Labor & Employment Law

Hurricane Preparedness for Employers

As everyone watches the coming of Earl, HR professionals should be considering the impact on their employees and businesses.  A recent article on hurricane preparedness for employers provides a brief overview of the regulatory issues that often arise in such situations.  These include, for example:

1. Wage and hour issues
2. WARN issues
3. Leave issues
4. Benefits continuation issues
5. The Americans With Disabilities Act
6. OSHA
7. Unemployment
8. Federal Relief

If you recall, after Hurricane Katrina the Federal Government implemented regulations governing benefit plan reporting as an accommodation to employers.  In addition, many employers had great difficulty locating relocated employees to address pay issues and other employees had difficultly dealing with, for example, renewing prescriptions in distant locations far from home without the proper records.

Follow this Link: Guidance for Employers' Hurricane and Disaster Preparation

Full post as published by Strategic HR Lawyer on August 30, 2010 (boomark / email).