A roadmap for navigating COVID-19 leave laws
May 5, 2020
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) established new leave entitlements to help employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar with HR Executive, Unum law experts Ellen McCann and Daris Freeman take employers on a virtual road trip through the process of determining whether employees are entitled to paid or job-protected leave under the FFCRA’s Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and/or the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act.
Stay up to date and informed with the latest company information and helpful links on our COVID-19 resource center.
Featured speakers
Ellen McCann
Assistant Vice President, Leave Solutions — Unum Group
Ellen McCann serves as a leading expert in applying benefits and benefits technology to power modern solutions to more effective employee leave programs, stronger regulatory compliance and enhanced digital HR transformation. In this role, she combines more than 30 years of employment law experience with practical knowledge of the complexities of leave and accommodation management to help develop and create solutions that enable employers to address the challenges of leave and accommodations. She is an acclaimed national speaker on leave management issues including FMLA and ADA, and is a certified trainer for SHRM and CE credit.
Daris Freeman
Assistant Vice President, Legal Counsel, Unum's employment law group
As Assistant Vice President, Legal Counsel for Unum, Daris’ primary responsibility is to support Unum’s Absence Management Center which administers FMLA, paid leave, ADA and over 200 complementary state laws. Daris partners with the operation and their clients to develop compliant solutions for their unique absence management challenges. Most recently, her time has been dedicated to the paid leave landscape, implementing solutions for customers and working with state agencies on development of their programs.
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