COVID-19 - Critical Employment Law Changes - Webcast
April 2020
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
COVID-19—Critical Employment Law Changes
EEOC Guidance, CARES Act Unemployment Provisions, and Families First Coronavirus Response Act Leave Provisions
Highlights:
- Learn from experienced practitioners about the latest employment law changes and EEOC guidance due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Employers have new obligations under Colorado and federal law to provide leave to employees
- Employees now have access to extended unemployment benefits and some “gig” employees will also have access. Learn who is covered, for how long, and the effect on employers’ accounts
Program Description:
Your employment law clients have questions; this program will help supply you with answers! Learn the ins and outs of new leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay Regulations. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 has changed unemployment benefits in several ways, as well as who is now eligible to receive benefits. How Colorado is implementing those changes is critical to your clients. The EEOC has provided new technical assistance on the interaction of the pandemic realities with existing discrimination laws.
Learning Objectives:
- Practitioners for both employers and employees will learn the ins and outs of new leave requirements under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay Regulations
- Learn how the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 has altered unemployment benefits and how Colorado is implementing these changes
- Does the pandemic change medical exam rules under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act?
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Agenda:
1:30-1:40pm
Welcome and Introductions
1:40-2:30pm
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidance and technical assistance on the pandemic and federal antidiscrimination laws
Presented by Gretchen Lipman, Esq., The Law Office of Gretchen E. Lipman, LLC, Denver
2:30-3:20pm
Leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay Regulations
Presented by Hollie Wieland, Esq., Sears & Associates, Colorado Springs
3:20-4:10pm
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020’s several unemployment benefit provisions, as well as the status of Colorado’s implementation of those provisions
Presented by Tayo Okunade, Esq., Okunade LLP, Denver
4:10pm
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $99.00 |
| CBA Member | $89.00 |
| CBA Labor & Employment Law Section Member | $79.00 |
| New Lawyers Edge Pass Holder | $44.50 |
| CLE Elite Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 3.00
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