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Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Monday, July 27, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-27-2020: If your employee treats COVID-19 like a hoax

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At the always fabulous  Ask a Manager , Alison Green posts the following question : One of my employees has been vocal about the coronavirus...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-24-2020: New music Friday … live from the Rock Hall

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In-person live music has been in short supply over the past four months. Like many, I’ve missed it very, very much. Last Sunday, however, I ...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-23-2020: The FFCRA implications of schools reopening

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With schools set to reopen over the next four to six weeks, your employees will be asking for time off from work if their children will be d...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-22-2020: Telemedicine and the FMLA

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Earlier this week, the Department of Labor published a three new sets of FAQs— COVID-19 and the FLSA ,  COVID-19 and the FMLA , and updated ...
Monday, July 20, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-20-2020: How do you reopen schools without teachers?

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We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it, the dads want it, the kids want it. It’s time to do it. – President ...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-17-2020: It’s a scary world at there, and I’m not just talking about the virus

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I thought it was an innocent enough tweet. I would have lost my friggin’ mind if I was in that room and then that happened. — Jon Hyman 😷 ...
Thursday, July 16, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-16-2020: A letter to Ohio — we’re all in this together; let’s all start acting like it

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To my fellow Ohioans, Last evening, Governor DeWine scolded many of you for not doing your part in helping to stop the spread of coronavirus...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-15-2020: OSHA updates its mealy-mouthed facial covering FAQs (again)

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OSHA has, yet again, updated its Frequently Asked Questions to advise employers about the use of face masks in the workplace during the ongo...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-14-2020: Should employers be testing employees for COVID-19?

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Fortune magazine asks: "Why some companies are screening employees for COVID-19, while others have opted out?" This is a legitimat...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-13-2020: Hopelessness

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Today's post was either going to discuss mandatory temperature checks for employees or reopening schools. Instead, however, today will b...
Thursday, July 9, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-9-2020: The 6th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the working mom sacker

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Let this woman's Instagram post sink in, and then let’s talk about why it's wrong to fire a mom working from home (allegedly) becau...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-8-2020: A tale of two mask orders

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Yesterday, Ohio announced that face coverings will be required at all times when out in public in seven surging counties—Butler, Franklin, ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-7-2020: Do you know the difference between quarantine and isolation?

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During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we've heard the words "quarantine" and "isolation" used a lot. While a thesaur...
Monday, July 6, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-6-2020: Telsa fires workers for staying home after giving them permission to stay home … and after they complain about safety

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"Carlos, there is no need to feel that you are going to lose your job. If at this time you do not feel comfortable returning to work, y...
Thursday, July 2, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7-2-2020: Employee claims his remote-work request got him fired, sues

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An employee suffers from high blood pressure and lives with his 81-year-old mother. He's an engineer and began working from home for his...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Coronavirus Update 7–1–2020: THIS is how you protect your employees

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Mootown Creamery is an ice cream shop in my town. Consistent with Ohio's reopening rules, it requires its employees to wear masks while...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Coronavirus Update 6–30–2020: CDC now recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public

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Your cloth face covering may protect them. Their cloth face covering may protect you. As COVID-19 cases spike nationwide, and the CDC warns ...
Monday, June 29, 2020

Coronavirus Update 6–29–2020: Judge hands McDonald’s a whopper of a rebuke for its COVID-19 response

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A month ago I reported on a novel lawsuit filed against McDonald's Corporation in which the plaintiffs sought to have the fast-food con...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Coronavirus Update 6–26–2020: New music Friday—Norah (en français), and a brand new Old 97’s song @suburbspod #FridayNightHootenanny

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Since early May, Norah has spent her Friday nights jamming on the Rockin' the Suburbs podcast's Friday Night Hootenanny. Each Frida...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

Coronavirus Update 6–25–2020: Are employees taking paid leave under the FFCRA? — the results

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The results are in from my survey on the prevalence of employee leave under the FFCRA. Of those employers that are covered by the FFCRA: 86 ...