Experience

• Provided advice and counsel to an operator of long-term care communities regarding managing employee refusals to work during the pandemic, COVID-19 testing protocols for employees, and the implementation of health care screenings, including the use of thermal scanners and the associated privacy concerns.
• Assisted a U.S. operator of optical practices with a phased reopening of its eye care centers during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the lifting of executive orders in the states and cities where the client’s eye care centers are located. To prepare for the reopening, we drafted and helped implement detailed health and safety procedures and communications for employees. We also provided advice on managing COVID-19-positive employee and patient cases, including implementing quarantine and testing protocols, preparing employee and patient communications, and complying with OSHA recording mandates.
• Partnered with a pharmaceutical client to develop a strategy for transitioning its North American headquarters to Massachusetts. We identified policies and agreements that had to be modified to comply with Massachusetts law; drafted retention, relocation, and separation agreements; and assessed and managed notice requirements for the potential mass layoff.
• Conducted an internal investigation into a whistleblower complaint alleging possible legal violations by a public health system’s interim system CEO that were also potential violations of the client’s obligations...

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