On September 9, 2021, the White House issued Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan . The Plan outlines a six-pronged approach, portions of which will impose new obligations on employers across the country. Read more about these new obligations.
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CDC Expands Guidance on Informed Consent to Support Workplace SARS-CoV-2 Testing
By Jenifer M. Bologna, Jason C. Gavejian, Sheri L. Giger, Patricia Anderson Pryor, Cressinda D. Schlag, Katharine C. Weber, Francis P. Alvarez & Joseph J. Lazzarotti on
Posted in COVID-19
As employers continue to grapple with a safe return to the workplace, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance for businesses and employers on SARS-CoV-2 testing of employees, as part of a more comprehensive approach to reducing transmission of the virus in non-healthcare workplaces. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes…
CDC Clarifies Critical Infrastructure Worker Guidance – Opportunities to Continue Working Potentially Narrowed After COVID-19 Exposures
Posted in COVID-19
On November 16, 2020, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) clarified its guidance permitting critical infrastructure workers to return to work before the end of the standard 14-day quarantine period following exposure to COVID-19. In this updated guidance, the CDC reiterated its standard recommendation that all individuals known to be exposed to a person…
Navigating Employer Obligations to Provide Employees with Masks, Face Coverings
By Tressi L. Cordaro & Cressinda D. Schlag on
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to study COVID-19, the agency is regularly updating guidance on precautionary measures to further prevent the spread of COVID-19 across the United States. The agency has expanded its recommended precautions to include “wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where social distancing measures are difficult
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