Describe to your friend in the US about how you spent your summer vacation this year. The precautions taken due to covid-19, the activities done to make the best use of your time and your adjustment to the new normal in about 70-80 words.
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COVID-19 is the pandemic that keeps on giving. As the Fourth of July marks the start of the summer vacation season, more and more employees are going to be taking time off. State quarantine orders - until now perhaps only of passing interest - suddenly loom large. The reason is this: employees vacationing in states other than the one in which they work may trigger a mandatory 14-day state quarantine upon their return. What can you as an employer do? Here are some thoughts on how you can get control over these situations.
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COVID-19 is the pandemic that keeps on giving. As the Fourth of July marks the start of the summer vacation season, more and more employees are going to be taking time off. State quarantine orders - until now perhaps only of passing interest - suddenly loom large. The reason is this: employees vacationing in states other than the one in which they work may trigger a mandatory 14-day state quarantine upon their return. What can you as an employer do? Here are some thoughts on how you can get control over these situations.
First, understand precisely what the order in effect in your state actually says. In Pierce Atwood’s jurisdictions, it looks like this:
Maine – 14-day self-quarantine mandatory except for essential workers, unless 1) employee can produce a negative PCR (virus, not antibody) test not older than 72 hours, or 2) travel was only to NH or VT
New Hampshire – Voluntary self-quarantine
Massachusetts – 14-day self-quarantine required except for essential workers and travelers from the other New England states, New York, and New Jersey
Rhode Island – 14-day self-quarantine if returning from a state that has a test-positive rate greater than 5%, unless the employee can produce a negative PCR (virus, not antibody) test not older than 72 hours
District of Columbia – 14-day self-quarantine should be followed upon return from travel to international locations or U.S. areas with widespread community transmission
Please note that these orders are subject to change, and that with the escalation in positive tests in multiple states, it would not be surprising to see states in New England become more, rather than less, restrictive on incoming travelers on a state-by-state basis.
Next, consider what impact a 14-day self-quarantine would have on your business operations. This is a case-by-case consideration. For employees who can work from home 100% of the time, there is likely no meaningful risk of disruption. But for production and health care workers, the need to quarantine creates yet another COVID-19-related headache: how will you replace the production of these employees? For retail and hospitality workers, losing them just as your business is starting to gear up again could be a serious or even fatal blow to your business.
Also consider what you can do to get out in front of this potential problem. Can you require your employees to disclose whether they intend to leave your state, and if so what their destination(s) will be? Can you refuse to allow vacation time for travel to quarantine-generating locations that may double or triple actual time away from work? Can you refuse to pay for time off you might otherwise have to treat as paid leave because it is mandated by a state quarantine order, because the quarantine was triggered by voluntary behavior?
No matter how you decide to address these questions, we recommend clear communications with your employees about both of your reasonable expectations concerning vacations. Let your employees know that if they plan to travel out of state for a vacation, you need to discuss with them the implications of doing so - both for them and for you.