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FAQ: Employee Rights Regarding The Coronavirus Outbreak And Mandatory Quarantines

Coronavirus

The Coronavirus outbreak continues to spread with an ever-increasing number of deaths and infected individuals. Given how easily this disease spreads, authorities have imposed quarantines, such as on a cruise ship. But what happens if you have to miss work as a result of quarantine? What happens if an employer forces an employee to stay at home not as part of a formal quarantine but as a self-imposed isolation because the employer fears its employee may have been exposed to the virus somehow?

There are many questions. Here are some answers that hopefully help: