U.S. Employer Return-to-Work FAQs

This list of frequently asked questions and answers provides some initial guidance on how to navigate and mitigate the challenges employers may face as workplaces around the country begin to re-open or resume some operations.

Companies will need to customize their policies to reflect their operations, and the guidance from federal and state agencies is rapidly changing.

1. When is it legally permissible to have employees return to the workplace?

State and local public health orders have, in some jurisdictions, mandated workplace closures for certain categories of businesses and organizations. These orders vary widely from state to state and even county to county, and the pace (and scope) at which they now are being lifted also varies. Ropes & Gray has a dedicated team of attorneys monitoring these developments, an overview of which is available here.