Back in January 2020, I was one of the first legal bloggers to highlight the risks of a new coronavirus and asking the question: What if it spreads. Over the next several weeks, I started to raise the alarm — so much so that my friend Kate called me out for being a “doomsday lawyer”.
Early on in this pandemic, I co-authored a post with ADNET Technologies’ Christopher Luise regarding the possibility of digital contact tracing for COVID-19. I recapped it in a post here as well.
That possibility is now a reality in Connecticut with the state turning “on” the COVID-19 exposure notification system.
First an explanation. As
Three months ago, on January 22, 2020, when I uploaded my first coronavirus pandemic post (and being one of the first law blogs to post about it substantively), a few people asked me why I already writing about this.
In part, it was because I had been listening to Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director
Thursday brought still another busy day of news as increased testing in Connecticut brought a big jump in numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
We’re starting to hear about employers considering furloughing employees instead of simply laying them off.
(Though the numbers of layoffs in Connecticut is over 54,000 — since Friday.)
Wednesday felt like a breaking point. The day when COVID-19 seemed to come out from under your office desk and said “You’re surrounded. Go home.”
NBA – Suspending its season indefinitely.
Schools in Fairfield County – Closed with the likelihood that more schools will follow soon.
Tom Hanks – Another COVID-19 victim.
Of course, this
As Connecticut reported it’s first known COVID-19 cases over the weekend, it is becoming apparent that the time for preparation for a pandemic is starting to end, and the time for action items is beginning.
To that end, it seems that nearly every lawfirm is starting to compile answers to some frequently asked questions.
For
On Wednesday, February 26th, the CDC reported the first case of COVID-19 where the source of the chain is, as yet, unknown. That might indicate that community spread of the virus is going undetected in California.
Regardless, the CDC has warned that spread of the virus is inevitable; Connecticut joined the chorus on Wednesday preaching
With talk of a pandemic of the COVID-19 illness (coronavirus) becoming more prevalent and advice from professionals that we ought to start preparing now, I thought I’d use this new installment of the Employment Law Checklist Project (#emplawchecklist) to review Connecticut’s existing laws and how those laws might impact employers.
Connecticut has an entire section
Back in 2009, it was hard not to miss press coverage of the H1N1 virus. In fact, I wrote a series of posts about how employers could prepare for a possible pandemic while still complying with employment laws.
Flash forward to now, and press reports are coming out daily about a new (novel) coronavirus
Your industry’s major conference is set for Miami Beach – the land of sun, beaches, and, now it seems, mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus.
Your key sales employee — the one who was setting up your booth for the conference — has come to you expressing concern about the Zika virus. Perhaps she’s pregnant. Or