Long COVID Presents New Challenges for Employers

Summary

It has been more than three years since COVID-19 changed not only the way in which we work, but our entire lives as well. The lockdowns have ended, and we now are venturing into uncharted waters in what has been termed the new normal. What that term means is not precisely clear, as the COVID-19 virus continues to surprise us. We are just starting to learn about some of the strange effects that the virus has upon people, such as hairy tongue, as well as the potential long-term effects of having been infected with COVID-19—so-called long COVID. The impact of long COVID is just being felt, and just as the advent of the pandemic had unforeseen effects upon the workplace, it is safe to say that the impact of long COVID will present new challenges for employers and those who represent them.