Can an Employer Fire Workers Who Are Scared to Return to the Office?

More employers are requiring employees to return to the office. If employees refuse, can they be disciplined or terminated? "If the employee is just generally scared of the virus, as many of us are, even as understandable as that fear may be, the employee is unlikely to have a legally defensible excuse for refusing to work," said Janell Stanton, an attorney with Wagner, Falconer & Judd in Minneapolis. "In that case, discipline including termination may well be appropriate."
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