Use Your Noodle: Assistant Manager Sues Over COVID-19 Related Termination

The Barnes & Thornburg LLP Wage & Hour Practice Group’s COVID-19 related workplace litigation tracker is now in its 19th week, and our team has analyzed 335 complaints filed across the country in twelve different categories. This week’s spotlight is on a category of COVID-19 related workplace complaints that will almost certainly become prevalent as employers deal with the unfolding pandemic: employees testing positive for COVID-19. The allegations in these cases demonstrate the importance of employers properly training supervisors and employees to deal with employees who contract COVID-19.