covid-19

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is allowing Americans to request another round of free COVID-19 tests through the HHS website = https://covidtests.gov/ The website to request tests opened on Thursday as officials said they will start shipping tests the week of September 30...

Is this legal? In our open enrollment, it now states, "Any associate enrolled in a _company_ medical plan will be charged $50 monthly if they do not provide proof of vaccination and attest to their vaccination during Annual Enrollment." Where do we draw the line here? This is all getting...

Folks From a legal standpoint, are healthcare institutions that have a state mandate to have all their staff vaccinated allowed to force an employee to resign (vs terminated), thus leaving me no option to claim unemployment? Here's the language from my employer Employees who do not comply with...

This has multiple parts, I think. First: Almost every single article I read claims businesses can mandate vaccines. However: “Federal law 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(e)(1)(A)(ii)(III) requires that the person to whom an EUA vaccine is administered be advised, ‘of the option to accept or refuse...

I am in great need of help for my fiance! He was recently arrested on a blue warrant for absconding. The warrant was issued less than a week after the offices that he reported to were shut down due to the covid-19 outbreak. He went to the offices and found them closed & immediately contacted...

My 63 year old father in law was sentenced for 10 years in 2018 for white collar medicare fraud in Texas and is doing time in California. Multiple times he's gotten severely sick and hospitalized from pneumonia and other health complications. During this pandemic, since he has a lot of...

I work for Missouri Department of Corrections, and about a month or two ago there was approval for a hazard-like pay stipend for all employees of 250 dollars a pay period for whenever there is a staff member or offender in a prison that has tested positive with COVID-19. The catch of this is...

The governor of Oregon has recently announced that private schools in our county must remain closed to in-person instruction until COVID-19 case counts are below a certain threshold. My question is...what law allows our governor to force private schools to remain closed? Doesn't Oregon/federal...

As a result of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Order in response to coronavirus are a number of renters representing that they are entitled to not paying rent until August 20th without penalty and without any remedy to the landlord whatsoever. There has been confusion generated...

I am a US citizen who has been living in Japan for the past three years. I am currently seven months pregnant, and plan on returning to the US to give birth. I would like to bring my partner, a Japanese national, with me so he can at very least be present for the birth. Upon contacting the US...

Hi all, I have just been made aware that my employer is going to be enforcing Furlough leave as part of the UK Corona Virus job retention scheme, where it will see employees paid 80% of their monthly salary during this period. I have been working for my current employer for 14 years and as it...

I was disappointed to receive an email from the New York State Bar Association to find out that they want to charge for a webinar on Coronavirus / COVID-19 - Coping with Coronavirus | A Global Immigration Law Update (Webinar) I certainly can appreciate costs involved and the fact that it...

Is it legal for my employer to force staff to use vacation/sick leave after cutting hours due to COVID-19 outbreak? I work in an optometrist office as an Administrative Assistant. My job primarily consists of ordering glasses and billing insurance companies. The doctor has made the decision to...

Issue: Coronavirus policies implemented by co-operative associations, condominium boards and home owners associations. COVID-19 has brought about a strange time with a great deal of panic decisions and lack of clarity from government officials and health and welfare agencies. I haven't seen any...