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EEOC: Employee COVID Testing Must Be ‘Business Necessity’

InterWest Insurance Services

With COVID-19 cases spreading fast throughout the country in what experts say is the biggest surge since the pandemic started, employers who regularly test their workers may have to change their policies. Employers will now only be able to test employees if they can prove that testing employees is a “business necessity.”

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COVID-19 2020: Managing Employees During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Best Money Moves

COVID-19 2020: Managing employees during the Coronavirus pandemic. Dealing with employees who may be sick and making temporary policy modifications. More than 70 percent of companies didn’t have a crisis management plan in place when the Coronavirus outbreak hit, according to a survey by Blank Rome.

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The Omicron BA.2 Subvariant – What Employees Are Asking About COVID-19 At-Home Testing & Mixing Booster Shots

Griffin Benefits

Several high-profile people have tested positive for COVID-19 these past few weeks, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Miley Cyrus, Daniel Craig, and nearly 75 of Washington's elites such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Attorney General Merrick Garland, just to name a few. 3) What's the latest guidance on mixing booster shots?

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The deep dive on OSHA’s COVID vaccine mandate

Business Management Daily

5, 2021: The date your vax or vax-and-test policy must be in place and the date you must check each employee’s vaccination status. 4, 2022: The date employees must have received the full course of their shots or submit to weekly testing. Your policy can require only certain employees to be vaccinated (e.g.,

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How has coronavirus changed how we work?

cipHR

Countries were forced into a lockdown to slow down the progression of the virus, which led organisations to re-think the way they do business. Following the positive returns, Twitter and Square now allow all their employees to permanently work from home if they want to. Employee wellbeing is important.

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Rehiring during COVID-19: Best practices and considerations

Business Management Daily

When the Coronavirus hit, you likely found your company in the same position as many businesses – having to lay off your employees, furlough them, or drastically reduce their hours. While this is tough for employees and their families, these decisions can also be a human resources nightmare. Furloughed employees.

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Do employers need a workplace Contact Tracing plan or app?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

If you are an employer, you have a positive duty to protect workers from harm. Industry-specific guidelines on how to do that in the COVID-19 environment are now published by occupational safety and health organizations (such as CDC , SafeWorkAustralia , and WorkSafeBC ). COVID-19 is a respiratory illness.