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
- Stop the Spread of Germs at Workopens in a new tab
- PDF: Social Distancing Guidelines at Workopens in a new tab
Government Resources
Government
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division
Essential Protections During the COVID-19 Pandemicopens in a new tab
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Job Accommodation Network (JAN)
Accommodation and Compliance: COVID-19opens in a new tab
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplaceopens in a new tab
- Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standardopens in a new tab
- Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standardopens in a new tab
Safer Federal Workforce Task Force
Protecting the Federal Workforce During the COVID-19 Pandemicopens in a new tab
COVID-19 Vaccine
Policies
How-to Guides
Forms
- Request for Accommodation: Medical Exemption from Vaccinationopens in a new tab
- Employee Survey: COVID-19 Vaccineopens in a new tab
- Employee Attestation of COVID-19 Vaccination Statusopens in a new tab
- Notice of Noncompliance with Mandatory Vaccination Policyopens in a new tab
FAQs
- EEOC FAQs, Section K, Vaccinationsopens in a new tab
- Can an employer have a 'vaccinated-only' hiring policy?opens in a new tab
- How do I know if a work accommodation will create an undue hardship?opens in a new tab
Articles
Government Resources
Return to Work
SHRM's Return-to-Work Resource Pageopens in a new tab
Checklists
Toolkits & How-to Guides
Forms & Letters
- COVID-19 Employee Return-to-Work Survey
- Notice of Return to Office
- Notice of Recallopens in a new tab
Policies
Remote Work
SHRM's Remote Work Resource Pageopens in a new tab
Checklists
Forms
- Memo: Temporary Telecommuting Arrangementsopens in a new tab
- Short-Term Telecommuting Agreementopens in a new tab
Policies
- Temporary Telecommuting Policy
- Telecommuting Policy and Procedureopens in a new tab
- 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?opens in a new tab
- 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 Workplaceopens in a new tab
- How to Handle Communicable Diseases in the Workplaceopens in a new tab
Forms & Letters
- COVID-19 Relaxed/Continued Mask-Wearing Requirementsopens in a new tab
- Memo: Coronavirus and Flu Prevention
- Notice of Workplace Exposure to a Communicable Disease
- COVID-19 Quarantine Tracking Spreadsheetopens in a new tab
- COVID-19 Contact Tracing Exception Form
Policies
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