IMPACT TELECONFERENCE: Labor Issues Surrounding the Coronavirus

Columbia Chamber IMPACT Teleconference: 

Labor Issues Surrounding the Coronavirus 

Guest: Katherine Dudley Helms, Shareholder 

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC 

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT) 

Dear Valued Partners: 

We understand that conducting business this week is very different than it was even a week ago. We are here to help you navigate through this time when the rules of a normal business day change by the minute. 

The Columbia Chamber is committed to remain deliberate in providing responsible and sound advice to our Partners. Today we will host a teleconference with the generous support of our Partner Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC. Katherine Dudley Helms, Shareholder, will lead a discussion of Labor Issues surrounding the coronavirus. Ms. Helms has been quoted since January 2020 in publications such as Law 360, the Wall Street Journal, SHRM Online and South Carolina Lawyers Weekly regarding the Coronavirus outbreak and how employers respond to it. 

This teleconference is intended to provide general information only. The information is not considered legal advice and should not be considered as such. Consult your legal advisor for counsel specific to your business. 

If you have specific questions for Kathy, please send them to rdangerfield@columbiachamber.com by 2:00 PM today. We will make every attempt to address them in our 4:00 PM conference. 

The registration link is below. We hope you’ll find time in your day for this informative session. We will continue to bring information sessions like this to you as our way of helping you make the best of this historic time in our business lifecycle. Our hope is that we will all take away positive growth opportunities when we come out on the other side. 

Audio Conference Number: 800-753-1965 

Access Code: 7731116 

About Katherine Dudley Helms 

Office Managing Shareholder 

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC 

Ms. Helms has extensive experience representing clients in employment matters as varied as the practice offers. She has represented companies and individuals in both the private and public sectors ranging from production line supervisors to company executives. Having represented clients in forums from mediation to the United State Supreme Court allows Ms. Helms the perspective and knowledge to work closely with her clients to offer creative solutions to age-old problems. Ms. Helms frequently 

guides clients to take what is learned through administrative complaints and litigation to address and correct systemic problems that may have resulted in the allegations. Her intent is to use the experience to better help the client avoid repeated problems. Partnering with her clients to understand their business better enables Ms. Helms to address their legal needs, keeping in mind the realities of the client’s business demands. Ms. Helms represents her clients not only in litigation but in active preventative maintenance, interaction, and intervention designed to create a workplace in which litigation is the exception, rather than the rule. 

Audio Conference Number: 800-753-1965 

Access Code: 7731116