Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Oklahoma Law Review
Publication Date
2021
ISSN
0030-1752
Page Number
27
Keywords
health in the workplace, privacy, discrimination, workplace safety
Disciplines
Health Law and Policy | Labor and Employment Law | Law
Abstract
This Article will consider the consequences of a large number of workers making their health conditions known to their employers during the pandemic. Becoming visible will likely have short-term costs for both employers and employees-—in terms of health-status discrimination, privacy, and administrative burdens. Nonetheless, this Article will ultimately argue that becoming visible also has a major benefit: improved information flow between employers and employees. Although the long-run cost-benefit analysis of increased health-status visibility during the pandemic remains to be seen, increased visibility ultimately has the potential to improve the employer-employee relationship.
Recommended Citation
Jennifer B. Shinall,
Becoming Visible, 72 Oklahoma Law Review. 27
(2021)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/faculty-publications/1230