COVID in the workplace – Employment and Health and Safety Laws

Presented by Carrie Cherveny, Esq, Senior Vice President, Strategic Client Solutions

Chief Compliance Officer, Employee Benefits Southeast - HUB International Southeast

Contact Information

Carrie B. Cherveny, Esq.

Senior Vice President, Strategic Client Solutions

Chief Compliance Officer, Employee Benefits Southeast

HUB International Southeast

​Phone: 561-309-6886

carrie.cherveny@hubinternational.com

Session Description

Providing HR services in today’s COVID working environment has become more complex than ever before! State and federal laws impact an employer’s HR operations in various and confusing ways. HUB has designed this training to help HR professionals better understand the complex employee relations and safety considerations in a COVID working environment. Whether your employees are remote, on-site, or both – there are a number of employment and health & safety requirements that HR professionals must consider.

Learning Objectives

·      Relevant nondiscrimination laws getting significant attention during COVID 

·      Title VII, ADA, FLSA, FMLA, and Religion and how they impact your return to work, safety, furlough, and potential layoff programs

·      Building a workplace COVID safety program – considerations for your program

·      A discussion regarding recent litigation and lessons learned

About the Speaker

Carrie Cherveny is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Client Solutions in HUB’s Risk Services Division. Carrie has 20 years of combined experience in employee relations, human resources, employment law litigation, and employee benefits legal guidance. Carrie works closely with clients to identify compliance risks across the organization and develop responsive strategies and solutions that ensure compliance and further the overall organization goals. Carrie partners with HUB clients in various industries such as hospitality/restaurant, medical/hospitals, manufacturing, and white-collar businesses to identify various organizational risks and develop responsive strategic solutions.

Previously, Carrie B. Cherveny, Esq. served as the Chief Compliance Officer for the Southeast Region of HUB International, supporting the organization’s Employee Benefits Division. In this role, Carrie was responsible for providing compliance and consulting services regarding general health plans, ACA, ERISA, and other legal matters involving employee benefit programs.   

Most recently, Carrie was General Counsel and Vice President for a national PEO designing and developing client compliance strategies and solutions

While working previously as a Partner in a West Palm Beach Employment Law firm, Carrie focused her practice in the area of employment litigation and employee relations in both state and federal courts.  She has represented private sector employers in litigation under Title VII, the ADA, the ADEA, the FLSA, the FMLA, the Florida Civil Rights Act, and the Florida Whistleblowers’ Acts.