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Rules of the Road: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19: Where are we now?
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Back to Work Issues: Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Issues for Employers Podcast Series
Many employers in the Netherlands will recognize this scenario: an employee has been ill for some time and, on the advice of the occupational physician or occupational health and safety service, carefully begins to return to...more
Die Statistiken sind eindeutig: Im Jahr 2023 fehlten Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland krankheitsbedingt durchschnittlich 15,2 Tage. Damit hat der Krankenstand in Deutschland einen neuen Höchstwert erreicht. Oft bestehen Bedenken,...more
Sooner or later all employers, including those in the hospitality industry, are faced with sick employees. Apart from the costs, this also brings with it the necessary operational hassle for employers; for example,...more
It’s the season of football, fall foliage, and unfortunately, the flu. As the temperatures dip and boxes of tissues begin to fly off the shelves, it’s time for employers to prepare to meet the challenges of cold and flu...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Supreme Court unanimously held that while claims brought by an employee’s spouse for COVID injury are not barred by the Workers’ Compensation Act’s (WCA) exclusivity provision, policy...more
Massive wildfires in Canada recently covered the northeast United States in a plume of smoke. On June 8, 2023, New York City’s Air Quality Index – the Environmental Protection Agency’s index for measuring and reporting air...more
The requirement for covered public accommodations facilities in Nevada’s Clark and Washoe Counties to provide paid time off for employees experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or who have been exposed to COVID-19 expired May 17,...more
Since January 1, 2021, Colorado’s Healthy Families & Workplaces Act (HFWA) has required employers to provide up to 80 hours of supplemental public health emergency leave (“PHE leave”) for conditions relating to COVID-19. That...more
The ending of the national COVID-19 public health emergency means something more for Colorado employers: it triggers the end of the extra Public Health Emergency Sick Leave you have been providing your employees since January...more
Golfing icon Tiger Woods had to withdraw from the Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia, last week due to a painful foot condition called plantar fasciitis (which causes a stabbing pain in the heel or foot). Video footage...more
On March 23, 2023, Ontario released its 2023 Ontario Budget: Building a Strong Ontario (2023 Budget). The Budget provides that Paid Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (Paid IDEL) will expire on March 31, 2023....more
On March 3, 2023, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced changes to its COVID-19 guidelines. A few days later, the County of Los Angeles announced it will align a few of its guidelines with the CDPH....more
As we enter the new year, and the fourth year of the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate. Two new Omicron subvariants, known as XBB and XBB.1.5 – unofficially nicknamed “Kraken” by some scientists – have emerged...more
On November 25, 2022, Canada announced that, commencing on December 18, 2022, Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits will be extended permanently from 15 weeks to 26 weeks. Accordingly, qualified individuals who...more
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of jurisdictions enacted sick leave laws specifically designed for absences due to COVID-19. Some states, however, enacted permanent changes to their leave laws that apply...more
When an employer presents a separation agreement and release to an employee out of work for medical reasons, questions sometimes arise regarding that person’s ability to understand and competently execute the document. If an...more
On October 14, 2022, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) ordered a new definition of “Close Contact” effective immediately. The new definition requires employers to reexamine existing COVID-19 policies and...more
On the surface, it looks like things are back to normal. Entering spooky season, however, California employers should not assume the coast is clear. One of the nation’s most substantial COVID-19 laws, California’s...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 152 into law on September 29, extending California’s 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law to December 31, 2022. The bill also creates a program that will...more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, questions about employee health-privacy-related symptoms, testing, and vaccination became prevalent in discussions about the workplace at all levels—from “the water cooler” to national news...more
On September 29, 2022, California’s governor signed Assembly Bill (AB) 152, which immediately extends the obligation of employers with 26 or more employees to provide COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (“CA 2022 SPSL”)...more
Just as employers have figured out how to navigate the COVID-19 virus, the next one is poised to take hold – the monkeypox virus. Now declared a global and national public health emergency by the World Health Organization and...more
The latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has barely been contained, yet employers are now being hit with employee inquiries related to monkeypox. As this virus spreads, states and localities are declaring emergencies while...more
A California federal court determined that mild, temporary symptoms of COVID-19 do not qualify as a disability under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), granting summary judgment in favor of an employer. Michelle...more
Key Takeaways - As of September 2020, New Jersey law created a “rebuttable presumption” that COVID-19 is work-related and fully compensable for the purposes of workers’ compensation—assuming the petitioner is an essential...more