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Rules of the Road: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19
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#WorkforceWednesday: Mobile Tracking Technologies, Added PPP Flexibility, Return-to-Work Plans - Employment Law This Week®
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This week, a lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its use of a COVID-19 contact-tracing app for residents’ mobile phones. However, very few residents...more
The California Department of Public Health just issued a Public Health Order requiring all public and private school teachers and school staff serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade to either show proof of full...more
Although restaurants may now resume outdoor dining in Los Angeles County, the devil, as they say, is in the details. Along with giving restaurants the go ahead for outdoor dining service as of last Friday, the County Public...more
Glen Price Discusses Privacy Issues Around COVID-19 CA Notify App and Others - From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials around the world have looked to use the benefits of big data and the...more
Contact tracing will continue to play a big role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in understanding the impact of vaccines. Attorneys Michelle Capezza, Karen Mandelbaum, and Jessika Tuazon look at the privacy...more
Michigan recently announced two COVID-19 developments that will impact employers and their workplaces. Most recently, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued new restrictions for business...more
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced new targeted restrictions to combat the record number of COVID-19 cases in Minnesota. The new restrictions were based on information gained from contact tracing and research on how...more
Panelists discussed employment and privacy issues related to the pandemic for both remote work and return to the workplace. We'll also look at obligations of employers when it comes to collecting information related to health...more
On October 21, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) expanded the definition of “close contact” for contact tracing purposes. The CDC previously defined close contact as 15 consecutive minutes within...more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) have updated the definition of “close contact” for quarantine purposes. Previous guidance provided that close contact...more
Many companies and organizations will be updating their COVID-19 plans as a result of new CDC guidance this week. Based on a new case study, the CDC has significantly expanded when someone is in “close contact” with the...more
Just when you thought you had your contact tracing protocol down for dealing with COVID-19 exposures, CDC guidance has changed again. The CDC has now expanded the definition of close contact to be “Someone who was within...more
On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, the CDC issued new guidance expanding the definition of a “close contact” from someone who has been within 6 feet of a COVID-19 positive person for 15 minutes or more to: “Someone who was...more
In Washington: State public health officials are urging Congress to provide at least $8.4 billion in emergency funding for distributing a coronavirus vaccine, warning that they lack enough money to carry out the immense...more
Panelists will discuss employment and privacy issues related to the pandemic for both remote work and return to the workplace. We'll look at obligations of employers when it comes to collecting information related to health...more
In the past week, two Michigan administrative agency directors have issued emergency regulations to fill in for Governor Whitmer’s now-invalidated COVID-19 executive orders. The emergency regulations largely mirror Governor...more
In Washington: President Trump left Walter Reed Medical Center Monday evening despite his personal doctor, Sean Conley, saying he “may not be entirely out of the woods yet.” In a memo on Tuesday, his doctor said the...more
Back in March we wrote about Address Confidentiality Programs (ACPs) as the “high stakes compliance risk you probably haven’t heard of.” These state-sponsored programs were traditionally designed to protect victims of crimes...more
On September 25, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Orders (EO) 2020-183, 2020-184, and 2020-185 related to the pandemic. The first EO eases some business restrictions, the second imposes contact...more
Generally, contact tracing refers to an effort by public health officials to identify individuals with whom a patient who has tested positive for an infectious disease has been in close proximity. Public health officials will...more
This morning, Governor Cuomo announced that under current infection rates and conditions, school districts in compliance with New York State Department of Health (DOH) and State Education Department (SED) guidance would be...more
On August 12, 2020, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) issued a “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)” for Schools.” In a statement by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to stakeholders that same day, ISBE...more
Despite several attempts, Congress has struggled to push forward a federal consumer privacy law over the past few years. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which has raised concerns regarding location monitoring, GPS tracking and use...more
As hotels, resorts, casinos and restaurants re-open, there are challenges around every corner. The industry has weathered many storms, from terrorist threats to major weather events. A worldwide pandemic is a new challenge....more
A bill regulating the use of contact tracing date has moved its way through both chambers of the New York State legislature. Senate Bill S8450C regulates all information that includes or can reveal the identity of any...more