By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Remote work was not a new concept when COVID-19 came to town, but for many employers, it represented a sharp departure from ordinary operating procedures. Remote work frequently was the ONLY option to keep an enterprise going through the crisis…. Read More >
COVID-19: Labor & Employment
Policy Considerations for Remote Work Going Forward
Biden Administration Signaling More Employee-Friendly Environment
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski At the one-month mark for the Biden Administration, many of the business-friendly policies of the Trump Administration are on the chopping block, with a more “employee-friendly” environment signaled. On Inauguration Day, President Biden signed his “Executive Order on Preventing and… Read More >
Antibody Tests DO NOT Equal COVID-19 Viral Tests: EEOC COVID-19 Guidance Updates
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Employers everywhere are struggling to bring employees back into the workplace in a way that creates the safest environment for everyone. I wrote last month on EEOC Guidance for bringing higher risk employees back to work [“Returning Higher Risk Employees… Read More >
OSHA Update on Reporting and Recording Requirements for COVID-19
By: Sean T. Devenney OSHA’s guidance on COVID-19 has been fluid over the last several months and it has particularly been fluid on whether and when an employer has an obligation to record/report a COVID-19 incident as work related. As prior posts have indicated,… Read More >
Returning Higher Risk Employees to Work: EEOC COVID-19 Guidance Updates
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Slowly, tentatively, we are returning to our workplaces following state and local COVID-19 stay at home orders targeting slowing the spread of the disease. As we do, new questions arise daily about how we as employers must respond to keep… Read More >
Restaurants: Mitigating Coronavirus Risk Exposure
By: Melanie A. Kalmbach With the recent opening of restaurants in most counties in Indiana, it is important for restaurant owners to ensure they are following all appropriate state and local mandates as well as guidelines from the CDC, FDA and OSHA in order… Read More >
Doubling Down on Employer Documentation for the Next Normal
By: Melanie M. Dunajeski Clients who have worked with me over the years know one of my top employer mantras is “Document, Document, Document.” Routine, contemporaneous documentation of attendance, performance, discipline, training/cross-training, and qualifications gives a more complete and more unfiltered picture of an… Read More >