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

• Federal and California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Acts

• Teleworking in Response to the Pandemic

• Return-to-Work Considerations
• FAQs — Return-To-Work Considerations

• OSHA Requirments

• Appendix — Web Links For Local Safety Orders

IMMIGRATION LAW

• Immigration Law Introduction

• Department of State — Impact of COVID-19 on Consular Services and Visa Issuance

• Department of Homeland Security — Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement & Customs and Border Protection

• Department of Labor — Impact of COVID-19 on Foreign Labor Certification

• Employer FAQs

WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW

• When Is COVID-19 Work Related?

• COVID-19 Presumptions

• The Basic Rule — Increased Risk and the General Public

• 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 & Medical-Legal Appointments

• Payment of Temporary Disability