Child Social Distancing - FAQs:
- Before a flu outbreak, may employers survey employees to identify who may need to stay home, telework, or work an alternate schedule to care for children because they are dismissed from school or child care, consistent with the Community Mitigation Guidance from HHS/CDC?
- What legal responsibility do employers have to allow parents or care givers time off from work to care for the sick or children who have been dismissed from school?
- If an employer lays off employees, will the employees be eligible for unemployment insurance? Will the employer’s unemployment taxes go up?
- Once a pandemic begins, may employers mandate alternative work schedules (e.g., flex-time, staggered shifts) or alternative work arrangements (e.g., telework) to promote social distancing?
- If an employer establishes a child care center at the workplace for children who have been dismissed from school, will it violate the CDC’s community social distancing strategies for children?
- Could an organization be held liable if their employees or customers contract pandemic influenza while working at or visiting its place of business?
- What measures can employers adopt during a pandemic to alter the workplace and keep employees healthy?
- Do OSHA’s regulations and standards apply to the home office? Are there any other Federal laws employers need to worry about if employees work from home?
