COVID-19: If an Employee Tests Positive
Return to main COVID-19 Resource Page.
Official Guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19
- When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19
- Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings
Guidance on What to Do if an Employee Tests Positive
- CDC’s Latest Guidance Shortens Quarantine Duration for Some COVID-19 Positive Individuals (by GLGA member Ogletree Deakins, 12/28/21)
- What to Do When an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19 (video by our HR partner MRA)
- Summary of Employer Actions to Take Based on COVID-19 Positive or Exposure (pdf download by our HR partner MRA, updated 10 05 21)
- Confirmed Positive COVID-19 Test – 10 Steps for Employers (pdf checklist download by our HR partner MRA)
OSHA
- OSHA’s COVID-19 FAQ page (see the Testing for COVID-19 section)
Cleaning and Sanitation
- Interrupting the Pathways to Infection: Hazard Evaluation and Control in the Workplace (On-demand recorded webinar with industrial hygienist Sharon Bessa, 04/29/20)
Sample Forms and Letters
- Sample letter to employees – Potential Work Exposure to COVID-19 (by our HR partner MRA)
- Sample form – Employee Acknowledgment of COVID-19 Protective Measures in the Workplace
- Sample form – COVID-19 Work-Relatedness Investigation Report
Legal Assistance Related to COVID-19 in the Workplace
- DiCello Levitt Gutzeler – Daniel Flynn, (312) 214-7900
- Husch Blackwell – Thomas P. Heneghan, (608) 234-6032
- Lindner & Marsack – Ryan Boyd, (608) 576-9047
- Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. – Jennifer L. Colvin, (312) 558-1234
