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Katharine C. Weber

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Katharine Weber is a Principal in the Cincinnati, Ohio, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and is a contributor to the Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog. Ms. Weber has experience litigating wrongful discharge cases, managing discrimination cases, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, representing employers before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other federal and state agencies, advising management on employment relations, drafting employee handbooks, and negotiating severance agreements.

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Employers have been struggling with exactly what information they are permitted to disclose to a public health agency when an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19. The EEOC yesterday for the first time advised that, at least under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers may disclose the employee’s name to the public health agency. However, employers…

The 2019 novel coronavirus continues to evolve and has been officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization replacing the previous 2019-nCoV designation. There are now over 46,000 confirmed cases across the globe, with the vast majority in mainland China, and 15 confirmed cases in the U.S. Many details about the virus are unknown…