Ways You Can Continue To Keep Your Employees Safe After The Pandemic

As an employer, you likely complied with local health guidelines to keep your employees safe. Now that COVID-19 is finally waning, you will want to continue protecting them on the job with simple but effective precautions. Here are a few basic preventative measures that can help to maintain a safe and healthy workplace for everyone.

Hand Sanitizer

Stock the restrooms and common areas shared by employees and clients with dispensable hand sanitizer. A quick wipe of the hands can help to eliminate germs responsible for causing COVID-19 along with a range of other illnesses, such as the flu or a stomach virus. Offer the sanitizer in a friendly rather than demanding way to encourage employees to use the product comfortably and routinely.

Safe Distancing

Although you may not want to keep everyone separated by plastic shields or work-from-home arrangements, you can maintain a fair amount of space between desks and work areas. This doesn’t have to be done aggressively. In fact, it can be orchestrated as a way of rearranging the workspace to make it more productive and attractive. Try to set up natural distances between employees and customers to help everyone maintain a safe distance, especially during the flu season.

Medical Masks

Although you might not want to mandate the wearing of medical face masks all day, every day, you can keep some masks on hand for those who do want to use them. If a viral outbreak of any contagious illness occurs, remind employees that the masks are available if needed. Those who are especially vulnerable or who have not yet been vaccinated may want to take advantage of this helpful protection at work. You can order masks in bulk from distribution companies like Old South Trading Co.

Sick Day Reminders

Update the sick day policy at your company to ensure that every employee knows how many sick days they have at any given time. They will especially want to know the number of paid sick days as well as any restrictions to the number of days they can call off sick. Keeping this information openly available for each employee may encourage them to use their sick days instead of trying to tough it out at work when symptoms develop. Send email reminders or post signs that remind employees to stay home when sick, and if possible, try to avoid penalizing those who need more than the allocated paid days off.

Simple strategies like these that helped to keep everyone safe during the peak of the pandemic can still be helpful now and in the future. Consider using these to keep your job site healthy for all.