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Taking Temperatures During COVID-19: A Practical Toolkit

By Hayley Grunvald, Brian Murphy & Liisa Thomas on April 29, 2020
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Retail - Temperature Checks

As we move into the second quarter of 2020, governments around the country are analyzing how to best open up their economies. Part of this will include people returning to work, restaurants, retail establishments, and other places of public accommodation. Landlords, business owners, and others want to know how to take steps to reopen safely while government mitigation efforts are being developed to help slow the spread of COVID-19 until a vaccine is developed. And where authorities don’t have specific mitigation efforts, instituting protocols will fall squarely on landlords, business owners, and those who operate places of public accommodation.

Part of the government directives regarding opening include taking the temperatures of those who come into your establishment. Instructions from city, county, state, and federal governments on temperature checks are often included within Social Distancing Protocol requirements. Other issues arise under ADA considerations, as well as under general privacy and data security law principles.  (See, for example,this post.)

Drawing from these requirements, how can an organization put together an appropriate policy, especially if it has operations around the country?   To help employees, landlords and others address these issues we have put together a toolkit consisting of a checklist and FAQs for employers.

Check out Sheppard Mullin’s Coronavirus Insights Portal which now aggregates the firm’s various COVID-19 blog posts on a broad range of topics. Click here to view and subscribe.

Photo of Hayley Grunvald Hayley Grunvald

Hayley Grunvald is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm’s San Diego (Del Mar) office.

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Photo of Brian Murphy Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy is a partner in the Labor and Employment practice group and is based in the New York office.

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Photo of Liisa Thomas Liisa Thomas

Liisa Thomas, a partner based in the Chicago and London offices, is Leader of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice Group.

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