Navigating COVID-19: A Legal Guide For California Employers

INTRODUCTION

The State of the COVID-19 Crisis in California

A Word About Sullivan On Comp

About the Authors

Webinars and Resources

EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW

Employment and Labor Introduction

Stay Home Unless You Are in an Essential Business

State and Local Workplace Safety Orders

California Executive Order

City and County Health and Safety Orders

Amended and Expanded City and County Health and Safety Orders

Federal Health and Safety Orders: Center for Disease Control Guidance

Employer Frequently Asked Questions

Leave Under Family Medical Leave Act and California Families Right Act

FMLA/CFRA Frequently Asked Questions

Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Emergency Paid Sick Leave

Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion

FFCRA Frequently Asked Questions

Interaction of FFCRA with FMLA/CFRA

City and County Orders Applicable to Large Employers

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

Disability and reasonable Accommodations Frequently Asked Questions

Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES)

Enhanced Unemployment

Paycheck Protection Program

Emergency Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Emergency Economic Injury Grants

Employee Retention Credit

Funding for Short Term Compensation Programs

California Resources – Unemployment and Disability Insurance, Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave

Cal-WARN Act

Federal WARN Act

IMMIGRATION LAW

The COVID-19 Effect on Immigration

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW

When Is COVID-19 Work Related?

Nonindustrial COVID-19 Aggravates an Industrial Condition

Industrial COVID-19 Aggravates Nonindustrial Conditions

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 and Medical-Legal Appointments

Payment of Temporary Disability