A sign reminds customers to wear a protective mask to stem the spread of the coronavirus at a MOM’s Organic Market in Baltimore on June 16, 2020. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM) A sign reminds customers to wear a protective mask to stem the spread of the coronavirus at a MOM’s Organic Market in Baltimore on June 16, 2020. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)

As businesses reopen, employers need a roadmap on how to handle worker and customer safety as well as direction on the steps to take when an employee tests positive for COVID-19. Many employers are turning to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for assistance on how to deal with cases of the coronavirus in the workplace, but the administration’s latest guidelines place full responsibility on the employer.

OSHA has instructed employers to manage their own questioning of employees on how they contracted the virus and what types of activities they were engaged in both in and out of work. For many employers, accuracy and efficiency in reporting seem next to impossible.

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Heather A. Turner

Heather A. Turner is the managing editor of ALM's NU Property & Casualty Group. She can be reached at [email protected].

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