Employers looking to implement contact tracing policies must be
mindful of the practical challenges and multiple regulatory
schemes. Seyfarth attorneys examine several of these issues
implicated by the use of contact tracing apps in the workplace.
In an April survey of U.S. chief financial officers, 22% of them
indicated that their companies planned to incorporate contact
tracing into their workplace reopening plan.
And on June 1, Senate lawmakers released a plan to unveil a
bipartisan bill that would regulate the burgeoning industry of
contact-tracing apps and attempt to resolve some of the issues that
have arisen around individual privacy rights, including those of
employees, with the need to battle the spread of Covid-19.
