Coronavirus (COVID-19): Wage and Hour

Author: XpertHR Editorial Team

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused many employers to take (or consider taking) actions such as:

• Allowing employees to work remotely;
• Changing work schedules and job duties;
• Adjusting pay;
• Closing workplaces;
• Providing hazard pay and/or bonuses;
• Hiring temporary workers; and
• Requiring employees to take their temperatures, get a health screening and/or test for COVID-19.

All of these trigger wage and hour considerations that employers should carefully evaluate.

Employers also may use this resource to monitor temporary/emergency developments at the federal and state levels. (Permanent developments will continue to be covered in the Employment Law Manual and the Legal Timetable via XpertHR's usual updating process.)