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VA Business Owners - New COVID-19 Regulations Coming Out This Week!

The new VA Workplace Safety Standards regulations will require private businesses to follow certain COVID-19-related practices and procedures. The new regs will become effective immediately upon their publication in a major Richmond newspaper.

DOLI, the VA Department of Labor & Industry, will be providing PowerPoint slides on training, templates for creating an Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response Plan and other guidance documents.

To Do -- Sign up for email alerts with the Richmond Times-Dispatch or similar publication to be notified when the new reg comes out.

Tips provided by Yvenne King, owner of Business Legal Docs and business attorney of 20+ years.

Something Useful and Inspirational!

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/12-yo-boy-designs-covid-19-protection-device-safe-touch-pro/

Homeschooled 12-Year-old Boy Designs COVID-19 Protection Device - The Safe Touch Pro A 12-year-old San Francisco boy, Mizan Rupan-Tompkins, invented a device for avoiding germs on public doors and keypads—the Safe Touch Pro.

FREE VA Business Webinar TOMORROW (7/22) on Best Practices to protect your company while operating during COVID.

Also highlights on new VA Workplace Safety Standards that private business owners must comply with.

https://www.loudounchamber.org/events/webinar-best-practices-for-protecting-your-business-while-operating-during-the-pandemic/

WEBINAR - Best Practices for Protecting Your Business While Operating during the Pandemic - Loudoun Chamber 07/22/2020 @ 3:00pm - 4:00pm - Now that you’re open and have set up COVID-19 safety measures for your staff and customers, what have you done to protect your business? For example, are you using consent and waiver forms for your staff and customers? Do you have written policies and procedures for ...

What are the schools really saying about the HL option and will the teachers and students really be safe?

Let's all help each other!

https://youtu.be/On-TPkiKIv0

Mask Up America | "You Have My Respect" | Morgan Freeman Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched the national “Mask Up America” education and awareness campaign to urge all Americans to wear a mask while in public to hel...

Business Owners - FREE webinar this Friday, July 17th!

Learn how to "Protect your Business" through consent and waiver forms and other CYA documentation needed during COVID.

Details below!

Business Owners during Reopening Phases
– Is Protecting Your Business Top of Mind for You? (Part 3)

Our previous post (Part 2) was about what Business Owners should include in an Employee Consent Form.

Next question pertains to Health Screening of your Staff – what do you screen for, how often do you screen, and what kind of records should you keep of each screen?

The states (and even local) governments have different laws on whether temperature checks or other health screening procedures or questions are required. Here are some general recommendations, but please remember to check your state and local laws for specific regulations.

1. As the employer, you should conduct a health screening of all your employees and independent contractors (“Staff”), whether required by law or not, for the purpose of lowering the risks of someone getting sick.

2. If your Staff goes out for lunch or to run an errand, should you do a health screening of them when they return? YES – every time they leave your premises! (They’ve been out and about and possibly exposed!)

3. Keep logs of who conducted the health screening, who was screened and the dates and times of all such screenings.

4. It is probably best not to keep records of the results of all such health screenings, but it depends on whether you are permitted by your state and local laws, and whether you want to comply with applicable privacy laws.

5. The exception (to not keeping records of the health screening results) is if one of your Staff members tested positive for COVID-19, but in those cases, you need to follow privacy and HIPAA-related regulations.

To Do List - Create a paper form log to use for Health Screenings, or use an online app or system, but make sure your questionnaire is complete. (Many online health screening questionnaires are not!)

Tips provided by Yvenne King, owner of Business Legal Docs and business attorney of 20+ years.

Business Owners during Reopening Phases
– Is Protecting Your Business Top of Mind for You? (Part 2)

In Part 1, the main point was Employee Consent Forms are important to have.

Next question – what should be included in these forms or what should your staff be agreeing to in these forms?

1. Have their temperature checked.
2. Each time they report to work, answer questions about whether they’re experiencing any other COVID-19 symptoms, such as chills, headaches, loss of smell, etc. (Use the whole list!)
3. Follow all your COVID-19 related (and any other safety) rules and procedures.
4. Contact you if they experience any COVID-19 symptoms.
5. Follow all your rules about what they should do after the onset of any COVID-19 symptoms.

