Post Pandemic Dealer Obligations and Employee Workplace Rights

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Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

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Get a head start on preparing your dealership for the safe return of your employees and customers.

The exact date to bring employees back to work on-site and the exact requirements New York State and local jurisdictions will place on dealers remains unknown. Yet, dealers should start preparing now for reopening and operating in a COVID-19 world. 

This webinar will discuss how dealerships can prepare a safe work environment, such as dealing with issues regarding PPE and temperature taking, how to bring employees back to work and make sure they are paid properly, how to deal with leave requests stemming from COVID-19 issues, how to handle employee relations issues in a COVID-19 world and best practices for making sure dealerships stay compliant and up-to-date on these issues.

Some of the questions that will be answered, include: 

  • What does my dealership do if an employee tests positive for COVID-19?

  • What PPE must a dealer require employees to wear, and who is financially responsible?

  • Is it permissible to take an employee’s temperature before their shift begins?

  • What can a dealer do if an employee refuses to return to work at the dealership?

  • Should dealers treat returning staff as new employees and onboard everyone?

  • Must dealers re-train employees when they return (i.e., Sexual Harassment, RTK)?

  • What should dealers do if an employee requests Emergency Paid Sick Leave or Emergency Family and Medical Leave?

Presenters:

  • Brian Gershengorn, Esq. Fisher & Phillips LLP

  • Seth Kaufman, Esq. Fisher & Phillips LLP