Navigating COVID-19: A Legal Guide For California Employers

Introduction

• The State of the COVID-19 Crisis in California

• About this Guide for California Employers

• A Word About Sullivan on Comp

• About the Authors

• Webinars and Resources

Employment and Labor Law

• Employment and Labor Introduction

• State and Local Workplace Safety Orders

• Federal Health and Safety Orders — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance

• FAQs — Health and Safety

• Leave — Family and Medical Leave Act & California Family Rights Act

• FAQs — Family and Medical Leave Act & California Family Rights Act

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act

• Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act

• Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act

• FAQs — Families First Coronavirus Response Act

• How Families First Coronavirus Response Act Interacts with Family and Medical Leave Act & California Family Rights Act

• State, County and City Orders Applicable to Large Employers

• Disability and Reasonable Accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act & the Fair Employment and Housing Act

• FAQs — Disability and Reasonable Accommodations

• Federal Action Including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

• Enhanced Unemployment

• Paycheck Protection Program

• Emergency Economic Injury Disaster Loans & Emergency Economic Injury Grants

• California Resources — Unemployment and Disability Insurance, Paid Family Leave, Paid Sick Leave

• California Enacts New Supplemental Sick Leave Mandate Effective March 19, 2021 - EXPIRED, NO LONGER IN EFFECT

• Federal and California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Acts

• Teleworking in Response to the Pandemic

• Return-to-Work Considerations

• FAQs — Return-To-Work Considerations

• Employer Response to COVID-19 in the Workplace

• Contact-Tracing Investigations

• FAQs – Contact Tracing Investigations

• CAL/OSHA Imposes COVID-19 Safety Regulations on Businesses

• FAQs – Cal/OSHA Safety Regulations

• CAL/OSHA Imposes New Notice and Reporting Obligations for COVID-19 Workplace Exposure

• Summer 2021 –– OSHA updates guidance on protecting workers in health care and other industries

• OSHA ETS Requirements - WITHDRAWN BY OSHA ON JAN. 26, 2022, NOT IN EFFECT

• Cal/OSHA Readopts and Updates the Emergency Temporary Standards and the California Department of Public Health Issues New Isolation and Quarantine Guidance - PORTIONS NO LONGER IN EFFECT, REPLACED BY THIRD READOPTION OF THE ETS

• Cal/OSHA Approves the Third Revision of the Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS)

• OSHA Requirements — Recording and Reporting COVID-19

• California Passes a New Version of Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

• COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Extended Through December 31, 2022

• San Francisco Adopts Public Health Emergency Leave Ordinance

• COVID-19 AB 685 Employee Notice Requirements Updated and Extended Until 2024

• Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Non-Emergency Standards

• Appendix — Web Links For Local Safety Orders

Workers' Compensation Law

• When Is COVID-19 Work Related?

• COVID-19 Presumptions - REPEALED EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 2024

• COVID-19 Presumptions — FAQs - REPEALED EFFECTIVE JAN. 1, 2024

• COVID-19 and the Exclusive Remedy Rule

• The Basic Rule — Increased Risk and the General Public

• Nonindustrial COVID-19 Aggravates an Industrial Condition

• Industrial COVID-19 Aggravates Nonindustrial Conditions

• Injuries from Vaccinations

• Injuries at Home or Due to the Home Office

• Psychiatric Injuries Caused by COVID-19

• Defenses to Psychological Claims

• Psychiatric Impairment Arising from COVID-19

• When Must a Claim Form Be Provided?

• When Should a Claim Form Be Provided?

• Effect on Statute of Limitations

• Provision of Benefits and Investigation Without a Claim Form

• Court Appearances

• Remote Depositions

• Remote Medical Treatment Examinations & Medical-Legal Appointments

• Payment of Temporary Disability