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The coronavirus is having an unprecedented impact on employee relations. With millions of Americans working from home, hundreds of thousands of restaurants and businesses closed to visitors for the foreseeable future, and thousands of people under quarantines, employers are facing questions on a scale they have never before had to address. KJK’s Employment Law Response Team has the answers you need to your questions about updates to federal and state employment laws, rules and regulations.
Gov. DeWine Announces COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses, Individuals
By Stephanie Mercado With a year-end deadline looming to spend Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding provided by the Department of Treasury, Gov. Mike DeWine announced several new programs Friday aimed at helping Ohio residents and...
CDC Issues New Definition of “Close Contact” to COVID-19: Key Take-Aways for Employers
By Alan Rauss & Janet Stewart On Oct. 21, 2020, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a new definition for the term “close contact” as it relates to contact with a person infected with COVID-19 and the resulting quarantine period. Notably, the new...
COVID-19 and Guests: The Campus Dilemma
By Susan Stone & Kristina Supler The late 19th Century American novelist E.W. Howe once remarked: “[t]o be an ideal guest, stay at home.” How completely prophetic! Ironically, E.W. Howe’s life coincided with the Spanish flu epidemic. However, this quote likely...
Consumer Report Alleges Amazon Marketplace Price Gouging
By Jon Groza & Kyle Stroup As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in the spring, consumer demand shifted. While grocery store shelves became barren, consumers looked to e-commerce marketplaces to purchase essential items such as personal protective equipment,...
SBA Issues Guidance for Changes of Ownership of PPP Borrowers
By Kevin O'Connor & Jennifer Hart The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently released a Procedural Notice concerning changes of ownership for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan borrowers (the “Notice”). Since the first days of the PPP loan program,...
DOL Issues Field Assistance Bulletin Regarding Telework
By Rob Gilmore & Kirsten Mooney On August 24, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2020-5 regarding employers’ continuing obligations to track employees’ telework hours. In a time where telework is...
MI Supreme Court: Governor’s Executive Power re: COVID Expired in April
By Samir Dahman Last Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court voted 4-3, along partisan lines, that Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are effectively invalid. You can read the full 107 page opinion here. Summary The...
COVID Travel Shaming: 99 Problems and a Beach IS One
Susan Stone & Kristina Supler Remember when you couldn’t contain your excitement over sharing plans for your upcoming vacation with coworkers and friends? Or the thrill of posting travel highlights on social media – and making everyone a little jealous? Adios,...
Do Employers Have to Offer Remote Work? EEOC Says No.
By Rob Gilmore & Alexis Preskar As employers begin reopening workplaces, the EEOC has come out with new guidance on providing telework options. The specific question asked for guidance if an employer had allowed telework to slow the spread of COVID but was now...
DOL Issues New Regulations for FFCRA
By Alan Rauss & Kirsten Mooney The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a much anticipated set of regulations regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The regulations attempt to revise several provisions of the DOL’s original rule that New...
Helpful Links
- DOL FFCRA Model Notice
- DOL’s FFCRA Employer Paid Leave Fact Sheet
- OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
- OSHA general guidance on COVID-19
- CDC Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers
- Statement from EEOC: What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act and the Coronavirus
- Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
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If you have specific questions about any of the information in our articles, please reach out directly to the author or contact the Chair of the Employment Law Response Team, Rob Gilmore.
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