In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, governments worldwide are employing extraordinary new measures in an effort to protect their populations against infection, mitigate business losses, stabilise employment relationships and preserve economic security. Meanwhile, employers everywhere are struggling to respond to the rapidly evolving challenges to their businesses. This perpetual state of uncertainty is making it extremely difficult for them to predict the development of conditions for conducting business. In order to best manage this uncertainty, it is important to identify and assess, thoroughly and continuously, the possible courses of action. Understanding the various aspects of this legal framework is essential to deciding how to move forward.

In the context of this unprecedented threat to the global economy, this dedicated microsite was designed as a virtual Coronavirus crisis resource centre for employers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our aim is to provide employers with a single platform, which presents the information they need to be able to ensure their compliance with the latest Coronavirus-related workplace restrictions and recommendations.

L&E Global, together with our member firms, are working 24/7 with specialists, government agencies and medical institutions around the world to acquire reliable information about COVID-19, while simultaneously monitoring developments that could have an impact on the operations of employers in various sectors and across borders.

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COVID-19 ⚠ RESTARTING YOUR BUSINESS

Reimagining Employment Law In the Era of the Coronavirus

L&E Global is pleased to announce the launch of our new weekly client circular, Reimagining Employment Law In the Era of the Coronavirus, bringing you the latest insights on the COVID-19 crisis and related employment law developments from across the globe.

To read these bulletins, please click on the links provided below, and subscribe here to receive the following weekly alerts.

• L&E Global ⚠ Reimagining Employment Law In the Era of the Coronavirus – Issue No. 1 – Issue No. 2 – Issue No. 3 – Issue No. 4 – Issue No. 5 – Issue No. 6 – Issue No. 7

UPCOMING L&E GLOBAL WEBINARS

L&E Global Webinar Series: Best Practices and Regulation of Teleworking in Latin America and the United States!

• Dates: 30 July • Time: 11 am México, Colombia y Perú – 12 pm Chile y EE.UU. – 1 pm Argentina • Duration: 60 minutes
In this spanish-speaking webinar, experts from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the United States will discuss and answer questions about the main aspects of telework regulation and management.
Speakers: Nicolás Grandi (Allende & Brea) • Bárbara Zlatar (Cariola Díez Pérez-Cotapos) • Angélica Carrion (López & Asociados) • Jimena Sánchez Argoytia (De la Vega & Martínez Rojas) • Cesar Puntriano (Muñiz, Olaya, Meléndez, Castro, Ono & Herrera Abogados) • Pedro Torres-Díaz (Jackson Lewis P.C) • Moderator: Blanya Correal, Latin American expert in Organizational Transformation and Labor Relations.
You can register here and feel free to forward the invitation to any of your colleagues.

USA: Reimagine Your Workplace: Guidance for Manufacturing Industry Litigation Avoidance

• Dates: 28 July • Time: 3:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time • Duration: 30 minutes
COVID-19 has transformed the workplace irrevocably, forcing employers to adopt creative solutions to protect their employees in a legal landscape that continues to evolve almost daily. Manufacturing employers face additional challenges as they reevaluate factory safety protocols, while simultaneously attempting to avoid ongoing disruption in the form of pandemic-related employment litigation. Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys in a three-part webinar series that examines current employment law issues and explores some of the ways in which manufacturers can proactively shield themselves from potential liability. Topics include: Disability and Leave of Absence Management, including accommodation issues and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; Environment, Health and Safety, including claims involving failure to furnish a safe workplace and negligence; Employment and Tort Claims, including issues resulting from reductions in force and COVID-19-related claims of discrimination, retaliation and harassment; Immigration Compliance, including verifying employment eligibility in a newly-virtual environment and preparing for an expected post-COVID upswing in I-9 audits and worksite investigations; Labor, including violations of the NLRA’s “abnormally dangerous” rule and union grievances resulting from reductions in force; Wage and Hour, including employee misclassification issues resulting from a newly-remote workforce and COVID-19-related “failure to pay” claims.

To register for one or more of these complimentary webcasts, click here, and feel free to invite your colleagues.

COVID-19 WEBINAR SERIES

We invite you to view the webinar presentations by clicking on the headings below.

Best Practices for Remote Work in Latin America • 23 June 2020
Employment Litigation after COVID-19? • 18 June 2020
Returning to Business as Usual in Retail? • 9 June 2020
How to prepare for the post-COVID reopening in Latin America! • 12 May 2020
Restarting a Global Business: COVID-19 Challenges in Europe and the USA • 28 April 2020
COVID-19: Your Essential Workforce Law Update in Asia-Pacific! • 20 April 2020
COVID-19: Your Essential Workforce Law Update in Latin America! • 8 April 2020
COVID-19: Your Essential Workforce Law Update in Europe! • 23 March 2020
How the Coronavirus impacts the workplace? Perspectives from China, Europe and the USA • 2 March 2020