Addressing Wage and Hour Issues During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Duration:
90 Minutes  
Instructor
Janette S Levey

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenging wage and hour questions for employers.

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Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenging wage and hour questions for employers. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and corresponding state wage and hour laws are not on hold during the pandemic.

In addition to FLSA obligations, decisions regarding wage and hour could trigger nondiscrimination laws, health and safety laws, leave and accommodation laws, and state-specific laws. The webinar clarifies some common questions about how to handle pay for workers when they can’t physically come to work.

Why you should Attend

Attend this webinar to learn how to keep your organization compliant with the updated state wage and hour laws.

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Closures, pay deductions and impact on pay for exempt vs non-exempt employees
  • Voluntary or mandatory telework arrangements and wage and hour obligations
  • Can you require employees to use PTO during closures?
  • Obligations toward employees under government-imposed quarantine
  • Teleworking and workers' comp
  • Teleworking and OSHA
  • Obligations toward contingent workers (“temps”)

And much more!

Learning Objectives

  • In this webinar we will discuss the US Department of Labor's recently-published guidance and other practical points related to ensuring that you meet your wage and hour obligations to your employees while the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Who Will Benefit

  • Chief Executives
  • Senior Management
  • Human Resources
  • Payroll
  • Compensation Officers
  • Controllers
  • CFO's
  • Business Owners

Speaker Profile

Janette S Levey “The Employer’s Lawyer” has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.

Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.

Janette has served on the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a multidisciplinary task force dedicated to providing proactive, holistic solutions to employers serious about promoting workplace safety and preventing workplace violence. Janette currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Child and Family Resources of Morris County, New Jersey.

Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Addressing and Preventing Employee Leave Abuse, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others.
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