Asked in Employment Law for Michigan

Q: My employer is implementing a plan to make all employees scan their temperature before they can work. Is this legal??

This seems like harassment to me to make people scan their temperature before they can work. If they are determined to have a fever they will be sent home. When they send people home they are making them stay gone for 7 business days before they can return to work and I'm not sure where they came up with that number. They are also making these people use their PTO if they are sent home. This cannot be legal, can it???

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Brent T. Geers
Brent T. Geers
Answered
  • Grand Rapids, MI
  • Licensed in Michigan

A: It is legal, and you'll likely see more of it in the coming months.

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