The COVID-19 pandemic has kept employers scrambling to keep up with everything from evolving guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to new state and federal paid leave laws, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements, telecommuting, vaccine accommodations, and how and when to bring employees back to the workplace.
This toolkit combines quick-reference information and sample tools ready for your modifications to use in the workplace. We will update this toolkit regularly with new or revised content.
General Guidance
SHRM
Posters/Notices
Government Resources
Government
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division
Essential Protections During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws (FAQs)
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Accommodation and Compliance: COVID-19
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
- Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard
- Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard
Safer Federal Workforce Task Force
Protecting the Federal Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Vaccine
Policies
How-to Guides
- How to Handle an Employees Request for a Medical or Religious Accommodation to a Vaccine Requirement
Forms
- Request for Accommodation: Medical Exemption from Vaccination
- Employee Survey: COVID-19 Vaccine
- Employee Attestation of COVID-19 Vaccination Status
- Notice of Noncompliance with Mandatory Vaccination Policy
FAQs
- EEOC FAQs, Section K, Vaccinations
- Can an employer have a 'vaccinated-only' hiring policy?
- How do I know if a work accommodation will create an undue hardship?
Articles
Government Resources
Return to Work
SHRM's Return-to-Work Resource Page
Checklists
Toolkits & How-to Guides
Forms & Letters
Policies
Remote Work
SHRM's Remote Work Resource Page
Checklists
Forms
Policies
- Temporary Telecommuting Policy
- Telecommuting Policy and Procedure
- Expense Reimbursement Policy
- Remote-Work Conduct Policy
Benefits
Paid Leave Benefits
Forms
Q&As
Health Care
Q&As
- Can we keep furloughed or laid-off employees on our group health plan?
- How are HSAs, FSAs and HRAs affected by the CARES Act?
- Can we pay for a former or current employee's COBRA coverage?
Health and Safety
Q&As
Toolkits & How-to Guides
- Managing Through Flu and Other Epidemics in the Workplace
- How to Handle Communicable Diseases in the Workplace
Forms & Letters
- COVID-19 Relaxed/Continued Mask-Wearing Requirements
- Memo: Coronavirus and Flu Prevention
- Notice of Workplace Exposure to a Communicable Disease
- COVID-19 Quarantine Tracking Spreadsheet
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing Exception Form
Policies
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