Coronavirus: Resources and Rapid Response Task Force

On November 2, 2020, the New Jersey Superior Court of Essex County in Loeb v. Vantage Custom Classics Inc., ruled that a plaintiff could proceed with a lawsuit against his former employer under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), for his alleged termination in retaliation for expressing concerns about worker safety and seeking to implement various COVID-19-related safety protocols and measures. This is one of the first lawsuits to address the applicability of CEPA to COVID-19-related employee complaints.

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In an interview with the Buffalo Business First, Goldberg Segalla’s Christopher P. Maugans discusses how employers are looking ahead to 2021 and wondering if they can legally require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

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In response to the rising number of reported COVID-19 cases in California, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board adopted emergency temporary standards (ETS), which went into effect immediately on November 30, 2020.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced new guidelines allowing out-of-state travelers to New York to “test out” of the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine. Travelers from states that border New York will continue to be exempt from the travel advisory; however, covered travelers must continue to fill out the Traveler Health Form. The new protocol is effective November 4, 2020.

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Join Goldberg Segalla’s Michael Rubin and Kristin Klein Wheaton for a complimentary webinar focused on the latest OSHA developments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike and Kristin will provide an update regarding additional OSHA guidance and the requirements of various OSHA state plan COVID-19 standards.

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Attorneys and professionals across our 22-office, 11-state domestic footprint spend each day advising clients in a variety of industries on evolving legal and regulatory matters related to the coronavirus pandemic. These attorneys—comprising our national Coronavirus Rapid Response Task Force—collaboratively advise clients on the most critical questions that face them today, from employment and labor matters to fast-evolving regulatory concerns and unanticipated liability claims and business litigation.

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Our Coronavirus Employment and Labor Rapid Response Team exists to handle all of the most pressing issues facing employers in the unprecedented business environment created by the coronavirus pandemic. Led by senior attorneys from our Employment and Labor practice, this group provides daily counsel to a diverse client community on issues including workplace safety, changes to employment policies, interpretation of new state and federal laws and guidance, labor issues, layoffs and staff reductions, the defense of employment-related claims, and strategic communications to internal and external stakeholders.

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Goldberg Segalla’s Global Insurance Services practice—home to one of the largest collection of senior insurance coverage attorneys in the nation—serves multiple leading insurers on national and regional coronavirus coverage panels. Our dedicated Coronavirus Coverage Team includes many senior coverage partners across our national footprint, allowing us to coordinate and ensure consistency in our approach to coronavirus claims, while avoiding taking any position in one claim or in one jurisdiction that could disadvantage a client in another.

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Goldberg Segalla has been on the forefront of the evolving coronavirus global health crisis, advising our clients through alerts and presentations as well as the broader legal, insurance, and business communities through publications in major outlets.

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