Businesses Temper Expectations Over Covid-19 Liability Shield

Here are the day’s top coronavirus stories from the team at Bloomberg Law:

• TACKLING TORT: Businesses that reopen during the pandemic likely won’t be completely off the hook if workers and customers fall ill, even as the Trump administration looks at ways to ease employers’ liability concerns.
• SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION: A little-used tool to avert layoffs called “work sharing” that lets employees tap into jobless benefits when their hours are reduced could gain traction when businesses reopen.
• UNEMPLOYMENT WAVE CONTINUES: More than 4 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the five-week total during the pandemic to ...