Unemployment Insurance and COVID-19 Updates (Webinar)

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Unemployment Insurance and COVID-19 Updates (Webinar)

Unemployment Insurance and COVID-19 Updates (Webinar)

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This timely webinar will cover unemployment insurance benefits including regular UI benefits as well as the benefits expanded under the CARES Act (PUA, PUC, PEUC). Our panelists will discuss issues relating to status, eligibility, and reasons for disqualification. The structure and procedures of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board will be examined as well as common unemployment insurance issues adjudicated before the Board. The impact that the COVID-19 virus has had on the workings of the UIAB will be thoroughly explored.

SPONSORED BY THE NYSBA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION and the Section's Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Workplace Rights and Responsibilities Committee

FREE REGISTRATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE NYSBA LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTION

ON-DEMAND RECORDING WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE TO COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PRO-BONO NETWORK VOLUNTEERS FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM VIA COUPON CODE/LINK ON THE VOLUNTEER'S COMMUNITY.

Start Date:

August 12, 2020

Start Time:

10:00 AM

End Time:

12:00 PM

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Virtual Participation

Agenda

AGENDA

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Program Chair/Moderator: Joan C. Lenihan, Attorney at Law, New York City

I. UI BENEFITS EXPLAINED

A. Regular Benefits

B. Benefits Under Cares Act (?)

C. Monetary Eligibility

Speaker: Nicole Salk, Brooklyn Legal Services, New York City

II. SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

A. Eligibility for Benefits

B. Status of Application

C. Reasons for Disqualification

Speaker: Jacob Korder, Korder Law, New York City

III. HEARINGS AND APPEALS

A. History and Structure of the Unemployment Appeal Board

B. Rights and Procedures

C. Common Unemployment Issues Adjudicated Before the Board

D. Impact of COVID-19 On the Legal Landscape at UIAB

Speaker: Hon. Jayson S. Myers, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Albany

Program Faculty

Nicole Salk, Esq., Brooklyn Legal Services, New York City
Joan C. Lenihan, Esq., Program Chair/Moderator, Joan C. Lenihan, Attorney at Law, New York City
Hon. Jayson S. Myers, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Albany
Jacob Korder, Esq., Korder Law, New York City

Format:

Webinar

Product Code:

0JC41

Section Member Price: Free

NYSBA Member Price: $100.00 Join (or renew) for special member pricing

Non-Member Price: $200.00

Sponsoring Committee Group

Labor & Employment Law Section