Description
Staying ahead of annual employment law updates can be overwhelming, especially now as ever-changing pandemic-related guidelines and mandates continue to dominate the landscape. This webinar provides overview of the 2022 employment laws impacting medical practices and changing COVID-19 workplace regulations and recommendations for proper implementation and compliance.
WorkWise Law, PC wishes to clarify a statement made during
the webinar regarding the allowance of exemptions for Medicare and Medicaid
certified providers and suppliers that are under the CMS vaccine mandate.
Though it is true that an employee cannot “test out” of the vaccine mandate,
(i.e. test weekly instead of getting the vaccine), employees who qualify for an
exemption due a disability or a strongly held religious belief may continue to
work for their employer, subject to additional safety precautions being put in
place. If employees do not qualify for an exemption, employers should
work with counsel to find an appropriate solution, which may include placing
the employee in a 100% remote position without any patient or staff contact, on
an unpaid leave of absence, or termination.
Contributors
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Alexis D. James, Managing Partner, WorkWise Law, PC
Alexis has practiced employment law in California for more than eighteen years, having worked on both sides of the employment law equation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in public policy at Duke University and completed law school with honors at Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College. In her litigation practice, Alexis has successfully assisted in taking discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination cases through arbitration and trial; and has been known by her peers to be a voice of reason in contentious situations.
In her practice, Alexis conducts comprehensive internal audits, drafts policies and procedures, coaches employers through disciplinary and termination issues, performs employee trainings and investigations, and represents employers in state and federal courts, and before administrative agencies.
Having represented employees suing companies for more than ten years, she brings a unique understanding of how to communicate personnel decisions in a manner that will be better received and more easily adapted.
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Renee Nicole Noy, Partner, WorkWise Law, PC
Renee earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1997, and received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. Renee received her mediation certificate from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. Renee has been practicing for over 20 years. She worked a number of years at the prestigious Plaintiff’s law firm of Green, Broillet, & Wheeler, where she became proficient in representing plaintiffs against large corporations.
In the last decade, Renee has represented countless employees in employment discrimination lawsuits, including cases involving disability, race, gender, and age discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and a variety of wage and hour disputes.