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Employers Disclosing Reason for Employee's Leave

Are there any laws around a supervisor or manager telling others the reason for an employee being out on leave? Does the answer change if the employee isn't using sick time, but [has] disclosed why they were unavailable for additional hours during non-contract time?
Keeping an Employee Job Open

How long can an association library (or other private museum or archive) hold open a job while an employee is out on disability due to a work-related injury?
Requiring COVID Tests for Employees

Can an employer require a negative COVID test before an employee comes to work? We have discussed it on our [public library system] member directors list but have not come up with a clear yes or no answer.
[2020 Pandemic Date Specific] Policies for employees returning to work during COVID-19

Public and Association libraries have questions about making policies creating conditions that must be met for library staff to return to work. Can they set policies that exclude vulnerable employees from being able to return to work? Can they set policies requiring non-vulnerable employees to return to work?