Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. launched an expanded version of its COVID-19 State & Federal Compare Smart Chart with two new areas of coverage to support corporate counsel and other legal professionals navigating the return of employees to offices across the country. New areas of coverage focus on a wide range of back to office content and caselaw related to the pandemic, accessible for all Cheetah and Cheetah for Corporate Counsel subscribers.
“The latest updates to the Smart Chart come at a critical time as vaccination rates continue to climb, companies develop official back to office policies, and state and local jurisdictions set different mandates around COVID-19 precautions,” said Ken Crutchfield, Vice President and General Manager of Legal Markets for Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. “As the legal landscape around this topic continues to shift, the expansion of the Smart Chart provides legal professionals with the necessary tools to drive value for their organizations by helping advise on how to open businesses back up safely while ensuring compliance with law.”
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Launched shortly after the onset of the pandemic, the Smart Chart is freely accessible on the open web and features content curated by topic and jurisdiction in a single resource to streamline legal professionals’ research process. The new back to office content includes subtopics such as vaccination requirements, face mask and shield requirements, social distancing and capacity limitations, specific restrictions by type of business, and CDC and State Department of Health policies and recommendations. The Smart Chart also includes a corporate policies subtopic, which outlines the policies various Fortune 500 companies are implementing to bring their workforces back into offices safely.
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In light of the more than 20,000 lawsuits that have been filed since the start of the pandemic, Wolters Kluwer’s labor and employment law experts have also expanded the Smart Chart to include information on noteworthy caselaw. The Smart Chart coverage will focus primarily on labor and employment law as it relates to back to office policies, including:
- Personal injury and wrongful death;
- Employment, worker’s compensation, and/or wrongful termination;
- Business interruption insurance;
- Privacy protections;
- Reimbursement disputes;
- Shareholder disputes; and
- The travel industry.
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