NFL Limits Off-Duty Conduct to Tackle Covid—Can Your Business?

In response to COVID-19, the NFL has limited players' off-duty conduct. The goals are to prevent the spread of the virus and to ensure a 2020/2021 football season this year. Will enforcement of the new collective bargaining agreement provisions, which limit certain high-risk behavior, lead to litigation? In an attempt to keep the workplace safe, could other businesses similarly limit employees' off-duty conduct without running afoul of federal and state laws? Stay tuned. Read more from Bloomberg Law here and from Employer Law Report here.

This article was submitted by Allison Martin, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. If you would like to submit content or write an article for the Labor & Employment Law Section, please email Kara Sikorski at ksikorski@indybar.org.