Navigating the Post-Dobbs Employment Landscape (In-Person CLE Program)

Please join us for lunch at San Francisco’s EPIC Steak for a panel discussion led by Faegre Drinker on the questions posed by employers and employees alike in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.

As the number of states with laws that limit or ban access to abortion and other reproductive health benefits rapidly expands post-Dobbs, what are the implications for employers, employer plan sponsors and third-party administrators? In addition to federal and state constitutional issues, one must consider laws such as ERISA, HIPAA, the ADA, Title VII, as well as the tax implications of the decision. Join us as we address the following questions: 

• Review of the state law landscape.
• Will federal law preempt state law limitations on the reproductive health benefits that companies offer their employees and their beneficiaries?
• What should companies consider if they are adopting travel reimbursement policies to allow employees to access out-of-state reproductive services?
• Do employees have rights to religious accommodations on the grounds that denial of access to abortion procedures violates their religious freedoms?
• What are other options that companies are considering in response to the Dobbs opinion?
• What should employers anticipate with regards to both civil and criminal enforcement activity?
• The DEI implications of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. 

Speakers:
Cheryl Orr, Partner, Faegre Drinker
Lynne Anderson, Partner, Faegre Drinker
Summer Conley, Partner, Faegre Drinker
Rina Wang, Sr. Legal Counsel, HOVER Inc.