Small Business Week - Legal Clinic: What Employers Need to Know as California Reopens

It’s back to business for most states, and as stay-at-home orders start lifting in California, businesses are preparing to get back to work.  Fisher Phillips San Francisco Regional Managing Partner, Jason Geller will address some of the key legal issues facing employers as businesses start re-opening. It is important to understand what your legal rights and obligations are as you develop your plans for resuming business post-COVID-19. Jason will discuss the legal perspective specific to employers in California, including: 

• Can I tell someone who’s been in contact to stay home?

• Can I temperature test my people as they come back to work?

• What policies are recommended?

• What’s a reasonable reimbursement request?

• Did my company violate the WARN Act when we laid people off?

• What if my employee says they don’t feel comfortable coming back yet?

Learning Objectives:

1. Best practices, policies, and procedures for bringing employees back-to-work

2. Learn your legal rights and obligations

3. Pitfalls to avoid

Speaker, Jason Geller

Jason Geller is the regional managing partner of Fisher Phillips San Francisco office. He represents and counsels employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including employment discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, and wage-hour class action lawsuits, as well as employment handbook and personnel policy preparation, and general preventive advice including hiring, discipline and termination practices. Jason has extensive experience defending employers in federal and state courts, as well as in investigations by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the DFEH, United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

About Fisher Phillips LLP

Fisher Phillips LLP represents employers in labor, employment, civil rights, employee benefits, and immigration matters. Our San Francisco attorneys are joined by over 400 lawyers in 36 offices across the nation. Founded in 1943, our range of experience and knowledge enables us to deliver valuable, practical solutions to today's labor and employment law problems. Learn more by visiting fisherphillips.com.