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Temperature Checks Give Employers Fever

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As most employers know, the EEOC has confirmed employers may implement processes to take employee's temperatures before allowing them to enter the workplace during the pandemic. State and local governments in over twenty...more

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EEOC Clarifies That Employers Cannot Require COVID-19 Antibody Tests

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The EEOC further revised its guidance to employers to clarify that it does not deem workplace antibody testing lawful under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). COVID-19 antibody tests have recently been touted as a way...more

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Antibody Tests Cannot be Required From Employees to Return to Work; Other New COVID-19 Guidance Issued

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance guidance for employers. The new guidance explains that antibody tests cannot be required from employees to re-enter the workplace, addresses...more

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EEOC Indicates Testing Employees for COVID-19 Does Not Violate ADA

As businesses prepare to re-open, many employers will be concerned about the risk of workplace transmission of the COVID-19 disease. Testing employees before allowing them to enter the workplace is one preventative measure...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Considerations for Returning to Workplaces in the Wake of COVID-19

As employers look to bring their workforces back to the workplace, they face a range of new guidance, regulations, statutes and orders issued by federal, state and local governments and agencies. Employers will need to assess...more

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Can I Require Employees to be Tested for COVID-19 Before Entering the Workplace?

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On April 23, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published guidance in response to this question and the agency’s answer was yes—“an employer may choose to administer COVID-19 testing to employees before...more

McAfee & Taft

EEOC: Employers permitted to administer COVID-19 tests

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On April 23, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission officially stated that employers may administer a COVID-19 test – the test used to detect the presence of the COVID-19 virus – to employees to determine if they...more

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EEOC Updates Its 2009 Guidance Concerning Pandemic Preparedness

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On March 19, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its 2009 pandemic preparedness guidance: Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It includes the following...more

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EEOC GUIDANCE On The Impact Of The ADA On COVID-19 Preventative Measures

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As you know by now, COVID-19 is changing things on a daily, if not hourly or minute by minute basis. In reviewing this advice, you must understand that guidance will change as the COVID-19 pandemic evolves. As such, employers...more

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