16 September 2020: Webinar Covid-19: Back to work or working from home?

Publication date 16 September 2020

Russell Advocaten co-hosts a webinar in cooperation with the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe and Primerus EMEA on Wednesday 16 September, 11.00 – 12.00h CEST.

Webinar

Do businesses reopen after Covid-19? Do employees return to work? What if employees don’t come to work? What if employers decide to close their offices? Ill employees on the job: can an employer check his employee? How should employers adapt to the new situation?

During this practical one hour webinar we will discuss key questions that arise when (international) employees (do not) return to work.

For instance:

Tax aspect: work from different country;
Privacy aspects: collecting info on employees, temperature checks, tracing app’s, informing colleagues when employee is ill;
Work accidents at home and related insurance issues;
What is the role of the works council (WOCO)?
What is the role of compliance officers?
Liability for employees: what to do to protect your employees?
Employ monitor software: is tracing software allowed?

And many more questions during the interactive Q&A.

Programme

Date	Wednesday 16 September 2020
Time	11.00 – 12.00h CEST
Introduction	Marcella Sampic, Senior Legal Counsel, United Technologies Corporation and ACC Europe Country Representative, France
Moderator	Reinier W.L. Russell, Managing Partner Russell Advocaten, the Netherlands
Speakers
Belgium:	Koen de Puydt and Leila Mstoian, Partners Employment law, Seeds of Law, Belgium
France:	Vital Jourde, Senior Associate, Employment law, Jasper Avocates, France
Luxembourg:	Leticia Lizardo, Group General Counsel Saargummi and ACC Europe Country representative, Luxembourg
Netherlands:	Jan Dop, Partner and Lawyer Employment law, Russell Advocaten, the Netherlands

Registration

The webinar is open to in-house counsel only. No fee is charged but registration is mandatory.

More information

If you have any questions concerning the webinar, please contact us.

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