[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] Hecht addressed a situation in which an employer might be doing everything to protect employees, but employees say they’re nervous to go to work because they still don’t feel safe. “In that instance, you really have a difficult situation,” he said. “In the old world, which seems like years ago, an employer way well have said, ‘You have to quit or I’m firing you.’ Nobody’s going to do that today.