Planning to Return | Preparing Offices and Staff to Return to Work

Presented by: Samantha Lowe, Samanthal@squire.com & Nic Dunn, Nic@thechamber.org

The path to business recovery continues forward as the economy begins to reopen. While much uncertainty remains around the timeline for reentering workplaces, how to return to work is at the forefront for most businesses. Presented with Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce, this webinar discusses best practices for safely reopening business and restoring consumer confidence.

• The Safe to Work document in this webinar can be found at www.thechamber.org
• If you have suspected or confirmed cases in your workplace: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/general-business-faq.html#Suspected-or-Confirmed-Cases-of-COVID-19-in-the-Workplace

Template Action Plan for Employees with Suspected Exposure and/or Positive Testing for COVID-19 

• If an employee is experiencing symptoms or tests positive
  • How to report?
  • How to access testing – https://coronavirus.utah.gov/testing-locations/
  • Mandatory 14-day quarantine for individual
  • How we protect your information
  • Informing those who may have interacted with positive test individual
    • Mandatory 14-day quarantine for those exposed
    • Highly encourage exposed employees to be tested
  • Additional cleaning and sanitation steps will be taken to disinfect all possible surfaces touched by sick individual
  • Symptomatic/positive tested employee can return to work: (per CDC guidelines)
    • Employee has had no fever for at least 72 hours

AND

• Respiratory symptoms have improved

AND

• At least 7 days have passed since symptoms first appeared (if testing is not required) OR individual received two negative tests in a row, at least 24 hours apart (if testing is required)
  • Employees should consult with their healthcare provider to determine if testing is necessary to determine if employee is still contagious.
• If an employee has suspected exposure with positive tested individual
  • How to report?
  • How to access testing – https://coronavirus.utah.gov/testing-locations/
  • Mandatory 14-day quarantine from date of suspected exposure, even if employee tests negative after suspected exposure
  • Employee can return to work after 14-day quarantine if no symptoms have developed during quarantine period
    • If symptoms develop, follow guidelines outlined above
  • If you suspect you have been exposed, but individual with suspected virus is still awaiting test results
    • Quarantine until confirmed negative, encouraging a 14-day quarantine if possible to evaluate for development of symptoms
    • If confirmed positive, see guidance above