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In implementing its first new COVID-19 travel restriction in months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued guidance requiring all persons traveling from mainland China, Hong Kong, and...more
I have blogged about working time issues involving COVID testing and screening many times and there seems to be no shortage of these cases coming down the pike. On that note, I just read an interesting post in the Seyfarth...more
As the end of the year draws near, it is important for employers in California to remember there are multiple COVID-19 regulations and laws that will still apply to the workplace in 2023. The Division of Occupational Safety...more
Employers have had to quickly pivot in numerous ways to keep their workplaces operating since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. One such way the workplace changed is through the introduction of COVID-19 screening tests for...more
Since September 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker has required via executive order that unvaccinated school personnel undergo weekly testing for COVID-19 in order to continue working in a school. As of today, that requirement has...more
Types of COVID-19 Testing - The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes two primary categories of COVID-19 tests – viral or antigen tests and antibody (serology) tests. It’s important to understand the...more
Over the last two years, employers have followed the evolving laws and guidance issued by federal, state, and local governments and public health authorities. On July 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more
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
On July 12, 2022, the EEOC revised its informal guidance regarding COVID-19 and related matters in the workplace. In doing so, the EEOC made several revisions concerning employer testing protocols, items to consider for...more
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
On July 12, 2022, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) quietly updated its Q&A instructing employers as to when they may require an employee to undergo COVID-19 viral testing (i.e., a test, such as an...more
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers relied heavily on the constantly changing guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in its Technical Assistance Questions and Answers relating to...more
On July 12, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its COVID-19 FAQs, with specific emphasis on viral testing, antibody tests, and other issues relating to workplace safety. The agency’s update...more
While in March of 2020, I believe many individuals hoped that by July of 2022 we would no longer be concerned with COVID-19 Policies, such, unfortunately, is not the case. Yesterday, the EEOC updated its long-standing...more
Fully Vaccinated Travellers - On March 17, 2022, Canada announced that, effective April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada....more
Nearly two years since many professionals gathered in-person and on-site, the prospect of return-to-office en mass is picking up pace....more
Note: On January 24, 2022, the DOL removed Fact Sheet #84 from its website. For more information please see our follow-up Alert. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued Fact Sheet #84 addressing the compensability...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on January 24, 2022 removed, without explanation, from its website Fact Sheet #84 addressing the compensability of time spent undergoing COVID-19 health screenings, testing, and vaccinations...more
Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Some jurisdictions require employers to screen the health of employees, often as they begin...more
Nachdem nun auf Grundlage des IfSG bundesweit eine „3G-Pflicht“ für Betriebe und ihre Mitarbeiter gilt, taucht vermehrt die Frage auf, inwieweit Mitarbeit den erforderlichen Nachweis mit sog. „Online-Selbsttests“ erbringen...more
On October 8th, 2021, the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, signed into law Senate Bill No. 510, which requires health care service plan contracts and disability insurance policies that provide coverage for hospital,...more
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
Last week, on October 20, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) issued proposed revisions to the Emergency Temporary Standards (“ETS”). If approved, the revisions would be in place from January...more
In this blog series, we’ll look at a variety of activities and discuss whether an employer has to pay its non-exempt (i.e., overtime-eligible) employees for their time spent engaging in them. We’ll focus on federal law, but...more
New Guidance Documents: - The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) recently issued the following updated guidance documents related to return to in-person instruction...more