Frequently Asked Questions for Businesses

Most Asked Questions

• If employees have been exposed but are not showing symptoms, should I allow them to work?
• How do I keep employees who interact with customers safe?
• Should I require employees to provide a doctor’s note or positive COVID-19 test result?
• What can I tell my employees about reducing the spread of COVID-19 at work?
• I don’t offer paid sick leave to my employees. What should I do?
• When should an employee suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 return to work?

All Questions

• How do I keep employees who interact with customers safe?
• How do I know if my business is considered critical?
• I don’t offer paid sick leave to my employees. What should I do?
• If employees have been exposed but are not showing symptoms, should I allow them to work?
• Should I allow critical infrastructure employees to work if they have been exposed but are not showing symptoms of COVID-19?
• Should I cancel my meetings and conferences?
• Should I require employees to provide a doctor’s note or positive COVID-19 test result?
• Should we be screening employees for COVID-19 symptoms? What is the best way to do that?
• What can I tell my employees about reducing the spread of COVID-19 at work?
• What does recovery mean with COVID-19?
• What is social distancing and how can my workplace do that?
• What should I do if an employee comes to work with COVID-19 symptoms?
• What should I do if an employee has a respiratory illness?
• What should I do if an employee has allergy symptoms?
• What should I do if an employee is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19?
• When is a cloth face covering not appropriate while at work, and what should employees wear instead?
• When should an employee suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 return to work?