Akin Advises New Workplace Employers Alliance for COVID-19 Testing

(Washington, D.C.) – Several leading American employers today announced the formation of a new alliance dedicated to promoting employer-based COVID-19 testing as part of a comprehensive testing strategy to protect the health and safety of employees, customers and the communities they call home. A team from Akin Gump represented the coalition, the Workplace Employers Alliance for COVID-19 Testing (WE ACT), which will serve as a resource for public officials working to protect their communities and for employers and businesses aiming to launch and expand employer-based testing programs.

The coalition, which believes that employer-based testing programs are essential to keeping employees safe during the current public health emergency, seeks to advance a comprehensive national testing strategy that includes clear guidance for the implementation of testing programs and results reporting, in addition to ensuring access to high-quality, FDA authorized COVID-19 tests for employers. Initial WE ACT members include Amazon, CVS Health and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

To learn more about WE ACT, please click here.

The Akin Gump advising the coalition was led by public law and policy partner Ed Pagano. He was joined by senior policy advisors Galen Roehl and Matthew Hittle and public policy specialist Taylor Daly.

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