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Ways to Accommodate Employees Who Experience Long-Term COVID-19

Abel HR

As we touched on in a previous blog posting, a Covid-19 infection is not considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as it currently stands. ” Specifically, the guidance defines someone as being eligible for coverage if their long Covid symptoms “substantially limits one or more major life activities.”

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Are Workers’ Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In-person medical exams are often required to determine disability or treatment, site visits may be needed to determine causation or return-to-work accommodations, and personal home visits may be required to facilitate recovery and vocational rehabilitation or counselling. Getting back to anything close to normal will be a long process.