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CDC Oct. 27 updated COVID-19 quarantine recommendations with scenarios
Fisher Phillips continuously updated comprehensive COVID-19 FAQs for employers
Fisher Phillips continuously updated comprehensive COVID-19 FAQs for dealerships
Fisher Phillips Vaccine Resource Center
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HR References – Nov. 11, 2020 – As a result of updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance regarding close contact, Fisher Phillips and OADA updated important resources for dealers navigating COVID-19 issues in the workplace.
CLICK HERE for FISHER PHILLIPS’ MODEL ANNOUNCEMENT TO EMPLOYEES ABOUT POSITIVE TEST
CLICK HERE for OADA’S: AN EMPLOYEE HAS EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS or TESTED POSITIVE for COVID-19. WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
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HR References – Oct. 27, 2020 – The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated its recommendations for quarantine and isolation following exposure to COVID-19 today.
Updated recommendations include four specific scenarios that will help determine the best course of action.
Quarantine is used to keep someone who might have been exposed to COVID-19 away from others. Quarantine helps prevent spread of disease that can occur before a person knows they are sick or if they are infected with the virus without feeling symptoms. People in quarantine should stay home, separate themselves from others, monitor their health, and follow directions from their state or local health department.
CLICK HERE for the FULL ARTICLE
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HR References – Oct. 23, 2020 – New COVID-19 contract tracing procedures released by the federal government this week have expanded the category of individuals who are deemed to be in close contact with each other – and will complicate the already difficult task faced by employers when trying to maintain a safe workplace environment.
The updated guidance now indicates that workers should be considered to be at risk of contracting the novel coronavirus if they were within six feet of an infected individual for a total of 15 minutes or more during a 24-hour period during the 48 hours before the infected individual exhibited symptoms or, if asymptomatic, 48 hours before the COVID-19 test was administered, even if the interactions that lead to a cumulative total of 15 minutes were brief and spread out over that time.
What do employers need to know about this new standard, and more importantly what do you need to change about your workplace practices?
CLICK HERE for the FULL ARTICLE
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HR References – Oct. 5, 2020 – As employers consider whether to mandate flu shots in the workplace this season – and begin to look ahead to the impending COVID-19 vaccine and contemplate the workplace implications – Fisher Phillips unveils its Vaccine Resource Center for Employers.
The free space will provide vaccine insights, a vaccine data bank, a 50-state on vaccines, exemptions and related state issues along with
COVID-19 FAQs.
The page will be continuously updated and is accessible through the following link.
CLICK HERE to visit the Fisher Phillips Vaccine Resource Center
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Labor Board temporarily changes notice posting requirement due to pandemic
Fisher Phillips – May 20, 2020 – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) usually requires employers to post on their premises notices of findings made against it by the Board within 14 days.
However, the NLRB has temporarily modified this standard rule in order to account for the changing environment created by COVID-19. Specifically, the Board recently decided that, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, employers whose facilities are currently closed but have been ordered to post a notice of violations of federal labor law must wait to do so until their offices reopen.ccupational
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OSHA Ramps Up Employers’ COVID-19 Recordkeeping Obligations
Fisher Phillips – May 20, 2020 – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just issued new guidance for enforcing its COVID-19 recordkeeping requirements, soon requiring covered employers to make an increased effort to determine whether they need to record and report coronavirus cases in the workplace. This new standard, which will become effective on May 26, reverses course from an agency policy released a few weeks ago that had given OSHA enforcement discretion when it came to the recordkeeping obligations for employers not in the healthcare, correction center, and emergency responder industries. What do employers need to know about this new standard? response
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Employers To The Rescue . . . Maybe! IRS Permits Additional Flexibility For Cafeteria Plan Elections And Carryovers
Fisher Phillips – May 20, 2020 – In response to the realization that many employees will have unanticipated medical and childcare challenges due to COVID-19, the IRS just provided employers with a number of optional amendments that can be made to Section 125 cafeteria plans and related health plans and flexible spending arrangements (FSAs).
The agency guidance released on May 12 is significant as it allows you the option to let employees revoke, add, or change 2020 coverage elections now, instead of waiting until open enrollment, and without a qualifying status change
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CDC creates resources, issues new COVID-19 guidance for businesses, workplaces
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) – May 15, 2020 – The Centers for Disease Control issued a variety of references and updated guidance for reopening businesses and workplaces May 14.
Resources on the “CDC Businesses and Workplaces: Plan, Prepare and Respond” webpage include workplaces decision tools, workplace informative and instructional literature, specific recommendations for small businesses, general FAQs and more.
CLICK HERE for the CDC Business and Workplaces website
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OSHA guidance on preparing workplaces for COVID-19
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CDC interim guidance for businesses and employers to plan and respond to COVID-19
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Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) creates form for employers to report those who refuse to work or quit jobs due to COVID-19
ODJFS is encouraging employers to use a new online form to report those suspected of either refusing to work or quitting jobs due to COVID-19 to enable unemployment benefits to be reevaluated.
“If you’re just saying I’m afraid of the virus … that would not be sufficient,” ODJFS Director Kimberly Hall told reporters May 4.
“The analysis would need to be that your work environment, the conditions there, are such that you’re at risk, and from a health and safety standard,” she added.
