REGISTER HERE to join FortneyScott’s complimentary COVID-19 Weekly Briefing on Monday, May 18^th  from noon to 1:00 pm ET.  

During this Weekly Briefing, FortneyScott’s attorneys will discuss the most recent developments and updates, and also address some of the key legal challenges that employers are facing, including:

• Liability claims and possible legal safe harbors that are being debated;
• Wage and hour compliance challenges, including whether temperature checks and additional pre- and post-work COVID-related activities are compensable, and exempt employee considerations;
• Layoffs for employees that are not being called back, including WARN obligations and best practices to minimize disparate impact claims under Title VII; and,
• Administering the new paid sick and family obligations.

This briefing is the eighth in the weekly series that FortneyScott offers to inform and assist employers in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you have any questions that you would like to have addressed during the Weekly Briefing, please submit via email to info@fortneyscott.com. 

Previous FS Weekly Briefings

If you were unable to attend the earlier FS Weekly Briefings, you can access them below.

View FS May 11 Weekly Briefing – Discussion with Special Guest Speaker from J&J on what steps have been taken for their workforce and maintaining its focus on diversity and inclusion during the pandemic.

View FS May 4 Weekly Briefing – Review of the legal and practical issues that will arise when employers re-open their businesses.

View FS April 27 Weekly Briefing – Overview of the operational changes and key developments from the federal agencies governing the workplace in response to the pandemic.

View FS April 20 Weekly Briefing – Providing an overview of the new Federal Guidelines, Federal Agency developments, and addressing FAQs.

View FS April 13 Weekly Briefing – Addressing legal and HR challenges in the current workplace.

View FS April 6 Weekly Briefing – Providing an update on key developments and the new and expanded unemployment benefit provisions under the PUA and FPUC.

View FS March 30 Weekly Briefing – Addressing the new federal paid sick and family leave enacted in the Family Friendly and CARES Acts.

Please forward this information to those in your organization who could benefit from these Weekly Briefings.

FortneyScott is based in our nation’s capital, and we are staying on top of the rapid developments relating to the Coronavirus.  We are continuing to advise our clients and to assist the employer community in successfully addressing the COVID-19 pandemic challenges that employers are facing.