By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - California's top state court has ruled that employers cannot be held liable when workers contract COVID-19 on the job a.
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(Reuters) -Employers cannot be held liable when workers contract COVID-19 on the job and spread it to their household members, California's top court has ruled, siding with business groups that warned of a potential flood of litigation. The seven-member California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that allowing so-called "take-home COVID" claims could encourage businesses to adopt precautions that slow the delivery of services to the public or to shut down completely during pandemics.
Thousands of workers at hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties walked off the job, the latest in a series of labor actions as California workers push for better pay and working conditions.