Employment Law During Times of Coronavirus

David Guadagnoli and Corinne Greene spoke on "Employment Law During Times of Coronavirus," at a program sponsored by Worthy Circles on March 24, 2020. 

Corinne spoke on employment issues, including:

• FMLA, including the new Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act changes
• Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
• Overtime (FLSA) issues
  • Reducing salaries of hourly employees
  • Reducing salaries of exempt employees
• Furlough v. layoff/termination

David discussed benefits considerations, including:

• Section 139 – a nontaxable way to benefit employees
• Retirement Plans
  • Hardship distributions, loans and in-service distributions
  • Freezing employer contributions
  • Partial termination concept
• COBRA issues for furloughed and temporarily laid off employees