CLICK HERE for the ODJFS ONLINE FORM
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CDC interim guidance for businesses and employers to plan and respond to COVID-19
May 5, 2020
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control
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OSHA guidance for preparing workplaces for COVID-19
May 5, 2020
Courtesy of OSHA
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Six factors employers must consider when taking employees’ temperatures
May 4, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Develop a COVID-19 workplace safety plan or risk employees seeking court intervention
May 4, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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NADA dealership pandemic health and safety concerns FAQs
May 1, 2020
Courtesy of NADA
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Back-to-Business Checklist can serve as a guide for tracking legal issues and forming plans as businesses reopen
April 30, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
CLICK HERE for the CHECKLIST
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Ohio changes guidance on face coverings again, adding to employer confusion
April 30, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Ohio businesses begin reopening May 1: What does it mean for employers?
April 28, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Attendance bonuses during COVID-19 can lead to unintentional legal consequences
April 23, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Dealership health and safety concerns during a pandemic
April 14, 2020
Courtesy of NADA
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Driven: A Dealer Guide to Safely Operating Your Dealership During a Pandemic
April 16, 2020
Courtesy of NADA
CLICK HERE for the FULL GUIDE
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Measuring worker temperatures could lead to wage and hour claims
April 13 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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OSHA provides recordkeeping guidance to employers for COVID-19 cases
April 13 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Unionized COVID-19 loan recipients face troubling non-abrogation commitment
April 13 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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How to avoid wrongful death and injury claims for workplace COVID-19 exposure
April 13 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Enforcement guidance for recording cases of COVID-19
April 10 , 2020
Courtesy of U.S. Dept. of Labor
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CDC significantly relaxes essential worker return-to-work standards after COVID-19 exposure
April 9 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Protected concerted activity: The next COVID-19 challenge for union and non-union employers alike
April 8 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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Cloth face coverings at work: Are they personal protective equipment and who pays for them?
April 8 , 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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NADA Webinar: So, an Employee has COVID-19 Symptoms or has Tested Positive…Now what?
April 7 , 2020
NADA Dealership Lifeline Webinar Series
CLICK HERE for webinar materials
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OADA issues Human Resources Guide to the FFCRA leave request and Qualifying Leave Request Form template
April 6, 2020
Courtesy of OADA and Fisher Phillips
CLICK HERE for FFCRA Human Resources Guide
CLICK HERE for the Qualifying Leave Request Form Template
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An Employee tested positive for COVID-19. What should we do?
UPDATED April 8, 2020
Courtesy of OADA
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Top 10 things employers need to know about Dept. of Labor’s new COVID-19 rules
April 2, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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CDC’s updated return-to-work standards may be helpful to businesses
April 2, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
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U.S. Dept. of Labor issues Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) poster required to be displayed in the workplaces
March 25, 2020
Courtesy U.S. Dept of Labor
CLICK HERE for the FFCRA Workplace Poster
CLICK HERE for U.S. DoL FFCRA Poster Q&As
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GCADA, OADA create essential operations letter for dealerships
March 25, 2020
Courtesy GCADA, OADA
CLICK HERE for the LETTER on GCADA LETTERHEAD
CLICK HERE for the LETTER on OADA LETTERHEAD
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OADA provides essential employee travel letter template
March 24, 2020
Courtesy OADA
CLICK HERE for the LETTER TEMPLATE
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COVID-19 practical guidance for 401K sponsors
March 21, 2020
Courtesy of Clark Schaefer Hackett
CLICK HERE for the FULL ARTICLE
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Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services issues new claim form for mass layoffs due to coronavirus
March 19, 2020
Courtesy of OADA
Claimants who have already filed an application do not need to fill out the new form or provide the mass-layoff number.
CLICK HERE to download the form
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Legal issues behind taking employees’ temperatures
March 19, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has requested that any Ohio employer that remains open during the current public health crisis take the temperatures of its employees daily before beginning work. According to DeWine, employees who show an elevated temperature (100.4 degrees or higher, or 99.6 for the elderly) should be sent home to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
In ordinary times, taking the temperatures of employees would be a risky proposition. Generally, measuring an employee’s body temperature is considered a medical examination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits medical examinations unless they are job-related and consistent with business necessity. However, these are not ordinary times.
CLICK HERE for the full article
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Employer-to-employee model announcement about positive COVID-19 test in the workplace
March 16, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
A language template for informing employees about a positive COVID-19 test in the workplace.
The document includes suggested next steps and a link to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website for additional guidance.
CLICK HERE for the full document
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Employer-to-employee talk track regarding COVID-19 in the workplace
March 16, 2020
Courtesy of Fisher Phillips
An employer-to-employee talk track regarding COVID-19 in the workplace.
The document covers potential leaves of absence and what employees should do if they feel ill or feel they have had an exposure.
CLICK HERE for the full document
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Creating a COVID-19 protocol capable of evolving with changing situations
March 12, 2020
Courtesy of Game Day Communications
Thought starters and recommendatoins for creating a flexible protocol for businesses: Be aware of the evolving situation with COVID-19 as it relates to your state, review/update your current policies for employees, stakeholders and customers, and creatively plan new opportunities to minimize business loss.
