Many employers and state governments are mandating that employees be vaccinated against COVID. Confusion remains over the rapidly changing landscape of booster doses as reports of waning or compromised immunity even though a worker is considered “fully vaccinated” when the original series of doses are completed.
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Showing posts with label employer liability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label employer liability. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Friday, November 6, 2020
NJ Announces COVID-19 Worker Protection Complaint Form
NJ Executive Order 192 imposes requirements on every employer-business, non-profit, governmental and educational entities to take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees, customers and others who come into physical contact with its operations.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Senator Turner to Introduce Legislation to Provide Employer Immunity from Lawsuits Related to Coronavirus
Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10) will introduce this week the Employer and Employee COVID Protection Act to eliminate barriers to reopening businesses, get Americans back to work, and empower employees to decide for themselves if they feel safe in their workplace. This legislation will provide all complying businesses with immunity from civil lawsuits if one of their employees contracts coronavirus after states permit businesses to reopen. It will also provide employees with heightened health concerns an opportunity to request special accommodations from their employer and allow them to maintain eligibility for unemployment benefits if they still feel their risk of contracting COVID in their workplace is too high.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
CDC Coronavirus Guidance Sets a Standard for Employer Responsibility and Liability
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] has issued an interim guidance based on what is currently known about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The guidance sets out a plan of containment initially, and if that fails, mitigation of the spread of this very contagious and potentially fatal disease. If employers follow the guidance, in all likelihood workers' compensation issues will arise as to the payment of temporary and medical benefits following from occupational exposure at work to the COVID-19.
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