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The Employer Handbook BlogCan you fire an employee who knowingly comes to the office with COVID-19?
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TL;DR – Damn skippy, you can. Continue reading
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COVID-19 antibody testing as a condition of returning to work? Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
I’ve got something to tell you. I’m coming clean. Are you ready?
Here it is. Continue reading
It’s okay to invite employees to request disability accommodations, plus other brand new EEOC COVID-19 guidance!
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As a best practice, and in advance of having some or all employees return to the workplace, are there ways for an employer to invite employees to request flexibility in work arrangements?
That’s the first of six coronavirus-related questions that the EEOC answered yesterday as part of its oft-updated “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws.” Continue reading
There’s no maybe about it. Here’s why, for sure, COVID-19 is an ADA disability. Probably.
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On March 27, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hosted an “Ask the EEOC” webinar exclusively addressing the EEO laws in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
One of the questions asked was whether COVID-19 is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Can your business require a customer to wear a mask? What if she has trouble breathing?
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Good questions? And, not coincidentally, the subject of a lawsuit just filed in a Pennsylvania federal court. Continue reading
This case has nothing to do with COVID-19. But, it could prevent a return-to-work lawsuit.
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As part of return-to-work from COVID-19, sadly, some employees are not going to return to work. Continue reading
Here’s that new CDC guidance for re-opening your business. Plus, we’ve get one heckuva Zoom chat coming on Friday!
Before we talk about this new CDC guidance, mark your calendars for Friday at Noon EDT.
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Wait, what?!? We’ve got ANOTHER coronavirus-related lawsuit where THE PLAINTIFF IS A LAWYER.
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Earlier this month, I told you about an attorney who claimed that her former employer wrongfully discharged her for refusing to violate a stay-at-home order.
Now, we’ve got another lawyer-plaintiff, this time claiming that his former employer fired him for taking FMLA leave when after contracted COVID-19. Continue reading
COVID-19 news galore from the EEOC and DOL. Let’s discuss it here and on Facebook Live at 11:30 AM EDT
Kate Bischoff and I are looking forward to hanging out with you today — even you, dad — at 11:30 EDT today at The Employer Handbook Facebook Fan Page.
Here’s an idea to promote employee mental health during COVID-19.
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Late last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its technical assistance on what employers should know about COVID-19 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Continue reading