COVID-19: If an Employee Tests Positive

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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