# Articles [ ![Testing Employees for COVID-19: What Employers Can and Cannot Do](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/covid-19-pexels-cottonbro-3952231-41109075.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1058:covid-19-employee-testing-employer-guidelines&catid=205)## [Testing Employees for COVID-19: What Employers Can and Cannot Do](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1058:covid-19-employee-testing-employer-guidelines&catid=205) June 29, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) COVID-19 is still among us. Indeed, there are areas of the country where COVID-19 cases are surging. In those areas especially, employers want to minimize the spread of the virus to other employees and customers or clients. So what tests can an employer require from employees to determine whether they have COVID-19? [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1058:covid-19-employee-testing-employer-guidelines&catid=205) [ ![Who is the Equal Opportunity Harasser and Why Do We Care?](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2a/pounding-desk-pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3760790-2a9657dc.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1057:equal-opportunity-harasser&catid=205)## [Who is the Equal Opportunity Harasser and Why Do We Care?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1057:equal-opportunity-harasser&catid=205) June 25, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) Who is the Equal Opportunity Harasser? It is the person who asks both men and women questions about their favorite sexual positions. The person who tells jokes that offend pretty much every ethnic group. The manager that screams at everyone and takes special delight in making employees cry. Basically, this is a person who is a complete jerk and a bully. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1057:equal-opportunity-harasser&catid=205) [ ![OSHA Has Issued Guidance for Returning to Work From COVID-19 Restrictions–Who in Your Workplace Will Make Sure That It is Implemented?](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/sink-washing-hands-pexels-burst-545014-588b7a57.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1056:osha-covid-19-guidance-returning-work&catid=205)## [OSHA Has Issued Guidance for Returning to Work From COVID-19 Restrictions–Who in Your Workplace Will Make Sure That It is Implemented?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1056:osha-covid-19-guidance-returning-work&catid=205) June 22, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) As COVID-19 restrictions ease, businesses are reopening and employees are returning to work. To assist employers and workers in safely returning to work and reopening businesses deemed by local authorities as “non-essential businesses” during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, on June 17, 2020, OSHA issued some new Guidance on Returning to Work for e… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1056:osha-covid-19-guidance-returning-work&catid=205) [ ![Words and Actions: How Employers Should Respond To The Supreme Court Decision on LBGTQ Employment Rights](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/lgbtq-law-pexels-sharon-mccutcheon-4219312-63f69cf9.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1055:how-employers-respond-scotus-lbgtq-2020&catid=205)## [Words and Actions: How Employers Should Respond To The Supreme Court Decision on LBGTQ Employment Rights](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1055:how-employers-respond-scotus-lbgtq-2020&catid=205) June 17, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) As everyone should be aware, this week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, prohibits covered employers from discriminating against employees or applicants on the grounds of sexual orientation, sexual identity, and transgender status. This is a pretty big deal in the employment law world and presents a new… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1055:how-employers-respond-scotus-lbgtq-2020&catid=205) [ ![U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Title VII protects LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/fz_aftshowq-53b3df08.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=878:u-s-supreme-court-rules-that-title-vii-protects-lgbtq-workers-from-discrimination&catid=205)## [U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Title VII protects LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=878:u-s-supreme-court-rules-that-title-vii-protects-lgbtq-workers-from-discrimination&catid=205) June 15, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated Opinion in three cases which asked the question of whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority, ruled that it does. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=878:u-s-supreme-court-rules-that-title-vii-protects-lgbtq-workers-from-discrimination&catid=205) [ ![OSHA Requires More Employers to Determine Whether Employee COVID-19 Cases are Work-Related](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/0rpf107blek-56df0057.