Employee tests positive? How to notify staff.

Millions of Americans have tested positive for the coronavirus, so odds are that one or more of your employees will test positive in the coming months. But there is a smart (and legal) way to communicate this news to your employees.

The wrong way: When a member of the WWE wrestling production crew got the virus, the infected employee's name was disclosed on social media even before the WWE staff found out.

Employees deserve to hear the news from you, not via rumors or the media. But make sure to handle it legally.

The ADA's confidentiality rules apply to these communications, and the employee's positive test is still a confidential medical record. That means you can't divulge the identity of the person who tests positive.

You should, however, use that letter or email to communicate to employees that they may have come in contact with someone who...