Employers continue to grapple with an ongoing, unprecedented public health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its after-effects, which have profoundly disrupted the nation’s economy and U.S. workplaces. In this issue, attorneys in the Class Actions & Complex Litigation Practice Group discuss the most pressing workplace class action litigation risks arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and how best to minimize them.
Topics addressed in this issue include:
- Disability leave and related challenges
- Wage hour pitfalls
- WARN Act suits
- COBRA notice actions
- Other issues related to the pandemic
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