{"id":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-082","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (independent federal agency)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","eco":"","issuer":"EEOC (Chair Janet Dhillon)","authority":"42 U.S.C. 12116","instrument":"Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (Oct. 2009; updated Mar. 19 and Mar. 21, 2020 for COVID-19)","title":"Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act","dateIssued":"2020-03-21","effective":"2020-03-21 (guidance)","end":"Continuing","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all ADA-covered employers"],"clause":"Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act. This guidance document was issued upon approval of the Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.... ADA/GINA (the March 2020 update states that the COVID-19 pandemic meets the \u0027direct threat\u0027 standard, permitting employers to measure employees\u0027 body temperature, ask about symptoms, and send symptomatic employees home)","enforcement":"ADA enforcement; guidance non-binding","functions":["HR screening and exclusion of symptomatic workers","WF","OP"],"notes":"The Commission\u0027s \u0027direct threat\u0027 determination is the legal predicate on which every employer screening program of 2020-2021 rested.","sourceUrl":"https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/pandemic-preparedness-workplace-and-americans-disabilities-act","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200502141549/https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/pandemic-preparedness-workplace-and-americans-disabilities-act","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":394140,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-082","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-082","citation":"EEOC (Chair Janet Dhillon), Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (Oct. 2009; updated Mar. 19 and Mar. 21, 2020 for COVID-19) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-082)","stateName":"","related":["DUT-FED-031","DUT-FED-032"]}