{"id":17234,"date":"2023-05-19T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/eeoc-end-of-public-health-emergency-doesnt-mean-the-end-of-covid-accommodations\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T05:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:00:19","slug":"eeoc-end-of-public-health-emergency-doesnt-mean-the-end-of-covid-accommodations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/eeoc-end-of-public-health-emergency-doesnt-mean-the-end-of-covid-accommodations\/","title":{"rendered":"EEOC: End of public health emergency doesn\u2019t mean the end of COVID accommodations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Employers cannot automatically revoke reasonable accommodations related to COVID-19, despite the dissolution of the \u201cpublic health emergency\u201d status for the pandemic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/newsroom\/eeoc-releases-update-covid-19-technical-assistance\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>cautioned employers Monday<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. \u201cEmployers may evaluate accommodations granted during the public health emergency, and, in consultation with the employee, assess whether there continues to be a need for reasonable accommodation based on individualized circumstances,\u201d the agency said.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The warning came as EEOC announced updates to its technical guidance, \u201cWhat You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws,\u201d including additional accommodation examples and tips for preventing COVID-related harassment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The EEOC highlighted that accommodations include low-cost or free measures, such as uninterrupted work time, a quiet workspace or noise-canceling headphones to facilitate that.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Mask and vaccine mandates have been a COVID-19 compliance concern since March 2020. But long COVID, how to treat it and how to manage its intersection with daily life, has become a developing compliance issue.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows said in a statement that these updates create a \u201ccapstone\u201d to the agency\u2019s \u201ccomprehensive resource of questions and answers\u201d on anti-discrimination laws concerning COVID-19.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While employers shouldn\u2019t immediately pull pandemic-era COVID accommodations, Burrows said that in turn, the end of the public health emergency can be a teachable moment. \u201cThis will help employees and employers understand how the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and other federal laws continue to protect our nation\u2019s workforce from employment discrimination,\u201d Burrows continued. \u201cThe EEOC remains committed to vigorous enforcement of these laws.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/covid-public-health-emergency-eeoc\/650647\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dive Brief: Employers cannot automatically revoke reasonable accommodations related to COVID-19, despite the dissolution of the \u201cpublic health emergency\u201d &#8230; <a title=\"EEOC: End of public health emergency doesn\u2019t mean the end of COVID accommodations\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/eeoc-end-of-public-health-emergency-doesnt-mean-the-end-of-covid-accommodations\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about EEOC: End of public health emergency doesn\u2019t mean the end of COVID accommodations\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}