Add to your TO DO LIST -- Check that your Employee Consent Form includes these details.

If you need an Employee Consent Form and don’t have the budget to hire an attorney, see below!

Tips provided by Yvenne King, owner of Business Legal Docs and business attorney of 20+ years.

Business Owners during Reopening Phases
– Is Protecting Your Business Top of Mind for You? (Part 1)

Protecting your business is crucial ... beyond alarm systems, locks and insurance...

During the pandemic, it's crucial to have solid and consistent record keeping practices.

This includes using health screening reports for employees and independent contractors AND have your staff sign a Consent Form.

Why Consent Forms? To make sure your staff will cooperate and work with you in all your efforts to keep a safe environment for everyone in your shop, store, office or gym.

Add to your To Do List - Create Employee Consent Form

Come back tomorrow - What to include in an Employee Consent Form

Tips provided by Yvenne King, owner of Business Legal Docs and business attorney of 20+ years.

Resource link below!

Louisiana joins 4 other states (NC, OK, UT, WY) with law giving businesses immunity from COVID-19 lawsuits!

Does this mean that business owners in these 5 states can now just focus on re-vamping their business? Unfortunately, NO. These new state laws have contingencies. (We'll cover those details in upcoming posts).

BOTTOM LINE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS: continue to follow your state's reopening requirements and maintain a "legal record" of all that you do.

Questions? Contact Yvenne King, owner of BusinessLegalDocs.

Many Businesses are using Consent & Waiver Forms - Are You?

https://time.com/5854295/businesses-coronavirus-liability/

Many U.S. Businesses Ask Customers, Workers to Sign Forms Promising They Won't Sue if They Catch Coronavirus Workers’ rights groups say the forms force employees to sign away their rights should they get sick

Nail Salon Reopenings - good article on safety measures, but owners also need help on better legal protection.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Style/nail-salons-reopening-heres-stay-safe/story?id=71255605

Nail salons are reopening: Here’s what to know and how to stay safe Salons share their reopening plans and experts share safety tips amid the pandemic.

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Reopening Resources for Salons & Barbershops

Businesses want legal protection from Virus Lawsuits

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/business/economy/coronavirus-liability-shield.html

Businesses Want Virus Legal Protection. Workers Are Worried. Businesses are lobbying Congress for protections against coronavirus-related lawsuits, but unions and Democrats fear a liability shield would encourage reckless behavior.

Newsclip on ways business ownesr can prevent COVID-19 lawsuits.
https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Attorney-There-are-ways-business-owners-can-prevent-lawsuits-involving-COVID-19-570297171.html

Attorney: There are ways business owners can prevent lawsuits involving COVID-19 Every day, business owners are being forced to make tough decisions about how to keep staff and customers safe. Lawyers say if they fail to do so, they could open themselves up to legal action.

Should your salon, gym or office require people to sign
waivers? Lawyers say it would be hard to prove a business owner is liable, however, defending these claims can be costly for business owners.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-disclaimers-busine/sign-here-first-us-salons-gyms-offices-require-coronavirus-waivers-idUSKBN238298

Sign here first: U.S. salons, gyms, offices require coronavirus waivers As U.S. businesses reopen after weeks of pandemic lockdowns, many have been posting coronavirus disclaimers or requiring employees and patrons to sign waivers before entering.

What kind of waivers would help your Business when Reopening?

https://www.vorys.com/publications-2674.html

Returning To Work: Are COVID-19 Waivers A Good Idea? Now that employees are returning to work and businesses are reopening their doors to customers, many businesses are searching for ways to limit liability relating to potential COVID-19 infections.  To that end, some employers are considering whether to require COVID-19 liability waivers for their e...

Business owners need to be proactive in protecting themselves while states are trying to pass laws to protect businesses from COVD-19 laws.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/07/we-need-protect-reopened-businesses-lawsuit-pandemic/

Opinion | We need to protect reopened businesses from a lawsuit pandemic To understand this fight, put yourself in the shoes of a small- or medium-sized-business owner.

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