Senators advance bill that would shield Nevada businesses from COVID-19 liability

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The bill contains a list of worker protections for hospitality workers, many of which match what has been dubbed the Adolfo Fernandez bill, proposed legislation from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, which represents more than 50,000 hospitality workers in Nevada.. Adolfo Fernandez was a former utility porter on the Las Vegas Strip who died after contracting COVID-19.

The worker protections in the bill, which apply only to Clark and Washoe counties, require the testing of employees returning to work for COVID-19, daily temperature screenings of employees, notification within 24 hours to employees found to have been in contact with an employee or customer who tested positive for COVID-19, and stops employers from requiring employees with COVID-19 symptoms from returning to work while they wait for test results. It also requires employers to give any employee who tests positive 14 days off, of which 10 must be paid.

The legislation would require daily cleaning of hotel rooms and regular cleanings of public areas in those hotels.

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