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Reopening the Workplace Post Pandemic: Best Practices for California Nonprofit and Small Business Employers

June 23, 2022 @ 11:00 am 12:30 pm

Public Counsel and Silicon Valley Bank invite you to join us for a free webinar for nonprofit leaders on how to get your workforce back to work safely. Attorney Melinda Riechert and Jennifer Zargarof from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius will present on best practices to better prepare on a variety of legal issues that could arise when workers return to the office, including:

  • Vaccine mandates and legally required exceptions
  • Legal responsibilities if a COVID outbreak were to occur
  • Best practices and legal requirements for minimizing transmission
  • Accommodating high-risk employees
  • Liability waivers

To learn more about the webinar please visit the Registration Link HERE.

Your personalized link to join our virtual event livestream will be provided upon registration.

Questions? Please contact Hayana Guerrero at hguerrero@svb.com.


Melinda Riechert  – Partner, Morgan Lewis
Melinda has experience litigating and arbitrating both class actions and single-plaintiff cases. Melinda defends clients in wage and hour, whistleblower, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, trade secret, and all other types of employment disputes. Melinda has won verdicts for her clients in six jury trials and four bench trials, and she has won numerous summary judgments and arbitration awards.

Jennifer Zargarof – Partner, Morgan Lewis
Jennifer advocates for employers in a broad range of employment-related disputes, with a focus on class actions and multi-plaintiff litigation. She serves as defense counsel in wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and other varied employment-related matters at both the trial and appellate levels. She also counsels clients on myriad labor and employment issues, including personnel policies and procedures, employee discipline matters, and employment contracts.