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Planning for Resuming Normal Business Operations? Check out the Top 10 Considerations for Employers that our employment lawyers Tricia Bozyk Sherno, Jyotin Hamid Jonathan Lewis, Joshua Roberts and Brooke Willig have identified: 1. Adhere to state and local government guidance as they are updated. 2. Be vigilant about mitigating employee health and safety risks. 3. Don’t adopt blanket return to work rules that discriminate against groups of employees. 4. Be prepared in advance to grant special accommodation requests to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 5. Implement and communicate plans for employee health screenings. 6. Maintain employees’ privacy and confidentiality of all medical data. 7. Ensure that sick leave policies comply with current law. 8. Protect Covid-19 positive employees from retaliation at the work place. 9. Prepare new guidelines and consequences for those who do not follow updated safety rules. 10. Communicate reopening plans and policy updates frequently and include a centralized point of contact for employees. Read more: https://bit.ly/3eARNhe For more insights, visit the Debevoise Coronavirus Resource Center: https://lnkd.in/giHiQZ7 #Coronavirus #COVID19