This presentation is being hosted by the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, our national employment landscape is evolving rapidly, particularly in the healthcare field. Human resources professionals play an integral role in supporting their company’s workforce during challenging times. This webinar series covers topics related to the changing policies and guidelines around healthcare human resources in light of COVID-19. Learn from expert faculty Don Schroeder and Sommer Wiss on how to best support your healthcare staff during this global crisis.
Topics Include:
- Understand recent updates to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
- Identify strategies for employees who refuse to work due to risk
- Review what to do when your employees have been exposed to COVID-19 and related situations
Faculty
Don Schroeder, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Donald (Don) Schroeder is a partner and labor-and-employment attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP. He has extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts, where he focuses on representing Fortune 500 clients on matters, including restrictive covenant litigation, wage and hour class actions, and single plaintiff discrimination cases. Don’s trial experience includes a number of federal and state court jury trials involving claims under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Massachusetts antidiscrimi nation statute (M.G.L ch. 151B). Additionally, Don regularly handles traditional labor matters (focusing on the management side) for clients, including union avoidance training, unfair labor practice proceedings, union elections, mass picketing, 10(j) injunction proceedings, labor arbitrations, and collective bargaining negotiations.
Sommer Wiss, Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP
Sommer Wiss is an associate and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Labor & Employment and Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practices.
