Coronavirus Employment Law

Employee lawyers are most likely able to offer contingency fee legal representation to employees effected by the Coronavirus if the employee has actually suffered from the Coronavirus. Contingency fee employee Coronavirus lawsuits are most likely to involve persons who were ill with the Coronavirus and fired from their jobs, or persons who can establish they were infected with the Coronavirus at work. Issues about how much an employee is owed under the Federal Families First Coronavirus laws are issues a contingency lawyer may not be able to get into especially during relevant stay at home orders which limit their ability to be fully staffed and functioning as attorneys.

Persons who suffer from the Coronavirus had a serious medical condition for which the California Family Rights Leave Act (CFRA) and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) cover. Not all employers are liable for the CFRA and FMLA. Only employees who have worked at the job for 1,250 hours or more within the last year, have been employed for a year, and work at an employer with 50 or more employees are eligible for CFRA/FMLA coverage. This means employees working at companies with only 15 employees, or employees who have only been employed for a month are not eligible for FMLA rights.

Employees who qualify for CFRA/FMLA protection at work are allowed to miss up to 12 weeks of work in a year. If an employee went out on leave due to having the Coronavirus, they are entitled to reinstatement at a comparable job with comparable pay. If the employer refuses to reinstate the employee because they once suffered from the Coronavirus the Family Medical Leave Act has been violated if it applies.

WORKERS COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO GOT THE CORONAVIRUS AT WORK

Employees who were infected with the Coronavirus at work should file for workers compensation benefits. If there was a large outbreak at the employer as has happened at several nursing homes, it may be easy to prove the infection happened at work. Like any other work injury case, a certain amount proof or probability must exist that the injury is a result of work. An experienced workers compensation lawyer knows how to prove workplace causation issues.

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