Emergency Planning and Prevention

New and Updated

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Remote Work

  Updated to include information on Pennsylvania.

• Date:

  March 20, 2020

  Type:

  News

  Minnesota, Vermont Designate Grocery Workers as Essential Personnel During COVID-19 Pandemic

  Minnesota and Vermont have designated grocery store workers as essential personnel for purposes of their state emergency plans.

• Date:

  March 18, 2020

  Type:

  News

  Disability Laws Should Not Stop Employers From Following Coronavirus Guidance, EEOC Says

  A new document from the EEOC states that the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act do not interfere with or prevent employers from following the guidelines and recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control on the coronavirus.

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  Policies and Documents

  Emergency Contact Form

  Enhanced to include Tips and Warnings.

• Date:

  March 11, 2020

  Type:

  News

  OSHA Issues Coronavirus Guidance for Workplaces

  OSHA has released information and recommendations for preparing workplaces for potential exposure or outbreak of the coronavirus (also known as COVID-19).

• Date:

  August 17, 2017

  Type:

  Editor's Choice

  Extreme Weather Events

  An employer should prepare its employees and workplace for extreme weather events. XpertHR rounds up resources to help an employer for such an event.

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  How To

  How to Handle a Bomb Threat

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  How To

  How to Create an Emergency Action Plan

  Enhanced to improve the comprehensiveness, organization and scope of coverage.

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  Supervisor Training

  Hazard Communication Standard - Supervisor Briefing

  Revised to reflect the current Hazard Communication Standard, with which an employer must be fully compliant by June 1, 2016.

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  Employee Handbooks

  Emergency Evacuation Handbook Statement: California

  California employers that want to provide an overview of the evacuation procedures set forth in the emergency action plan should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.