As more and more employees have come back to working in the office, what are some of the legal issues for employers to be aware of?
Pomerance: As more employees come back to the office as the Pandemic subsides, I think that an important issue will be how to accommodate schedules. Employees will come back to the office, but will still want to work remotely some of the time. How will a business integrate this hybrid working arrangement? Clearly, some employees are needed onsite more than others, so it will be important for a business to develop rules and procedures that are fair and treat similarly situated employees in a like manner. The other obvious issue is that employees who have been working remotely – and therefore unsupervised – will have to get back into the swing of punching a clock, taking regular meal and rest breaks, and tracking potential overtime. Employers have to make sure they are up to speed on all of this, as I suspect that some of this has been ignored/forgotten when employees were working exclusively from home.
Bendavid: One of the biggest issues employers now face is an unwillingness by employees to return to the office. They may be citing reasons such as improved productivity at home or the current cost of gas. Employers generally have discretion to designate where employees will work and when. However, if an employee cites medical reasons as a basis for the refusal, this likely triggers an obligation to have an interactive dialogue with the employee...
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