June 24, 2021
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Personnel Webinar: Dealing with COVID-19 Related Leave Requests and the New 100% COBRA Entitlement
Description: With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, municipalities continue to deal with leave requests from employees for various COVID related reasons. Addressing such requests can be challenging because they may implicate various overlapping laws. On June 24, IMLA will be presenting a webinar outlining how municipalities should handle these challenges, especially the intersection of the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the recently extended and expanded tax credits available under the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The American Rescue Plan Act extended the availability of the FFCRA tax credits on a voluntary basis until September 30, 2021 and expanded the situations in which municipalities may obtain tax credits for providing leave to employees. The presentation will also discuss the 100% Family COBRA entitlement, effective April 1, 2021.
Speakers: Jonathan Mook and Robin Cross
Jonathan Mook is a nationally recognized practitioner in employment law and has written two treatises: Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations and Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities, both published by LexisNexis. He represents employers and businesses on matters relating to employment law, business torts and business disputes.
Mr. Mook frequently counsels employers on issues involving compliance with the ADA and accommodating disabled employees, as well as other employment related matters. Mr. Mook is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin. He also is a co-editor of the Mid-Atlantic Employment Law Letter and is a regular contributor to several legal publications. He is included in Best Lawyers in America (2020 ed.) for employment law.
Mr. Mook is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars, and is a member of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the District of Columbia Bar and has been a member of the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities. He earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.
Roberta "Robin" Cross currently works as the Township Attorney for The Woodlands Township, Texas. She has over eighteen years’ experience working for local governments and was recognized as an IMLA Fellow in 2013. She has also worked as in-house counsel for a police labor union and for the EEOC, as a trial attorney. She is licensed to practice in Texas and admitted all of its federal courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. She has been Board-certified in Labor and Employment Law since 1992 by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She was appointed as Vice-President of IMLA’s Personnel Section in the fall of 2015. She enjoys employment law, among other things, because "you can't make this stuff up."