McDonald’s Faces Class Action From Workers Over COVID-19 Safety May 20, 2020 By Tom Hals Five McDonald’s workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to...
U.S. Employers Shying Away From Using Coronavirus ‘Immunity’ Tests in Reopening May 19, 2020 By Caroline Humer and Timothy Aeppel U.S. employers have cooled to the idea of testing workers for possible immunity to the coronavirus as they prepare to...
OSHA Releases First Coronavirus Guidance for Nursing Homes May 19, 2020 By Tom Hals The U.S. Department of Labor last Thursday issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes since the COVID-19 pandemic swept...
Italy to Protect Businesses from Liability if Workers Catch Coronavirus: News Report May 18, 2020 By Ross Larsen Italian businesses that follow the health and safety rules are protected from liability in case returning workers catch coronavirus, the...
Walt Disney, Unions Agree on Coronavirus Worker Safeguards for Reopening Parks May 15, 2020 By Lisa Richwine Walt Disney Co. and unions representing workers at Florida’s Walt Disney World have reached an agreement on safeguards to protect...
Few Coronavirus Liability Lawsuits Have Been Filed Thus Far May 15, 2020 By Tom Hals Businesses are urging U.S. lawmakers to shield companies from what they fear could be a flood of lawsuits by workers...
Workers Protesting the Virus May Be Just the Start: Opinion May 15, 2020 By Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg Opinion In recent weeks, employees at sites as diverse as Amazon warehouses, meat-processing plants and emergency rooms have raised the alarm...
Debate Over Business Liability in Pandemic Turns to OSHA Regulation, CDC Guidelines May 13, 2020 By Ben Brody Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham,...
How Caterpillar, Deere Kept Equipment Making Plants Open During Coronavirus Outbreak May 8, 2020 By Rajesh Kumar Singh While Detroit automakers’ unionized auto factories have been idled by the coronavirus pandemic, farm and construction equipment makers Deere and...
Opinion: What If Public Employees Could Sue Government Over Covid-19? May 7, 2020 By Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg Opinion Suppose you’re working in an essential industry and your employer hasn’t provided you with adequate personal protective equipment. Maybe you...