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Managing COVID-19 as an employer

To help reduce the spread of communicable diseases and viruses including COVID-19, workplaces should have an infection prevention and control plan. Workplaces should consider whether doing certain tasks puts employees at greater risk of exposure.

Strategies for Employers:

  • Maintain Clean Facilities
    • Provide clean handwashing facilities and alcohol-based hand cleansers in multiple locations throughout the building (e.g., entrances, boardrooms, break rooms, etc.).
    • Post signage in the workplace, encouraging proper cough etiquette and hand hygiene (posters available here).
    • Regularly clean workstations and objects with disinfectants that are touched frequently, such as doorknobs, handles, elevator buttons, and railings. Workplaces are encouraged to increase the frequency of cleaning the workstation/worksite to two times per day.
    • Provide boxes of tissues and encouraging their use.
    • Remind staff to avoid sharing cups, glasses, dishes or cutlery, and ensuring cups/glasses/dishes/cutlery are thoroughly cleaned using soap and warm water after each use, or placed in the dishwasher for cleaning.
    • Remove magazines, papers, and other objects that cannot be cleaned from common rooms such as cafeterias, kitchens, break rooms, and waiting areas.
    • Ensure ventilation systems are working properly including opening windows as weather permits.
  • Encourage employees to NOT go to work if they are feeling unwell (e.g., coughing, sneezing, fever, runny nose, etc.)
    • Review sick-leave policies to encourage employees to stay home when ill to reduce transmission to other coworkers and clients.
    • Review requirements for medical (sick) notes to reduce burden on the health care system and additional exposure to ill individuals.
  • Use social distancing techniques to conduct as much business as possible
    • Encourage virtual meetings (telephone/video conferencing) to reduce prolonged, close contact between individuals.
    • Discontinue non-essential work-related travel outside of Manitoba.

More Resources:

Audio of Trillium Automotive Dealers Association (TADA) Webinar on COVID-19 – What you Need to Know From a Legal Perspective.

(When you click the link, enter your name, and email address & the Audio will pop open on your screen)

COVID-19: Preparing Employers for Novel Coronavirus

Managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) for employers

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