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COVID Testing
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Law and the Workplace
EEOC Issues New Workplace Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Testing
By Guy Brenner, Evandro Gigante, Laura M. Fant, Lexie Reynolds
On July 12, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) – the agency which investigates and enforces federal antidiscrimination laws in the workplace – updated its guidance across several different…
Gulf Coast Business Law Blog
Employers Must Now Prove Covid Screening is a “Business Necessity”
By Thomas J. McGoey II, Liskow & Lewis
Employers may no longer require Covid-19 testing for on-site employees across the board. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on July 12, 2022, that “going forward employers will need…
Employment Law Spotlight
The EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Workplace COVID-19 Testing
Until recently, employers had broad discretion to determine whether their employees were required to take COVID-19 tests prior to entering the workplace. However, newly released guidance from the U.S. Equal…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
EEOC Drops New Guidance on COVID-19 Testing
By Carrie Hoffman, Larry S. Perlman
More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and in the face of all sorts of uncertainty amid multiple new variants and waves of infection, employers could at least be…
Law and the Workplace
Federal District Court Says Pre-Shift COVID Screening Time Not Compensable
By Allan Bloom
In the first reported decision we’ve seen addressing the issue head on, a federal district court in California dismissed a putative collective action claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act…
Law and the Workplace
EEOC Sanctions Employer for GINA Violations Relating to Collection of Employees’ Family Members’ COVID Test Results
By Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant
On July 6, 2022, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced it has entered into a conciliation agreement with a Florida-based medical practice for violations of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
CDC Rescinds COVID-19 Testing Requirement for International Airline Passengers Entering the United States
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that as of June 12, 2022, international airline passengers (regardless of citizenship or vaccination status) are no longer required…
EB-5 Insights
US Ends COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Inbound Air Travelers
As of June 12, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer requires air passengers traveling to the United States from a foreign country to show a…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
Air Travelers No Longer Required to Present Negative COVID-19 Test
As of 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, June 12, 2022, passengers flying to the United States from abroad will no longer need to present a negative COVID-19 test to board (or prove that…
The Mobile Workforce
South Korea Updates COVID-19 Entry Requirements
By María E. Ferré, John Corgan
Effective May 23, 2022, South Korea has loosened its pre-arrival COVID-19 testing requirements for foreign nationals. Specifically, foreign nationals seeking to enter the country can now present either a negative…