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EEOC’s Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Testing in the Workplace

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On July 12, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 FAQs and as a result, revised certain earlier guidance regarding permissible COVID-19 testing, workplace screening, and return to work...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

ALERT! 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 guidance limiting the...more

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Objections to COVID-Testing and Asking Vax Status Up Front: Best Practices

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Employers are being inundated with employee requests for exemptions, not just from mandatory vaccination policies, but also from policies requiring regular COVID-19 testing. How do employers square their duty to provide a...more

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Return-to-Work Takeaways from the NBA Bubble

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Given that the NBA relied upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance in developing the league’s protocols, many of the steps taken by the NBA can be implemented within other workplaces. But, of course, the...more

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How employers can ensure federal law compliance by following updated EEOC guidance on COVID-19 screening and testing protocols

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As workplaces in North Carolina and South Carolina are opening back up, employers should make sure they are up to date on their rights and obligations to test or otherwise screen their employees for COVID-19 under the federal...more

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COVID-19 and Discrimination: Takeaways for Employers Regarding the EEOC’s Updated Guidance

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance, What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws, on September 8, 2020, to create a comprehensive guide for...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Return to Work COVID-19 Testing Considerations

As employees increasingly transition back into the physical workplace, employers have begun to grapple with whether and how to deploy COVID-19 diagnostic testing as a return-to-work solution. Many employers want to avoid...more

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With COVID-19 Resurgent, Employers Confront Privacy and Information Security Issues When Testing Employees for COVID-19

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With the resurgence of COVID-19 infections across the United States, employers are facing growing pressure to ascertain whether their employees have contracted the virus. Temperature checks and symptoms screening, while...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Testing Issues Twist Manufacturers

The Novel Coronavirus, the speed by which science continues to discover new aspects of the disease and the response of the United States government to these developments has tested manufacturers.  One aspect of this testing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Not Today Corona: EEOC Bans Employer Antibody Screenings

On June 17, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC” or “Commission”) issued new guidance to employers forbidding the administration of COVID-19 antibody tests under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)....more

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EEOC Advises Employers: Do Not Require COVID-19 Antibody Testing for Employees Returning to Work

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On June 17, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC” or “the Commission”) again updated its COVID-19-related technical assistance for employers (“Guidance”). ...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

What COVID-19 Tests Can Employers Require?

As employers begin to recall employees to the workplace, many are planning to require employees to submit to medical tests for the purpose of detecting COVID-19. In this regard, it is important to distinguish between viral...more

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The EEOC Issues New Guidance Regarding Antibody Testing in the Wake of COVID-19

Not a day seems to go by without the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issuing a new pronouncement about businesses’ nondiscrimination obligations as employees return  to work in a COVID-19 world. ...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

COVID-19 Update: New EEOC guidance states that ADA prohibits employers from requiring coronavirus antibody tests

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On June 17, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance guidance on COVID-19 to explain why, at least for the time being, requiring employees to take COVID-19 antibody tests...more

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EEOC Issues Guidance on Antibody Testing

On June 17, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an update to its COVID-19 Technical Assistance Questions & Answers, providing guidance on the use of antibody tests by employers. Though the...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Resuming Business During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance for Employers

After the flurry of layoffs, stay-at-home orders, furloughs, and considerable new government regulation, many employers are now looking at planning for the eventual resumption of “regular” business. Such planning requires...more

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New York and New Jersey Require COVID-19 Staff Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities

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To limit exposure and reduce the spread of COVID-19, New York and New Jersey are requiring long-term care facilities to implement testing for staff....more

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The Next Normal: A Littler Insight on Returning to Work – EEO Compliance

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In the COVID-19 world we are in today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has established new rules to help employers slow the spread of this devastating virus. While the EEOC has created new and more...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Reopening for Business: Permissible Medical Inquiries - and Mandatory Accommodation of Vulnerable Employees

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As some states are beginning to reopen for business, new legal issues are developing, such as those involving employees who fear returning to work and the implementation of modified disaster recovery plans. Among the more...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reentry Worries And The EEOC’S Latest Return To Work Guidance

As businesses all over the country prepare to open up and welcome employees back to work – even while the pandemic rages on – there remains a high degree of uncertainty concerning how to keep employees safe, especially those...more

The Volkov Law Group

Privacy and Employee Issues During the New COVID-19 Pandemic Era

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The global pandemic has created unique risks for handling employees’ exposure to, or positive testing for, COVID-19.  To ensure a safe workplace, companies have to address delicate issues surrounding employee safety....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Reopening Businesses Face Thorny Customer-Facing ADA Issues

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Reopening businesses need to carefully consider how social distancing and other Covid-19 mitigation measures will impact customers with disabilities and be prepared to make adjustments....more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Part Five of the COVID-19 Roadmap Series: Ensuring a Safe Workplace - COVID-19 Screening and Testing

In Part Five of our Roadmap Series, we take a closer look at COVID-19 screening and testing, including best practices and legal implications, as potential tools to maintain a safe workplace. Can We Screen Our Employees...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

Temperature Checks and Health Testing in the Coronavirus World

To protect American workers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on April 17, 2020, issued new guidance on the potential application of the Americans with Disabilities Act....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Blesses Employer COVID-19 Testing

As employers begin formulating return-to-work plans, one step under consideration is workplace testing of employees for COVID-19. While such tests are not widely available yet, these plans have raised questions regarding...more

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