HR’s Guide to COVID Liability:
How to Stay out of Court
In this 75-minute training, you will learn how to:
Calculate your exposure to lawsuits.
Every employer faces new legal risks for vaccine policies, on-site operations, pay issues, return-to-work decisions and more.
Keep pace with emerging laws & regulations.
Discover how to navigate the “moving target” of rules from the EEOC, DOL, CDC, OSHA and state liability-shield laws.
Make legally safe decisions.
Learn the practical, real-world ways to reduce your company’s litigation risk and stay out of the local headlines.
“Employers are walking a tightrope in organizing a return to work, fraught with liability and risk” – CNBC
As recent news reports show, even as the pandemic continues to cool down, COVID-related lawsuits are heating up. Courts and the “litigation machine” are getting cranked up again, and that means you need to take steps to prevent the new risks related to return-to-work policies … vaccine rules … wage-and-hour decisions … medical accommodations … employee leave … safety policies … and other end-of-pandemic landmines.
As one lawyer said, “It will be open season on employers.” Is your organization prepared to handle a COVID claim? Do you know how to prevent them?
Discover the most common areas of litigation in this current phase of the pandemic, and learn the concrete, practical steps your organization must take NOW to prevent liability. It’s your job to anticipate the trigger points for COVID lawsuits—and to prevent them. In this fast-moving, advice-packed webinar recording, we’ll show you how to manage this new legal risk.
Agenda for HR’s Guide to COVID Liability
- Learn the risks. The current COVID litigation environment for employers and HR.
- Take action. Practical strategies to avoid the most common COVID claims.
- Return-to-work decisions. Where to draw the line on remote work and employee leave.
- Vaccine policies. What you can ask (and mandate) about shots for employees and customers.
- Workplace safety ‘musts.’ Up-to-date advice on testing, cleaning, distancing, masks and operational risks.
- Wage-and-hour threats. The rising risk of comp & benefit claims, especially from remote workers.
- When to accommodate. When you can say “no” to disability and religious requests for leave, remote work and more.
- What to document. New recordkeeping rules on illnesses, testing, vaccines and safety measures.
- State ‘shield’ laws. Some new state laws shield businesses from COVID lawsuits—but you need to know their limits.
Joon Hwang is a shareholder at Littler, America’s largest employment law firm, in their office outside of Washington, D.C. A highly recognized and skilled litigator, Joon represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law in court and administrative agencies. He also counsels employers on every aspect of employment law compliance and speaks regularly to HR and employer audiences.
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Professional Certification Credit Hours Included:
This program is valid for 1.25 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.
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