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Though he peppered Jersey City landlords with a flurry of applications, future restaurant owner Candido Ortiz couldn’t find a place to live in the same city where he worked. Once landlords ran a background check, he would routinely be denied, or not hear back.
Ortiz had served 28 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute narcotics and possession of a firearm. In 2016, President Barack Obama commuted his close-to-50-year sentence, also granting clemency to hundreds of other federal inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes under previous harsh sentencing rules.
That didn t matter to landlords once they ran a background check on Ortiz. “At that point, they find out where you came from, so you don’t have to be too smart to know why they don’t give the place to you,” said Ortiz, 60.
Governors and public health officials across the country have implemented stringent measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19, such as safer at home and face covering mandates..
new regulations implementing the New Jersey ESLL, which requires employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per benefit year for an employee’s or their family member’s mental or physical illness, and other various reasons (see our previous
new law and regulations prohibiting employers from taking any adverse employment action against employees who, during the COVID-19-related Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by Governor Phil Murphy, take or request time off due to an infectious disease that could affect others at work based on a written recommendation of a New Jersey licensed medical professional (see our previous blog posts here and here);
Alabama
Recommended. Best practice : employers should take temperatures onsite with a no-touch thermometer each day upon a person’s arrival at work. Minimum practice : an employee may take his or her temperature before arriving. In either case, a normal temperature does not exceed 100.4F.
Recommended. Employers should screen all employees reporting to work for COVID-19 symptoms with specified questions.
Alaska
Recommended. Reopening businesses should conduct pre-shift symptom screening
NOTE: At least one Alaska locality has provisions concerning employee health screenings. Please check with your Littler attorney for additional information about your particular jurisdiction.
Arizona
Recommended. Screening should include temperature checks for all personnel, when possible, as they arrive on premises or before opening.