Lindabury partner Kathleen M. Connelly of the firm’s Employment Law group discussed with ROI-NJ the question her clients have been asking most in regard to office reopenings, which is how to deal with employees who are reluctant to return to work due to a generalized fear of COVID contraction. While employees returning to the workplace continue to have significant leave protection for COVID and non-COVID absences through December of 2020, employees can still be terminated if they refuse to return to work, and there are certain ways employers can communicate and accommodate their staff, which is also outlined in the article.
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