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

Federal Health and Safety Orders: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidance

FAQs: Health and Safety

Leave: Family and Medical Leave Act and 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

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

FAQs: Disability and Reasonable Accommodations

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act

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, Paid Sick Leave

Federal and California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Acts

Appendix: Web Links For Local Safety Orders

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