Senate Weighs Broad Coronavirus Liability Shield for Employers June 11, 2020 By Laura Litvan Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to...
Sign Here First: Reopening Businesses Turn to Liability Waivers, Disclaimers June 1, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn and John McCrank As U.S. businesses reopen after weeks of pandemic lockdowns, many have been posting coronavirus disclaimers or requiring employees and patrons...
Amazon’s French Warehouses to Reopen After Ending Virus Safety Dispute with Workers May 18, 2020 By Mathieu Rosemain Amazon’s French warehouses are set to reopen on Tuesday with about 30% of employees, three union officials said, ending a...
Italy to Protect Businesses from Liability if Workers Catch Coronavirus: News Report May 18, 2020 By Ross Larsen Italian businesses that follow the health and safety rules are protected from liability in case returning workers catch coronavirus, the...
Few Coronavirus Liability Lawsuits Have Been Filed Thus Far May 15, 2020 By Tom Hals Businesses are urging U.S. lawmakers to shield companies from what they fear could be a flood of lawsuits by workers...
Companies Need Safety From Lawsuits If They Protect Workers: Opinion May 11, 2020 By Michael R. Bloomberg, Bloomberg Opinion States that are reopening their economies even as cases of Covid-19 are still rising are threatening their own residents and...
Many Japan Firms Resist Telecommuting, Raising COVID-19 Risk for Call Center Staff May 5, 2020 By Makiko Yamazaki and Yuki Nitta Almost a month after Tokyo declared a state of emergency, dozens of call center employees for telecom KDDI Corp still...
Consumer Groups Oppose Immunity for Businesses From Coronavirus Lawsuits April 30, 2020 By Tom Hals and Alison Frankel U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits as states start...
Employees Go Back to Work and Get Covid-19. What’s the Liability Picture?: Opinion April 27, 2020 By Tyler Cowen If America is going to restart its economy, at whatever pace, it needs to think about a major roadblock: liability...
French Court Keeps Limits in Place for Amazon Deliveries, in Victory for Its Workers April 24, 2020 By Mathieu Rosemain and Sarah White A French court on Friday rejected Amazon‘s appeal against a ruling that restricts what it can deliver during the coronavirus...