COVID-19 Test Allowed by ADA, but Antibody Test Is Not, EEOC Says

As businesses reopen across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic and many injured workers return to the job site, rules about what should and should not be done to ensure their health continues to evolve. The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission late last week posted new information about the complex interplay among the disease, the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the restrictions imposed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Testing workers for the virus that causes COVID-19 illness is permissible, but testing for antibodies to...