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    September 15, 2021: COVID and Your Rights to Manage it in the Workplace

    Date: September 15, 2021, 8:00am – 9:00am
    Organizer:
    Kim Bailey, VP of Professional Development
    Location:
    Midway Village
    6799 Guilford Rd
    Rockford, IL 61107
    Price:
    Members: No cost
    Event Type:
    Meeting
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    Agenda:

    7:15 a.m.           Registration & Continental Breakfast

    7:45  a.m.         Welcome & Introductions

    8:00-9:00a.m.   Presentation

    Learn what your rights are as an employer to best manage the COVID exposure in your organizattion.

    Local law and employment attorney Evan Bonnett of AGHL LAW will answer your questions, so you can make the most informed decisions for your agency around COVID management.

    Along with answering your submitted questions they will be addressing –

    •  Time away due to COVID or COVID exposure – is it excused and/or paid?
    • Masking requirements
    • Mandatory vaccination issues
    • Vaccine incentives
    • FMLA, ADA and Title VII issues – including “reasonable accommodation” obligations
    • Best practices

    Additionally, learn about your obligations under recent State law initiatives, including:

    • Illinois Human Rights Act amendments regarding use of conviction records in employment decisions
    • Illinois Equal Pay Act and Illinois Business Corporation Act amendments requiring pay reporting

     

    Have any question you want to ask?  Submit  them to RockfordAreaSHRM@gmail.com.

    Register Here: https://rockford.shrm.org/forms/september-15-2021-covid-and-your-rights-manage-it-workplace

     

    Thank-you to our September meeting sponsor, 2HB Solutions!