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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Says Inability to Wear Protective Equipment Made Employee Unqualified for Position

A number of employers have encountered resistance to mask wearing mandates put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In some cases, employees assert that they have a medical condition that prevents them from being...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

What Can Employers Do About Employees Who Refuse a Vaccine?

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After a seemingless endless wait, news of COVID vaccine distribution has business owners, government offices and school district administrators faced with a legal question they could not have foreseen at the beginning of...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: Litigation Insights - Issue 27, October 2020

This 27th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us start with a discussion of a trend toward class actions, with later discussions on two key areas -- insurance coverage disputes and...more

White & Case LLP

Returning to Work: COVID-19, Workers' Compensation, and Employee/Consultant Waivers

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As states allow businesses to reopen and employers begin returning to the workplace, questions arise regarding the potential liability of employers if employees and consultants contract COVID-19 in the workplace—which might...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

COVID-19: Where are we now?

So far in 2020, COVID-19 has forced businesses to do everything from redesigning their facilities to taking the temperature of every employee on a daily basis, and from furloughing the workforce to shutting down the workplace...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Absolution Denied? The Enforceability Of Liability Waivers In the Age Of COVID-19

In an effort to flatten New York State’s infection and hospitalization rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Cuomo signed an executive order in March 2020, mandating statewide lockdown measures. Those measures appear...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Considerations for Workplace Safety in Light of Updated EEOC Guidance

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COVID-19 has created new, unexplored territory for employers. Even in a pandemic, it’s imperative that employers follow all EEO laws. Since COVID-19 is consistently evolving, it is important that employers continue to follow...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Liability Waivers and Questionnaires in the Time of COVID-19

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As businesses begin to re-open and re-engage their workforce, and in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is worth exploring requiring your employees (and in certain circumstances, customers) to execute a liability...more

Fisher Phillips

Can Employers Use COVID-19 Waivers To Limit Liability?

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With employees returning to work and companies reopening their doors to customers, employers are looking for ways to limit liability related to potential COVID-19 cases contracted in the workplace. To do so, many are...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

COVID-19 recovery: Legal considerations for hospitals and health systems planning for post-pandemic operations

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While health care providers continue to focus on the challenges of treating COVID-19 patients and complying with newly-issued state government "reopening" orders, now is the time to begin planning for a successful transition...more

Foster Garvey PC

Initiative I-124: Look Beyond the Title

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On Monday, July 25, 2016, the Seattle City Council unanimously voted to place Initiative 124 (“I-124”), entitled the “Seattle Hotel Employees Health and Safety Initiative,” on the November 2016 ballot. Many voters will likely...more

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