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Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coronavirus. Show all posts
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-19-2020: Cuyahoga County issues four-week stay-at-home advisory

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Yesterday afternoon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio's largest, issued a four-week stay-at-home advisory . It took effect immediately, and is in a...
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-18-2020: WFHH (work from home harassment)

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For last night's dinner, I decided to use the leftover meatballs from the prior night's spaghetti dinner to make meatball subs. The ...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-17-2020: Retaliation under the FFCRA is as illegal as is retaliation under any other employment statute

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MaryJo Delaney is suing her former employer after it demoted her from her management position following her return from a Covid-related layo...
Friday, November 13, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-13-2020: Closing restaurants and bars is NOT the solution to fixing the spread of COVID-19

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During his most recent scolding of Ohio's citizens, Governor DeWine threatened to close restaurants and bars if the state's Covid nu...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-12-2020: Breaking down the potential liabilities in Ohio’s new mask rules

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During yesterday evening's statewide address , and amid dangerously rising COVID-19 infections and hospitalization, Governor Mike DeWine...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-11-2020: Working in an office instead of working from home doubles the risk of contracting COVID-19

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You are literally making Covid worse if you are refusing to permit employees to work from home. According to a recently published CDC study ...
Monday, November 9, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-9-2020: COVID-19 and no-fault attendance policies

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Can you "point" an employee under a no-fault attendance policy for a coronavirus-related absence? For example, an employee sick wi...
Friday, November 6, 2020

Coronavirus Update 11-6-2020: Accountability

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The NFL has fined the Las Vegas Raiders $500,000 and stripped them of a 2021 draft pick for " brazen and repeated violations"  of...
Monday, November 2, 2020

Music will get my through the next few days (I hope) — my survival playlist

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There is no doubt that life is stressful right now. Between the exponentially and dangerously rising COVID-19 numbers (and the unwillingness...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-30-2020: I’m tired

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As we round the corner to month eight of "living with COVID-19," I thought now is a good time to ask everyone, "How are you d...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-29-2020: The Dodgers might be World Series winners, but they’re COVID-19 losers

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Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series. In the 8th inning of their clinching game 6, the Dodgers pulled third baseman J...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-23-2020: Please stop telling me that we all just need to get on with living our lives

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Earlier this week, I posed what I thought was a simple question on the private Facebook page of my community's homeowners' associati...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-22-2020: New CDC guidance will result in A LOT more employee absences

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Yesterday, the CDC made a key update to its COVID-19 guidance. It made a significant change to the definition of "close contact."...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-19-2020: The 10th nominee for the “worst employer of 2020” is … the callous car dealer

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I continue to shake my head at the callousness of employers during this pandemic. Consider this example from The Oregonian , which earns its...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-16-2020: The benefit of being prepared

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When you get the   call, you better be prepared. This maxim holds true in business, in the law, and in life in general. Our favorite local w...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-14-2020: Reporting an employee who tests positive

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When an employee tests positive, an employer has certain reporting obligations. These obligations fall into two categories—reporting to OSHA...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-13-2020: You are doing something very, very wrong if your employees are terrified to come to work

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According to Deadspin , NFL players are terrified of COVID, but are afraid to speak up for fear of angering the NFL. "I looked at my so...
Monday, October 12, 2020

Why I call myself the 'Master of Workplace Schadenfreude'

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If you and I are connected on LinkedIn  (and if we're not, please correct that mistake immediately), you may have noticed that my headli...
Thursday, October 8, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-8-2020: Crying “discrimination” because you refuse to wear a mask isn’t just silly, it’s offensive

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Please watch this short video and then let's talk. Entitled anti-masker says "I am discriminated against every single day in my cou...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Coronavirus Update 10-7-2020: Could White House employees file an OSHA complaint?

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Monday night saw President Donald Trump dramatically return to the White House after his three-day stay at Walter Reed Medical Center for CO...