EEOC Reboots Virus Guidance for Employers With At-Risk Workers

The federal government’s workplace civil rights agency has made a second attempt to advise employers on how to handle employees with medical conditions that could cause a more severe case of Covid-19.

The new guidance the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released Thursday made clear that an employer can’t bar an employee from the workplace solely because of an underlying medical condition. Instead, that action can be taken only after a series of steps are followed that consider ways to accommodate the employee, including by possibly altering their job responsibilities.

The new guidelines for employers were issued after the agency on ...