COVID Liability Concerns for Nonprofit Employers in Maryland

Faculty:

• Meredith S. Campbell, Chair, Employment and Labor Group, Shulman Rogers
• Joyce Smithey, Managing Partner, Smithey Law Group LLC

Two experienced employment lawyers will provide a training on risks and best practices to a mixed group of:

• leaders of small nonprofits; and
• volunteer lawyers.

The initial presentation will include an open Q/A session for nonprofit employers. After the initial presentation, nonprofit attendees will leave, and the trainers will facilitate a follow-up discussion and Q/A from the volunteer lawyers. Volunteer lawyers must commit to providing brief advice to a nonprofit client of Community Law Center (CLC) within one year from this registration.

Topics will include questions like these:

• Can employers require employees to get tested or vaccinated before returning to the work site?
• What physical resources and allowances should employers provide to on-site or remote employees, and to in-person customers?
• What changes to policy or employee handbooks should an employer make regarding COVID?
• What should an employer do if an employee/volunteer/member of the public believes they caught COVID at the work site?
• How can, should, or must an employer accommodate employees who are at high risk, or who are sick?
• Which laws cover which employers?

Co-Sponsored by Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland and Community Law Center

Questions? Contact Kiah Pierre at kpierre@probonomd.org.