Ten Universal Actions Every Employer Must Take to Help Ensure a Safer Reopening
NSC releases comprehensive guidance for employers to prioritize workplace safety post-quarantine.
NSC releases comprehensive guidance for employers to prioritize workplace safety post-quarantine.
Itasca, IL – Reopening businesses and returning employees to traditional work environments post-quarantine will be the most nuanced and complex actions American employers will undertake in the coming months. To help them prioritize safety during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Safety Council – based on recommendations from the SAFER task force – identified the 10 universal actions every employer must consider before reopening, and released a series of playbooks with in-depth recommendations for doing so safely.
SAFER – a group of experts from companies of all sizes, leading safety organizations, nonprofits, government agencies and public health organizations – is the first national task force focused on worker safety. The 10 universal actions every employer must take are:
“Protecting our workers means coalescing around sets of safety principles and ensuring those principles guide our decisions,” said Lorraine M. Martin, NSC president and CEO. “Employers are asking for help, and we’ve brought together leading safety experts to deliver in this time of need. We hope these universal actions, the detailed playbooks and the recommendations within them will help employers safely navigate reopening operations while prioritizing employees’ rights to safe work environments.”
On May 7, NSC and the SAFER task force released a framework from which employers should develop reopening action plans. The framework breaks down considerations within six key areas: physical environments, medical issues, mental health, communication needs, external considerations and employment and human resources. From the framework, NSC researchers created playbooks with detailed recommendations for each of the six key areas, as well as guidance for four specific environments: Office spaces, closed industrial settings, open industrial settings and public spaces.
For up-to-date information about the NSC response to COVID-19 and the task force’s activities, please visit nsc.org/safer.
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