Employers of all sizes are facing unforeseen challenges because of the ongoing public health pandemic resulting from the spread of COVID-19. This Insight discusses how the governments in DC, Maryland, and Virginia are responding.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources issued guidance that specifically allows employers to take an employee’s body temperature provided they secure the individual’s express consent.
In the past several days, the National Labor Relations Board has taken several steps to adjust its operations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the nation.
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases steadily rises throughout Texas while testing resources remain scarce, Central Texas counties issued “shelter-in-place” orders in an effort to #flattenthecurve.
The Alabama Department of Labor has modified its rules to permit certain unemployment claims connected to COVID-19 and temporarily ordered that partial unemployment claims will not be charged to the employer’s account in certain circumstances.
The Georgia Department of Labor, in response to COVID-19, issued an emergency rule on March 16, 2020 related to filing partial unemployment claims, allowing employers to submit partial claims for full and part-time employees who are temporarily laid off.
