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Testing Workers for COVID-19 Raises Privacy, Discrimination Issues
Employers whose businesses continue to operate are obviously concerned about the coronavirus spreading through their worksites, so many have started testing their workers. Recent U.S....
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Commercial Properties Increasingly Vulnerable to Weather-related Risks
A new report highlights the risks to commercial real estate owners from natural catastrophes and climate-related disasters, which are happening with increasing frequency. The report...
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10 Potential Causes of Employee COVID-19 Lawsuits
The novel coronavirus that broke out in the winter has caused immeasurable suffering, both physical and economic. For employers struggling to stay in business, this...
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How to Protect Your Business Teleconference Meetings
Since face-to-face meetings are out of the question when most non-essential workers are under stay-at-home orders, many companies have opted for the teleconferencing app Zoom....
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OSHA Won’t Require COVID-19 Cases to Be Recorded
Federal OSHA announced on April 13 that it won’t be enforcing COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements. The announcement reverses an earlier decision requiring that transmission of the...
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Insurers Ordered to Refund Premiums Due to Outbreak
California’s insurance commissioner has ordered insurers doing business in the state to refund some premium payments to policyholders for a number of commercial lines, as...
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COVID-19 Emergency Workers’ Compensation Rating Changes on Tap
Emergency rules are being developed to guide workers’ compensation classification and claims for coronavirus-affected employers and their workers in California. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating...
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CARES Act Helps Coronavirus-affected Employers, Employees Alike
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act stimulus law to help American workers and businesses weather the outbreak has a number...
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It’s Okay to Screen Workers for Fevers During Outbreak: EEOC
Employers that are still open at this time have been wondering if they may be violating their employees’ rights to medical privacy by scanning their...
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CARES Act Boosts Unemployment Benefits for Laid-off, Furloughed Workers
With the sudden eruption of economic calamity, and more than 247 million Americans under stay-at-home orders, some 3.1 million individuals filed for unemployment in the...