Realities and Challenges of Remote Working

Webinar
Thursday, May 13, 2021
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Eastern
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Central
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Mountain
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Pacific

This presentation will address some of the practical business and legal issues relating to remote workforces, including employer strategies to: build and maintain company culture; address increasingly important diversity & inclusion issues during a time of limited hiring and promotional opportunities; manage remote employees, including setting reasonable work hours in light of caregiving and other conflicts; measure employee performance and conduct, and, if necessary, investigate same; provide equipment and other resources; maintain data privacy and security; implement compliant wage & hour/payroll/ tax practices; and develop a process to address remote work requests post-pandemic. We also will address some of the regulatory issues arising from a remote workforce in the financial services industry, including registration and supervision rules and the temporary relief from the same and other rules.

Speakers

Frederick T. Smith, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Liz C. Watson, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Sokolowski at ksokolowski@seyfarth.com and reference this event.

*CLE Credit for these webinars is approved in the following states: CA, IL, NJ and NY. CLE Credit is pending for GA, TX and VA. Credit will be applied for, but cannot be guaranteed, in all other eligible jurisdictions. Please note that in order to receive full credit for attending each webinar, the registrant must be present for the entire session.