Employment Law and Commercial Leasing During COVID-19

By Zac Herps, Managing Director at Hillhouse Legal Partners
| 2 min. read

Key takeaways

The video discusses:

  • The obligations of businesses to their landlords when they can foresee problems with paying their rent on commercial premises.
  • The options business owners or managers have if an employee is sick with COVID-19, has been directed by the government to self-quarantine or has children doing school lessons at home.
  • What businesses can do if they cannot keep staff gainfully employed due to the impact of COVID-19.

Hillhouse Legal Partners’ Managing Director Zac Herps and Director Robert Lamb recently spoke with accounting and taxation expert Hugh Walsh from Walshs about some of the issues that businesses are dealing with during the challenging COVID-19 pandemic.

Focusing on up-to-date issues relating to employment and commercial leasing, the enlightening video covers a wide range of topics that may be of interest to you including:

  • The obligations of businesses to their landlords when they can foresee problems with paying their rent on commercial premises.
  • The options business owners or managers have if an employee is sick with COVID-19, has been directed by the government to self-quarantine or has children doing school lessons at home.
  • What businesses can do if they cannot keep staff gainfully employed due to the impact of COVID-19.

You can watch the video HERE.

Should you have any further questions or wish to discuss your individual circumstances please feel free to call the team on 07 3220 1144.

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