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COVID Testing
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Ackah Business Immigration Law
Expedited Quarantine In Calgary: New Traveller Pilot Program Launches Nov 2
By Publisher
COVID Rapid Testing Pilot Launches in Alberta on November 2The Governments of Alberta and Canada are launching an expedited quarantine 26-week pilot project on November 2 to make YYC Calgary…
HR Defense
Screening for COVID-19? Update Your Protocol!
By Akerman Law
Employers screening for COVID-19 should consider updating their screening and other protocols following new guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and a new study on how…
Employment Class and Collective Action Update
COVID-19 screening programs can spur biometric privacy class actions
By Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, Maya Atrakchi
As organizations aim to return to some type of normalcy, and help ensure a healthy and safe workplace, many have implemented COVID-19 screening programs that check for symptoms, and an…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
COVID-19 Screening Program Can Lead to Litigation Concerning Biometric Information, BIPA
By Maya Atrakchi, Jason C. Gavejian, Joseph J. Lazzarotti
As organizations aim to return to some type of normalcy, and help ensure a healthy and safe workplace, many have implemented COVID-19 screening programs that check for symptoms, and an…
Cruise Law News
The Cruise Lines’ “100% Testing” Hoax
By Jim Walker
Headlines generated in major newspapers by this year’s Seatrade Cruise Convention last week announced that the cruise lines promised “100% testing” of guests and crew members. This is a dangerously…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Nevada offers key lessons in challenge to U.S. virus tests for nursing homes
The federal agency that regulates nursing homes and other long-term care facilities not only has cracked down on them with tough new requirements for coronavirus testing of their staff. The…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Ontario’s New COVID-19 Screening Requirement: What Employers Need to Know About the Enhanced Obligations
The Ontario government recently amended Ontario Regulation 364/20, Rules for Areas in Stage 3, to include mandatory COVID-19 symptom screening in almost all Ontario workplaces.
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
New Mandatory Employer Obligation – Ongoing COVID-19 Workplace Screening
[caption id="attachment_9547" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo by Graham Ruttan on Unsplash[/caption] The recent spike in COVID-19 cases has resulted in the Ontario government amending regulation O. Reg 364/20: Rules for Areas…
Capital Thinking
US Executive Branch Update – September 28, 2020
This report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases. POTUS’ Schedule* *The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS)…
Global Workplace Insider
Testing employees for COVID-19, self-isolation and sick pay
On 10 September the Department of Health and Social Care published guidance for employers on the legal obligations and matters that they need to consider if planning to introduce their…