Some Healthcare Employers Are Relaxing Covid Safety Measures

Amid the omicron surge and staffing shortages, employees may go to work if they "are well enough and willing," even after testing positive for Covid. Will other industries follow suit?

By Jessica Mach | January 14, 2022 at 03:20 PM

Strapped for workers amid the omicron surge, some employers in the battered healthcare sector are trying to cope by relaxing Covid-19 safety measures, bringing employees back to work even after they test positive for the virus.

Those moves—fueled by new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance and early reports that omicron causes milder symptoms that previous Covid variants—could signal a turning point in how employers deal with pandemic safety moving forward, employment lawyers say. That's especially likely for employers that continue to wrestle with both worker scarcity and surges in consumer demand.

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Jessica Mach is a reporter covering tech, labor and employment for ALM Media's In-House desk, and writes Law.com's weekly "Labor of Law" newsletter. Contact her at [email protected].

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