COVID will have lasting effects on employment litigation - Global Trade Tech 2020
Labor and employment attorney Gerald Maatman Jr. is tasked with advising clients on avoiding potential legal pitfalls that may arise in the workplace because of the coronavirus.\nHowever, he admits that nothing in his 40-plus years specializing in labor law has prepared him for the challenges employers face because of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 6 million people in the U.S. and killed more than 196,000 people since January.\n\u201cI thought I had seen everything and then COVID-19 occurred,\u201d said Maatman, senior partner of Chicago-based Seyfarth Shaw LLP, on Thursday at the virtual American Shipper Global Trade Tech summit to FreightWaves; John Kingston. \u201cI\u2019ve worked harder and longer hours to assist employers with all of the challenges and the changing playing field that they find themselves on today. It\u2019s been extraordinary times.\u201d\n\xa0\nApple Podcast\nSpotify\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices