Poll: One-third of employees would sue employer over contracting COVID-19 (INFOGRAPHIC)

By: Michaela Paukner, [email protected]//June 17, 2020//

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About a third of employees would likely sue their employer if one of their fellow workers contracted COVID-19 and they got sick themselves shortly afterward, according to a recent poll.

The “Back-to-Normal” barometer survey conducted in May by three research firms asked about 500 employed voters throughout the country how they would proceed legally if they believed they had contracted COVID-19 at work.

The survey asked respondents to rate, on a scale of one to 10, how likely they’d be to take legal action if they got sick with COVID-19 a few days after finding out one of their fellow workers had the virus. About 36% of respondents scored the question between eight and 10, suggesting they would very likely take legal action, according to the results.

The infographic below illustrates when the surveyed respondents would most likely take legal action and who was most likely to sue.

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