Can I Get Fired for COVID? Your Questions about Coronavirus in the Workplace, Answered

Sarah Nichols is the Founder and Managing Attorney at Nichols Law, P.C. She is also an author, coach, HR expert, and a public speaker with frequent speeches for private employers and associations providing managers with compliance and liability prevention training.

Sarah has over 20 years in the legal field and has guided hundreds of organizations from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies as they defend individual and class action claims before becoming a voice against discrimination in the workplace and closing the wage gap.

Sarah is also the host of the Women’s Advocate Podcast.

In this episode...

Laws are constantly changing about the rights of employees and their power to fight against unlawful severance. The world continues to exist on this plane of uncertainty as millions of people lose their jobs due to a falling economy. It can be stressful to decide between filing a claim against your employer or just letting the case go, and this is where the expertise of Sarah Nichols comes in.

In this episode of The Women’s Advocate podcast, host Sarah Nichols gets interviewed by John Corcoran of Rise25 about the legal implications of getting fired, particularly during a time of pandemic such as we are experiencing today. They explore what questions and testing your employers may ask in their bid to keep their business operating, the accommodations and support employers are obligated to provide, and things that must be considered before employees are made to report back to work. Stay tuned.