business continuity plan

Please see an updated version of our FAQs as of April 18, 2020

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, a substantial impact on the U.S. workplace. Below is a series of FAQs we have compiled based on some of the more common questions that clients with U.S.-based employees have posed to us within the past few days.

These general FAQs are current as of the date and time at which this article is published (and the answers may therefore be subject to change) and should not be used as a substitute for speaking with a Reed Smith employment lawyer. This is true especially because the COVID-19 situation is a fluid, rapidly evolving one, and there are many considerations that are unique to particular circumstances, industries, and jurisdictions (e.g., California and New York each have a bevy of state and local rules and regulations that far exceed the requirements of federal workplace law).Continue Reading COVID-19 FAQs for employers with U.S. employees