ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Hurricane season is here, bringing with it the potential for severe weather that can cause widespread damage, impacting entire communities. Natural disasters may be unpredictable - but your response doesn't have to be. Prepare your workplace policies now to ensure that they are weather-proof, protecting the safety of your workers and the continuity of your business. Join FordHarrison attorneys Ena Diaz and Kevin Little for a webinar focused on:

• How to calculate wages when your operations are shut down;
• Whether you should allow your employees to work remotely before, during and after a natural disaster;
• Whether to make qualified disaster payments to employees in lieu of bonuses;
• Whether you can count absences due to a natural disaster against an employee’s FMLA;
• What do to when employees don’t return to work after a natural disaster is over because of personal circumstances;
• Whether employees who are discharged due to a natural disaster are entitled to unemployment compensation;
• Whether you can require your employees to work or be on-call during a natural disaster;
• Whether you have to pay on-call time during a natural disaster; and
• How to ensure your employees’ safety upon return to work.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

• FordHarrison is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This course is pending for 1 hour of PDCs.
• This program is also pending by HRCI for 1 hour of PHR, GPHR, and SPHR recertification credit.
• FordHarrison is an accredited provider of CLE by the State Bar of California. This program is preapproved for 1 hour of General CLE in California.
• To request CLE for your specific state, please reach out to continuingedprograms@fordharrison.com and request your California Certificate which you can use to apply to your state bar.