Description
In addition to myriad pandemic-related issues that colleges
and universities are tackling on campus, institutions are also wrestling with
complex and tricky issues with staff overseas. Many employees and
researchers may be “stuck” abroad, working remotely for the time being. Others
are part of an international operation that is suspended or permanently
closed. Still others are essential personnel working in public health positions
across the globe. Institutions are faced with difficult decisions and a
complicated array of varying laws and policies when determining whether and how
to structure foreign telework or manage a reduction in force. How can we
implement furloughs or terminate overseas employees and also mitigate risk?
How can we ensure employee safety abroad? Please join us for a
NACUA Briefing with Bill Ferreira, Partner in the International Education
practice at Hogan Lovells, and Lisa Rae, Senior Vice President & General Counsel
at World Learning, who will walk through these and other major issues to
consider in this time of great uncertainty.
This 30-minute briefing will be audio-only and will be
complimentary to NACUA members.
Contributors
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William Ferreira
William Ferreira is a partner with Hogan Lovells in Washington, DC. Bill advises universities on international programs, government grants and contracts, and research compliance. He works extensively on university international projects, guiding schools through the spectrum of transnational initiatives including foreign sites and campuses, international employment, medical research, cross-border agreements, and academic and sponsored programs abroad. Bill's international education practice crosses Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Bill also works extensively on research compliance matters, such as cost accounting and administration of federal grants and cooperative agreements, research misconduct, human subjects and animal research, audits and investigations of sponsored projects, commercialization, and the OMB Uniform Guidance.
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Lisa Rae
Lisa Rae is Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at World Learning. Her practice includes advising on issues in higher education and international labor and employment law, NGO regulatory matters, risk assessment and management, litigation management, contract negotiation, and responding to various legal matters arising in over 60 countries where World Learning operates. Before joining World Learning, Rae was in private practice at firms in Boston and Vermont, and served as Director of the Medicare Advocacy Project of Vermont Legal Aid. She graduated from Brandeis University and earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Suffolk University Law School.