CLE: Employment Claims Arising Out of a COVID-19 Pandemic and Remedy Buffet for Civil Rights Cases
Get fast-breaking new information to advise client employers and employees with the ISBA's informative hot-topic online seminar held from 1-2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 12.
Civil litigators, business counselors, human rights attorneys, and labor/employment practitioners with basic to intermediate practice experience who attend this seminar will better understand: pandemic preparedness in the workplace and the American Disabilities Act; coronavirus and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act; new FMLA rules, including who is covered and what is available; concerted actions by angry employees; discrimination claims with selective stay-at-home orders and layoffs; employee healthcare privacy for workplace notices and statements; unemployment compensation benefits from a COVID-19 layoff or furlough; False Claims Act cases on the horizon; FLSA/IMWL wage issues; employer obligations to reimburse employees for necessary expenditures; First Amendment free speech rights under 42 USC §1983; workplace torts not covered by the Illinois Workers’ Compensation comparison of the Illinois and federal administrative processes; federal and state court venue options; federal court removal and arbitration considerations; and remedies available under the state and federal acts
This program qualifies for 1.5 hours MCLE credit.