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=683:osha-requires-more-employers-to-determine-whether-employee-covid-19-cases-are-work-related&catid=205)## [OSHA Requires More Employers to Determine Whether Employee COVID-19 Cases are Work-Related](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=683:osha-requires-more-employers-to-determine-whether-employee-covid-19-cases-are-work-related&catid=205) May 19, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) Remember when we told you that only health-care employers, corrections facilities, and emergency-response providers were required by OSHA to determine whether an employee’s COVID-19 was work-related? Well, other types of businesses had better pay attention because OSHA has issued some new guidance that expands the recording of COVID-19 cases. [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=683:osha-requires-more-employers-to-determine-whether-employee-covid-19-cases-are-work-related&catid=205) [ ![Pregnant Woman Looking at the stars](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/pregnant-woman-pexels-photo-2316856-231483d4.jpeg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=667:pregnant-work-accomodation&catid=205)## [How Is An Employer Expected to Accommodate A Pregnant Worker?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=667:pregnant-work-accomodation&catid=205) April 21, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) As we prepare for a possible post-coronavirus baby boom, it’s a good time to look at the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Some employers have carved out light duty jobs that are reserved for workers who have suffered work-related injuries. These jobs are used to transition injured workers off of workers’ compensation benefits and back to work. How… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=667:pregnant-work-accomodation&catid=205) [ ![When to Record COVID-19 Cases on An OSHA 300 Log](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/pexels-photo-4066426-c8a8352c.jpeg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837:when-to-record-covid-19-cases-on-an-osha-300-log&catid=205)## [When to Record COVID-19 Cases on An OSHA 300 Log](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837:when-to-record-covid-19-cases-on-an-osha-300-log&catid=205) April 13, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837:when-to-record-covid-19-cases-on-an-osha-300-log&catid=205) [ ![And Now A Word From the EEOC....](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/pexels-photo-3873186-3ee817f9.jpeg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=868:and-now-a-word-from-the-eeoc&catid=205)## [And Now A Word From the EEOC....](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=868:and-now-a-word-from-the-eeoc&catid=205) April 10, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=868:and-now-a-word-from-the-eeoc&catid=205) [ ![Critical Infrastructure Workers Exposed to COVID-19 No Longer Must Self-Quarantine, Says CDC](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/pexels-photo-3873196-09431f81.jpeg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=860:critical-infrastructure-workers-exposed-to-covid-19-no-longer-must-self-quarantine-says-cdc&catid=205)## [Critical Infrastructure Workers Exposed to COVID-19 No Longer Must Self-Quarantine, Says CDC](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=860:critical-infrastructure-workers-exposed-to-covid-19-no-longer-must-self-quarantine-says-cdc&catid=205) April 09, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=860:critical-infrastructure-workers-exposed-to-covid-19-no-longer-must-self-quarantine-says-cdc&catid=205) [ ![Are You An Essential Worker?](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/pexels-photo-3881247-6a5d8635.jpeg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=836:are-you-an-essential-worker&catid=205)## [Are You An Essential Worker?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=836:are-you-an-essential-worker&catid=205) April 03, 2020 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=836:are-you-an-essential-worker&catid=205) ## Top 10 Content (All-Time) - [![person outdoors standing with a sign that says, I'm sticking with my union](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/manny-becerra-GTPK-Wt1qoY-unsplash-c95084a4.jpg) Union Fines Employee $22,000.00 for Crossing Picket Lines ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=310:union-fines-employee-crossing-picket-lines&catid=53) - [![lightbulb sticky note on board](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/absolutvision-82TpEld0_e4-unsplash-5c5067af.jpg) GOVERNMENT Position: Worker Presents New Social Security Number and States Previous Documents Were Not Real ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=367:government-position-worker-presents-new-social-security-number-and-states-previous-documents-were-not-real&catid=52) - [![chickens, roosters](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2e/iq1f9gmtie0-2e8806a5.jpg) OSHA Regional Emphasis Program for Poultry Processing Facilities ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362:osha-regional-emphasis-program-for-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52) - [![poultry farm](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/thomas-iversen-4W8FgDVyUME-unsplash-d3ac22fc.jpg) OSHA ALERT: OSHA Regional Emphasis Program Targets Southeastern Poultry Processing Facilities ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=370:osha-alert-osha-regional-emphasis-program-targets-southeastern-poultry-processing-facilities&catid=52) - [![AI post it note](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/hitesh-choudhary-t1PaIbMTJIM-unsplash-523fd46e.jpg) AI Is Another Relevant Area of Employment Law Issues ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1310:ai-employment-law-issues&catid=53) - [![What Does It Take to Create a Hostile Work Environment? 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