Male-supervisor-checking-temperature-of-male-employee Will temperature checks of employees to protect others from the coronavirus lead to employment practices liability claims? (Photo: ETAJOE/Shutterstock.com)

These are certainly unprecedented times: Organizations and businesses have been forced to shut down for months, and employees have been sent home to work remotely (with no end in sight for some), resulting in the essential shutdown of the U.S. economy.

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