First and foremost, we hope everyone is doing well and taking all appropriate measures to safeguard the health and safety of employees, clients, visitors and others with whom you do business. You should be closely monitoring developments at the national, state and local level, communicating with your employees regularly, and making necessary adjustments in how you conduct your business. That is what we are doing at Carmody.
We know that many of you have received information about a Bill that Congress is expected to pass that would provide paid sick leave and paid FMLA for employees and that would provide a tax credit for employers. The Bill has been passed by the House and is expected to be passed by the Senate and signed into law as early as today. As soon as that occurs, we will send an e-alert summarizing the new requirements.
In the meantime, our attorneys have been fielding many questions from clients about a number of issues related to COVID-19. Here are some of the topics we have been addressing and are prepared to assist you with should you have any questions:
-Privacy Issues Related to Medical Inquiries, Testing and Sharing Information
-Implementing and Planning Reductions in Force
-Possible WARN Act Obligations
-Telecommuting/Remote Work Issues
-Discrimination and ADA Issues
-Unemployment Compensation, Furloughs, Shared Work and Partial Unemployment
-COBRA/Continuation of Benefits for Furloughed Employees
-Use of PTO, Sick Leave, FMLA and other leave laws and policies
-Wage and Hour Issues
-Labor Law Issues/Duty to Bargain
-OSHA/Workplace Safety Obligations
-Workers’ Compensation Issues
-Immigration Issues
-Imposing Travel Restrictions
-Social Distancing and Workplace Hygiene Policies
-First Amendment Issues
-Contractual Obligations/Force Majeure Issues
We are here to help you during this difficult period of uncertainty. Please feel free to contact any member of our Labor & Employment team.
D. Charles Stohler
(203) 575-2626; cstohler@carmodylaw.com
Giovanna T. Weller
(203) 575-2651; gweller@carmodylaw.com
Domenico Zaino, Jr.
(203) 578-4270; dzaino@carmodylaw.com
Alan H. Bowie
(203) 784-3117; abowie@carmodylaw.com
Stephanie E. Cummings
(203) 575-2649; scummings@carmodylaw.com
Maureen Danehy Cox
(203) 575-2642; mcox@carmodylaw.com
Pamela Elkow
(203) 252-2672; pelkow@carmodylaw.com
Vincent Farisello
(203) 578-4284; vfarisello@carmodylaw.com
Sarah S. Healey
(203) 578-4225; shealey@carmodylaw.com
Lauren M. Hopwood
(203) 784-3104; lhopwood@carmodylaw.com
Howard K. Levine
(203) 784-3102; hlevine@carmodylaw.com
Mark F. Williams
(203) 575-2618; mfwilliams@carmodylaw.com
Holly G. Wheeler
(203) 784-3158; hwheeler@carmodylaw.com
Sherwin M. Yoder
(203) 784-3107; syoder@carmodylaw.com