COVID-19 Inquiries and Disclosures in the Workplace
Once an employee has been exposed to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, what do you do? Once an employee has tested positive, what do you say? How does an employer walk the fine line between...
View ArticleRe-Opening For Business: Is Your Workplace Ready?
Employers face a myriad of issues in thinking through whether and how to re-open for business after mandatory closures, or how to thoughtfully phase out teleworking models currently in place for...
View ArticleAvoiding Potential Workplace Claims Arising from Reopening of Businesses
As employers contemplate or commence reopening, they should be cognizant of potential workplace claims which are likely to escalate in the COVID-19 era. Such claims can arise out of a wide range of...
View ArticleScreening Employees for Symptoms: Perils and Pointers
Screening employees for symptoms of COVID-19 is critical to limiting both the spread of the virus and a company’s exposure to claims that it did not do enough to protect its employees. But screening...
View ArticleEmployers Not Racing to Implement Employee Payroll Tax Deferral
Offering eligible workers the option to suspend the employee share of Social Security payroll taxes through year-end may sound good at the moment, but concerns about next year are leaving many...
View ArticleScreening for COVID-19? Update Your Protocol!
Employers screening for COVID-19 should consider updating their screening and other protocols following new guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and a new study on how long the...
View ArticleBe Careful About Restricting Employee Communications with Media
Employers that bar staff from communicating with the media should take another look at those prohibitions, following a recent federal appellate decision finding such a policy unlawful under the...
View ArticleHandling Requests for Religious Exemptions from Mandatory Vaccination Policies
Employers implementing mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies are facing an avalanche of requests for exemptions as religious accommodations, far more than for medical exemptions. Fortunately, while...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare but Blocks...
On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court prevented President Biden’s vaccination or testing mandate for large employers (issued as an OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)) from being enforced....
View ArticleALERT! Your COVID-19 Policies and Procedures Need a BOOSTER!
Employers who are conducting automatic COVID-19 testing of employees or gathering test results of employees’ families should beware: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has issued new...
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