Navigating the Post-COVID Workplace - Infectious Disease Transmission

Life Beyond COVID-19 Navigating the Post-COVID Workplace

Q Why will infectious disease transmission be a concern after we overcome the COVID-19 pandemic?

Another pandemic is likely to occur during our lifetime.3 Preparing your workplace for future infectious disease outbreaks is imperative for business continuity and to keep your employees safe and healthy.

Future pandemics are likely to occur Employee illness equates to lost productivity New safety expectations have transpired Uncertainties around immunity are prevalent

8.7 hours work hours lost per each occurrence of the common cold2

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Future Pandemics

Lost Productivity

As new diseases emerge every year, scientists predict more pandemics are likely to occur throughout our lifetimes.3

Employee illness, even from the common cold, equates to lost productivity.

• COVID-19 is the sixth pandemic to occur in the last century45 • Deforestation and human encroachment on wildlife habitats facilitate the spread of pathogens from animals to humans3 • 70% of emerging diseases and almost all known pandemics are zoonoses, which are diseases caused by microbes of animal origin45

• Incidental costs of health deficiencies such as absenteeism, disability, or reduced output may be several times higher than direct medical costs1 • The average annual cost of productivity losses due to employee health is $1,685 per employee1 • Prioritizing employee health through the office environment, operations, and policies regains lost productivity from illness

New Safety Expectations

Uncertainties Around Immunity

Employees have developed new expectations for how employers will keep them safe at work.4

Although the COVID-19 vaccines received an efficacy rating of more than 90% during the trial phases, the duration of immunity will determine the likelihood for annual surges of COVID.6

• Employer offered well-being policies and programs will be the norm • Presentism, when employees go to work but aren’t fully functioning due to an illness, will become devalued in favor of remote work to keep fellow employees healthy46 • Employees will require enforcement of cleaning policies even after the pandemic is over

• The duration of immunity following vaccination is currently unknown5 • The effects of a vaccine on immunity and regular resurgence of the virus still must be studied • The coronavirus could prevail for years to come, requiring businesses to implement their continuity plans on a repeated basis

$8 Billion the economic cost of lost productivity attributed to absenteeism from the common cold2

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