The virus crisis has changed much about work and the workplace.
According to guidance from ADP, "As of March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has met the direct-threat standard referred to above, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)."
That means screening protocols will be in place in the workplace until the CDC or public officials revise their assessment.
Here are some precautions you might experience when you enter the workplace for the first time since quarantine:
– Your temperature might be taken upon entering the workplace.
– You might be issued a face mask and expected to wear it.
– Some employees will be expected to telework.
– Physical space separations may be in place, for example, partitions between employees.
– You might be asked to maintain a work station strictly separate from others. One example: Only every other register might be open.
– Six-foot floor marks might indicate where you and customers can wait and stand.
– Meetings might be via computer.
– Group gatherings might be prohibited.
– Business travel might be discouraged.
– Hand shaking might be discouraged.
– Sharing tools, food, or drinks could be discouraged.
– Visitors will be discouraged.