Town Hall on COVID-19 Labor and Employment Issues

On Monday, April 27, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. our Labor and Employment Law Department will hold a virtual town hall via BlueJeans to discuss labor and employment issues amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The agenda is as follows:

 

1.    New York State COVID-19 paid leave law,

2.    Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA),

3.    Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act),

4.    The impact of COVID-19 on paid family leave, New York’s disability leave laws and unemployment benefits,

5.    New York City’s safe and sick time law and COVID-19,

6.    Human Rights Laws related to COVID-19, and

7.    Worker’s Compensation and OSHA laws related to COVID-19.

 

In order to ensure the most efficient use of our time together, please send us a list of questions to either jruocco@kanekessler.com or jtangredi@kanekessler.com no later than Thursday, April 23, 2020 that you have regarding the agenda items. Space is limited so you must rsvp to Cara Brownell at cbrownell@kanekessler.com. The BlueJeans app can be found here and can be accessed either by phone or laptop:  https://www.bluejeans.com/. We will send meeting instructions shortly prior to the start of the meeting.  

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact David R. Rothfeld, Lois M. Traub, Alexander Soric, Jennifer Schmalz, Robert L. Sacks, Jaclyn Ruocco, Joseph Tangredi, or Brian Polivy.