid-19 Employer Liability & Successful Claims with this convenient, 24/7 On-demand Seminar & Complimentary Podcast. Register to obtain CLE & MCLE credit, online access to complete course & reference materials, and attend this on-demand seminar. YOU MAY LISTEN FROM ALMOST ANY TYPE OF COMPUTER OR IPOD. ACCESS TO THE RECORDING AND MATERIALS DOES NOT EXPIRE.

Benefits:

The rapid spread of the Coronavirus, or Covid-19, has affected the global economy in unprecedented ways. Governments, companies, workplaces, and individuals have generated an enormous demand for legal advice on this developing epidemic. As the virus quickly spreads around the country and world, there is a need for attorneys fluent in cutting-edge legal issues involving safety, employer liability, business closures, employment law, civil claims, personal liability, corporate responsibility, privacy, legal responses to Covid-19, and civil remedies, among others. The faculty for this seminar features several leading authorities who will share the latest legal developments, regulations, compliance, and requirements for government, in-house, & private practitioners alike. This comprehensive program is a must-attend for attorneys seeking to best counsel clients on legal issues involving the Coronavirus, or Covid-19. Registration includes online access to course and reference materials that serve as a helpful guide to the numerous topics and techniques discussed in the program.

Agenda:

a. Overview of the Legal Issues involving the Coronavirus/Covid-19

b. Critical Legal Challenges facing Companies, Workplaces, & Individuals

c. Issues involving the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

d. Legal Concerns relating to Employer, Customer & Employer Safety

e. Developments related to Furloughs, Layoffs, & WARN ACT

f. Legal Issues faced by Employers

g. Unemployment Compensation related to the CARES Act

h. Legal Advice involving Corporate Responsibility

i. Key Issues affecting Reopening Workplaces

j. Compliance Issues

k. Effectively Advising on OSHA/Workers Compensation

l. Privacy Issues & Responses to Covid-19

m. Legal Impact arising from Business Closures & Supply Chain

Recorded Question & Answer Session

Biography of Seminar Faculty:

1. Caroline Powell Donelan is a Partner at Blank Rome, LLP, where she is a trusted adviser and strategic partner to both domestic and foreign clients, providing advice and defense counsel in all areas of employment law compliance and litigation, including wage and hour class and representative (“PAGA”) actions, wrongful termination/retaliation, discrimination, harassment, trade secret disputes, data protection, and alleged fiduciary breaches. Ms. Donelan’s proactive risk management practice includes drafting key workplace policies and agreements, providing practical implementation guidance, conducting workplace trainings, managing internal audits and investigations, and providing day-to-day counseling on the wide variety of employment issues her clients face. She also provides transactional support and advice on stock and asset purchase agreements, including buy- and sell-side due diligence and executive agreements. Ms. Donelan has significant experience ranging from having a federal court dismiss with prejudice an action against a Fortune 50 client for gender discrimination & sex harassment to obtaining pre-discovery, court-approved settlements in numerous wage and hour class and representative actions.

2. Peter J. Ennis is a Partner at Cozen O'Connor, where he represents employers before state and federal courts and agencies involving such claims as sexual harassment, race, sex, age and disability discrimination, wrongful discharge, breaches of covenants not to compete; cases arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act and ERISA, and various types of injunction proceedings. Mr. Ennis has also handled many labor arbitrations and unfair labor practice charges involving a broad range of contract interpretation and disciplinary issues, including discharges arising from drug and alcohol related offenses, theft, fraud, insubordination and absenteeism. Mr. Ennis' practice includes counseling employers on such diverse personnel-related issues as compliance with discrimination laws, hiring, evaluating and discharging employees, drug and alcohol testing, developing record-keeping and personnel policies and employee handbooks, pay practices and employee benefits, negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements, and health and safety issues. He is also responsible for advising employers of their affirmative action obligations, if any, under federal and state law. In this regard, he has drafted and revised affirmative action obligations and assisted clients in responding to OFCCP audits. He began his career as a law clerk to a state Supreme Court Justice. He has also been honored by his peers and selected multiple times as a Super Lawyers® list. Mr. Ennis also serves as editor-in-chief of his state's Employment Law Deskbook, which is currently in its Fourth Edition.

3. Peter L. Frattarelli is a Partner at Archer & Greiner P.C., where he Chairs the firm’s Labor & Employment Department. He regularly represents management and employers in labor and employment litigation and proceedings. Mr. Frattarelli has extensive experience defending employers and individuals against harassment and discrimination lawsuits, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies. These include claims for race, gender, sex, disability, national origin and age discrimination. His management defense experience has been in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from unlawful discipline through wrongful termination. Mr. Frattarelli's litigation experience also includes an emphasis on defending against retaliation and "whistleblower" claims. He has handled numerous cases defending employers against claims of failure to accommodate the needs of disabled persons, including several cases that sought to extend the disability protection laws against employers and places of public accommodation. He also has an extensive labor law background, representing and providing advice to employers, in a number of different contexts, ranging from day-to-day wage and salary issues up to actions and proceedings involving labor organizations. This includes the defense and prosecution of unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board as well as representing employers involved in union election campaigns. He has also successfully represented employers in proceedings in state and federal court seeking to enjoin union picketing. He also has negotiated for, and counseled, management during union collective bargaining agreements for private and public sector employers.

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