Learn how workers’ compensation laws affect remote employees and how you can minimize risk of litigation.
The recent pandemic accelerated the move by many employers to permit remote employment by off-site employees. While this has created a number of benefits for both sides of the employment relationship, the use of off-site employees also present a number of difficult challenges for employers and HR professionals. In particular, exposure for work-related injuries is more expansive as the traditional boundaries of work life and home life and employee and non-employee blend together. This presentation is designed to highlight some of these concerns and address the ways in which they can be minimized. It will also discuss other concerns of remote employment and provide suggestions how best to promote a positive and effective working relationship.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to explain the benefits and risks of utilizing remote employment in your workplace through the review of the relevant employment law considerations.
- You will be able to identify how to prepare a strategy to address workplace injuries after they happen and reduce the exposure of litigated claims.
- You will be able to recognize the unique challenges posed by off-site employees for workers’ compensation relative to course and scope of employment, the coverage of employees, and causation of injuries.
- You will be able to review how to develop useful policies and procedure to minimize the risk to your company by off-site employees.
Agenda
Overview
The Workers’ Compensation System
- Purpose
- General Principles
- Comparison of Various States
Remote Employment and Work Injuries
- Course and Scope of Employment
- Coverage Issues
- Injuries
- Unique Risks
- Prevention
Post-Injury
- Claim Management
- Modified-Duty Considerations
- Litigation
Other Remote Employment Concerns
- Wage and Hour Laws
- ADA
- FMLA
- Other Relevant Laws
Recommendations
- Handbook Policies
- Job Descriptions
- Supervisor Training
- Monitoring
- Discipline
Speakers
Ryan J. Murphy,
Cipriani & Werner, P.C.- Partner with Cipriani & Werner, P.C.
- Defends employers throughout Pennsylvania against workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation cases, and other employment matters, including pre-litigation counseling litigation and the appeal process
- Represented businesses ranging in size from individually-owned to large, multinational corporations; he has also advised various state agencies in the defense of their workers’ compensation claims and worked with those entities to limit their exposure
- His representative clients include employers in the construction, fabrication, automotive, and retail industries, temporary employment agencies, law enforcement, and governmental entities
- Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Previous co-chairman of the Lancaster Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section
- Presenter for Worker’s Compensation Law and Medicare Compliance seminars
- Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Lancaster County Bar Association, the Schuylkill County Bar Association, and the York County Bar Association
- J.D. degree, cum laude, The Dickinson School of Law; two B.A. degrees, with high distinction and with honors, The Pennsylvania State University
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for human resource managers, safety directors, workers’ compensation managers, occupational therapists, benefits professionals, insurance claims and risk managers, controllers, and attorneys.
