Workplace resources for COVID-19

“This is all uncharted territory we are navigating.” -Christian Kaylor, Economist, State of Oregon

Near the beginning of Oregon’s coronavirus outbreak, I attended two webinars, one hosted by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) on COVID-19 Coronavirus Update: Keeping the Business Going, in addition to a webinar hosted by Portland HR Management Association (PHRMA) on Portland’s Economic Outlook for 2020, presented by Christian Kaylor, the State Economist for Oregon. Christian mentioned many times throughout his presentation that the content and data presented was changing by the hour due to the economic impacts from COVID-19. Much like the changing landscape of Christian’s presentation, the efforts to help protect the worker and our organizations will continue to evolve and change day-to-day, as well as the adaption to policy changes and the new challenges and routines for our work and home lives.

Below include some helpful resources and information gathered from OHWC and the institute on different sources to help keep your workforce safe, healthy and well, in addition to resources for business continuity during coronavirus and these times of uncertainty. These resources will be updated each week. Stay well, wash your hands, stay home if you are sick, social distance and reach out to a colleague, friend, family or neighbor in this critical time. Total Worker Health® is now more important than ever as we continue to work together to protect the safety, health and well-being of our workers, our communities, our families and ourselves.

Read a message from OccHealthSci Directors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of the resources below can now be found on our new COVID and the World of Work portal.

Workplace safety and health resources

• OHWC free Pandemic Response Micro-training for Supervisors and Managers

• OHWC Tip Sheet: What Team Leaders Can Do to Respond to Employees During COVID-19

• OHWC Tip Sheet: What Supervisors/Managers can do to support and respond to employees during the COVID

• Physical distancing in construction: what’s that look like

• CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers

• CDC Reopening Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools and Homes

• OSHA has put together a comprehensive guide for COVID-19 and OSHA COVID-19 Standards

• Cascade Centers EAP Webinar: Managing Stress and Anxiety During Uncertain Times

Oregon resources

• OHSU: Resources for the Coronavirus and COVID-19 in Oregon

• Oregon OSHA COVID-19 page

• SAIF Coronavirus and workers’ compensation

• State of Oregon Employment Department: COVID-19 Related Business Layoffs, Closures and Unemployment Insurance Benefits 

• Emergency Relief Resources List

Human resources and business continuity

• SHRM Coronavirus resources 

• U.S. Department of Labor Emergency FMLA information

• The House has passed bill and the president has signed into law, H.R.6201 – Families First Coronavirus Response Act

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act

• U.S. Small Business Administration: Coronavirus Small Business Guidance and Loan Resources

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Resources of businesses and communications toolkit

• Homeland Security’s“Guidance for Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers” as part of effort to ensure the nation’s resilience to coronavirus

Other national and international resources

• CDC Coronavirus cases in the U.S. with a weekly COVID-19 Surveillance Report

• World Health Organization: Mental health and psychosocial considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

• American Psychological Association on tips to deal with the stress and uncertainty

Total Worker Health® Center of Excellences COVID-19 resource pages

• Response to Coronavirus COVID-19 – UIC Center for Healthy Work

• COVID-19: Employer and Employee Resources – The Center for Health, Work & Environment at the Colorado School of Public Health

• COVID-19 Employer Resources – The Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest

• Coronavirus Protecting Front Line Workers – Center for Work, Health & Healing Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

• COVID-19 Workplace Preparedness Resources– The Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace

(Updated, May 20, 2020, Oregon Healthy Workforce Center and Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences)