Labeling coronavirus a pandemic gives employers added rights 

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Now officially labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the novel coronavirus—or COVID-19—has triggered a number of new rules under the Americans With Disabilities Act.  Because of the pandemic status, employers have the legal right to take an employee’s temperature to check for fever and can send employees home if they display flu-like symptoms,

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