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Labor/Employment

Jul. 30, 2020

Few guidelines for employers dealing with virus outbreak

The way the guidelines switch between words like “must” and should” make it hard to understand what’s actually required.

For employers trying to determine how to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace, a clear course of action remains elusive despite recent state guidance seeking to clarify the issue, management-side attorneys say.

This confusion has been a constant in recent months, said Nicole Kamm, who represents employers as a partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP. "It's not just with this guidance but it's with a lot of the guidance that's been...

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