HR & Employee Issues

• CDC Updates Guidance on Appropriate Use of Testing for COVID-19

• CDC Updates Guidance on Travel During COVID-19

• CDC Issues COVID-19 Communication Plan for Critical Infrastructure Employers 

• CDC Issues New Guidance on Returning to Work and Ending Home Isolation Due to COVID-19:
  • Return to Work Criteria for Healthcare Personnel with COVID-19
  • Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 not in Healthcare Settings

• CDC Revises Guidance Applicable to Employees Returning to Work After a COVID-19 Case

• CDC Issues COVID-19 Testing Strategy Guidance for Workplaces

• Updated CDC Guidance: COVID-19 Employer Information for Office Buildings

• CDC Issues Guidance for Universities and Colleges on Safely Opening Campuses

• The CDC Warns Against Using Antibody Testing Results to Make Workplace Decisions

• CDC Updates FAQs for Business on COVID-19 Procedures

• CDC Issues Guidance on Preparing to Reopen Workplaces, Businesses, and Schools after COVID-19 Shutdown

• DOL Updates Telework Guidance

• DOL Issues New FAQs Regarding COVID-19 and the FFCRA

• DOL Issues Field Assistance Bulletin Reminding Employers of Obligations to Track and Pay for Remote Work

• US DOL Announces Guidance for the Lost Wages Assistance Program

• DOL Issues New FMLA Forms and Guidance on Return-to-Work Issues

• DOL, HHS and Treasury Release Joint FAQs Regarding FFCRA and CARES Act Implementation

• EEOC Releases Guidance Stating, in part, that Remote Work is not Automatically a Reasonable Accommodation

• EEOC Clarifies That Mandatory Antibody Tests Are Impermissible

• EEOC Updates FAQ Guidance on Workplace Accommodations

• EEOC Issues Additional Return-to-Work Considerations for Employers

• EEOC Unveils New Webpage on Commissioner Charges and Directed Investigations

• IRS Issues FAQs on Leave-Sharing Plans to Aid Employees Affected by COVID-19

• NLRB Releases Employer-Friendly COVID Advice Memo Regarding an Employer’s Ability to Refuse to Engage in Midterm Bargaining over COVID-19 Related Policies (See Memphis Ready Mix)

• NLRB Releases Employer-Friendly COVID Advice Memo Regarding Information Requests Related to the Decision to Layoff Employees (See ABM Business and Crown Plaza O’Hare)

• NLRB Releases Employer-Friendly COVID Advice Memo Regarding Protected Concerted Activity During the Pandemic (See Marek Bros Drywall Co. and Hornell Gardens, LLC)

• OSHA Updates Rule on Employee Medical Records Access

• OSHA Publishes Additional Responses to FAQs on Worker Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic

• OSHA Issues FAQ Guidance for Employers Regarding Masks in the Workplace

• OSHA Issues Updated COVID-19 Guidance for Construction Industry Employers

• OSHA Issues Guidance for Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Facility Workers
  

 

State Updates:

• New York State’s New Paid Sick Leave Law Goes into Effect September 30, 2020

• Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office Enters into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office of the Special Inspector General to Investigate and Prosecute Fraud in the Distribution of Funds Authorized by the CARES Act

• Connecticut Insurance Department Issues Guidance Reminding Licensees That the Connecticut Insurance Data Security Law Becomes Effective on October 1, 2020

• Massachusetts to Impose Fines for Non-Compliance with New Travel Restrictions 

• Department of State Issues Guidance on Exceptions to Presidential Proclamations

• Proposed Amendments to the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Regulations

• Connecticut DMV Partially Reopens by Appointment Only

General HR & Employee Updates:

• Proposed Safe to Work Act Would Provide Businesses Broad COVID-19 Liability Protections

• USCIS Updates Public Charge Fact Sheet in Light of COVID-19

• COVID-19 Alert: Businesses Must Submit a Self-Certification Prior to Reopening on May 20
  

• White House Issues Guidelines