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EEOC Updates 2009 Pandemic Guidance with Specific Guidance to COVID-19

By Chris Gantt-Sorenson on March 20, 2020

Posted in COVID-19, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued an update to its 2009 pandemic guidance, “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the ADA,” originally detailed in our blog issued the day COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The updated guidance advises employers…
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COVID-19: What Employers Need to Know About Permissible Medical Inquiries and OSHA Requirements

By Chris Gantt-Sorenson on March 11, 2020

Posted in COVID-19, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced March 11, 2020, that the WHO has officially declared COVID-19 (Coronavirus) a pandemic. Employers should follow the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) pandemic guidance, “Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace…
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