health How Businesses Can Slow The Spread Of Covid-19 by: Heather Kretzer, Florida Department of Health in Bay County
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he Florida Department of Health in Bay County wants businesses and employers to know they can prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19 . Employers should
To prevent stigma and discrimination in the workplace, use only the
plan to respond in a flexible way to varying levels of disease trans-
determinations of risk based on race or country of origin and be
mission in the community and be prepared to refine their business
sure to maintain confidentiality of people with confirmed corona-
response plans as needed. According to the Occupational Safety
virus infection. There is much more to learn about the transmissi-
and Health Administration (OSHA), most American workers will
bility, severity, and other features of COVID-19 and investigations
likely experience low or medium exposure risk levels at their job or
are ongoing.
place of employment.
There are five key things you can do to keep your employees and cli-
All employers need to consider how best to decrease the spread of
ents healthy. This includes; 1. Encouraging employees to stay home
COVID-19 and lower the impact in their workplace. This may include
when they are sick, 2. Implementing flexible sick leave and support-
activities in one or more of the following areas:
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reduce transmission among employees,
guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine risk of COVID-19 infection. Do not make
ive policies and practices, 3. Educating employees on how they can stop the spread, 4. Practicing social distancing, and 5. Performing routine cleaning and disinfection of your workplan. More details on
maintain healthy business operations, and
educating employees and social distancing practices as well as re-
maintain a healthy work environment.
sources are listed below.
BAY B I Z / S P R I N G 2020
