LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

A pandemic is unexplored territory. The policies you design today are meant to remove ambiguity and enable decision-making at a time when your team is doing a lot of things for the first time.

On the one hand, you are looking to instill confidence in employees and customers by taking proactive steps to protect the health and well-being of everyone in the workplace. On the other hand, you need to do this without inadvertently introducing exposure to new legal risks.

Skillsoft has identified there are five important categories of policy development to consider through a legal lens.

• TESTING AND SCREENING
• CONTACT TRACING
• REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR DISABILITY
• ANTI-HARASSMENT AND ANTIDISCRIMINATION
• TRANSPARENCY AND TRACKING OF LEGAL CHANGES