Total Credits: 1.25 Illinois
Panelists representing the union-side and management-side of healthcare will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers and labor relations. Topics that will be discussed include mid-term bargaining, hazard pay, personal protective equipment, worker infections and deaths and public initiatives to help healthcare workers.
Torrick Ward is the Deputy Director of Labor Relations for Cook County, Illinois. Prior to serving as Deputy Director, Mr. Ward served as the acting director of the Department of Human Rights and Ethics for Cook County and the Senior Labor Counsel for Cook County Labor Relations. Besides holding positions at Cook County, Mr. Ward worked as an Assistant Corporation Counsel, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director of Compliance at the City of Chicago. Mr. Ward has practiced in the areas of Labor and Employment, Civil Rights and Corporate Compliance since 1998.