Law and Practice of E-meetings during Covid-19 in Companies in Rivers State
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The paper examined law and practice of e-meetings during Covid-19 in companies in Rivers State. The paper deployed desk-study approach in which academic materials were sourced from newspapers, internet, textbooks and other text to explain the need for e-meetings during Covid-19 pandemic in companies operating in Rivers State. The paper examined the concepts of e-meeting to mean electronic meeting carried out using audio-teleconference devices. The paper reviewed the pros and cons of virtual or e-meeting which intends to alert stake-holders on the need to step up facilities and resources required for e-meetings. It compared the face-to-meeting with that of e-meetings. The need to make adjoining facilities required for e-meetings, need for the training and retraining of staff were advocated. The paper outlined laws or rules allowed during e-meetings in the pandemic. The paper concluded that e-meeting otherwise put, electronic meeting is essential to keep business running during Covid-19 and suggested among others that management of companies operating in Rivers State, should provide electronic meeting facilities in order to avoid business obstructions during Covid-19 pandemic.
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