Coronavirus Update 5-29-2020: Friday olio — an A+ set of reopening guidelines, a webinar, and a playlist
A few shares for your Friday. First, on Wednesday the CDC published sweeping recommendations for reopening office buildings . According to ...
Archive: May 2020
Coronavirus Update 5-28-2020: Is your business ready for the COVID-19 golden age of union organizing?
By Jon Hyman
Among the many lessons we will learn from the COVID-19 pandemic is its demonstration of the importance of union membership for essential wor...
Coronavirus Update 5-27-2020: Is McDonald’s really a public nuisance?
By Jon Hyman
As I've written in the past , it's difficult bordering on impossible for an employee to sue their employer based on an alleged COVID...
Coronavirus Update 5-26-2020: When an employee isn’t social distancing outside of work
By Jon Hyman
How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend? Mine was way more mundane than years past. I watched my nephew receive his high school diploma ...
Coronavirus Update 5-22-2020: We really don’t want our employees being “Tisons"
By Jon Hyman
Social media is congratulating Tison, a Costco employee who turned away an angry customer who refused to wear a mask, a condition required b...
Coronavirus Update 5-21-2020: Ohio judge grants Pyrrhic victory to gyms closed by Stay at Home Order
By Jon Hyman
The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law sued the State of Ohio on behalf of 35 gyms forced to close because of Ohio's Stay of Home Order...
Coronavirus Update 5-20-2020: Governor DeWine’s “Ohioans Protecting Ohioans” advisory is a colossal miscalculation
By Jon Hyman
This past weekend offered a perfect coronavirus storm in Ohio. The weather on Saturday was postcard-perfect, and restaurant and bar patios w...
Coronavirus Update 5-19-2020: Lawsuit highlights risk of businesses not reopening safely and correctly
By Jon Hyman
An employee has sued a Utah protein bar company after she contracted COVID-19. She claims that she became ill because her employer ignored h...
Coronavirus Update 5-18-2020: House proposes significant expansions to FFCRA paid leave
By Jon Hyman
Late Friday, the House of Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, H.R.6800 . Among...
Coronavirus Update 5-15-2020: One that got away … and one that didn’t
By Jon Hyman
There's no such thing as bad publicity. Or at least that's how the saying goes. Monday evening I received the following Twitter D...
Coronavirus Update 5-14-2020: Workers’ Comp waivers aren’t just a bad idea, they are also almost certainly illegal
By Jon Hyman
Consider this headline from the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Restaurant, fearing coronavirus lawsuit, creates liability waiver . The article g...
Coronavirus Update 5-13-2020: Workplace virus screening tools aren’t perfect, but they are at least part of a solution
By Jon Hyman
How do you protect your employees during a pandemic? This is the question this New York Times article asks. As states reopen and businesses...
Coronavirus Update 5-12-2020: You have every right to be a 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵, and we have every right to fire you for it
By Jon Hyman
" Covidiot : A person who acts like an irresponsible idiot during the Covid-19 pandemic, ignoring common sense, decency, science, and p...
Coronavirus Update 5-11-2020: The 6th(!) set of FAQs from the DOL on the FFCRA
By Jon Hyman
Consider the following scenario. An employee has been working from home productively and without issue since the state Shelter in Place...
Coronavirus Update 5-8-2020: Can you legally refuse to return to work to someone at “high risk” for COVID-19 complications?
By Jon Hyman
As you start recalling employees to your physical workplace from remote work-from-home arrangements or furlough, you are concerned about a...
Coronavirus Update 5-7-2020: Things I miss 😢
By Jon Hyman
These are the top 10 things I miss (in no particular order): 1/ Seeing family and friends in person. (happy birthday Mom!) 2/ Hugs and...
Coronavirus Update 5-6-2020: How do parents return to work without available childcare?
By Jon Hyman
Childcare is the issue that has gotten the least attention in discussions about employees returning to work. As states begin to slowly reo...
Coronavirus Update 5-5-2020: Ohio encouraging employers to report AWOL employees to ODJFS
By Jon Hyman
Last week I asked how employers could encourage employees to return to work when unemployment benefits pay them more than their jobs. One...
Coronavirus Update 5-4-2020: Handling employee mental-health issues in a world and workplace changed by coronavirus
By Jon Hyman
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which is as good a time as any to bring up an issue that has been weighing heavily on my mind — the ...
Coronavirus Update 5-1-2020: Some Friday links to share
By Jon Hyman
Just a couple of links to wrap up another looooong week in the world of COVID-19. First, the video from Tuesday’s Zoominar .