The coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to evolve quickly, impacting nearly every aspect of business from supply chains to investor questions to employee health concerns. Woodruff Sawyer has established this Coronavirus Resource Center to provide guidance and answer your pressing questions, such as how to prepare or respond to the associated business risks, and whether insurance coverage may respond.
If you are a Woodruff Sawyer client and have specific questions related to your risks and coverage, reach out to your account team.
FEATURED WEBINAR
Returning to the Workplace: Top HR Questions
In this Q&A, our Benefits experts give advice about how to help your employees feel safe and supported as they transition back to the office environment.
CLIENT NOTICE
A New Workplace Hazard: Heat Illness Due to Coronavirus PPE and Regulations
As companies reopen, businesses will face complicated consequences of the federal and local standards for minimizing the coronavirus. Some employees may find wearing masks difficult as summer temperatures rise.
Post Termination Claims During COVID-19
Learn the answers to the questions commonly asked regarding termination, claims, and post-termination defense for employers.
Last Updated June 24 2020: Added new links to “OSHA Information on Coronavirus” and “Industry Specific Guidance on Re-Opening” section on Third-Party Updates on Coronavirus, Added new section “EEOC and ADA Questions & Answers to Third-Party Updates on Coronavirus.
Pandemic Planning Guide with Templates
We’ve included a downloadable and editable Guide to Creating a Business Continuity Plan for Pandemics, which includes templates, as well as a sample pandemic plan. Keep in mind that these plans should tie closely with your current business continuity plan.
The Impact on Your Business Risk and Insurance
The Impact on Employee Benefits, Retirement, and Your Workforce
Support Your Employees: A Toolkit
On-Demand Webinars
COVID-19 has many employers asking questions about what actions to take now to help protect their employees and their business interests. The following resources help you ask the right questions, and provide you with the answers and solutions according to current developments and projections.
If you are a Woodruff Sawyer client and have specific questions related to your risks and coverage, reach out to your account team.
Client Notices
Governor Newson Signs Executive Order Giving COVID-19 Worker's Compensation Rebuttable Presumption to All CA Employees
Aid for Small Businsses: CARES Act Application Begins 4/3
Third-Party Updates on Coronavirus
The CDC and World Health Organization are continually providing best practices and updates on the status of coronavirus. Keep in mind that your local Health Department has the authority to control all epidemiological response, including quarantines or other actions that may affect your business, as well as how to respond if an employee has been exposed or tests positive.
Refer to these sources regularly to help you plan and protect your workplace according to the latest recommendations.
This page will continually be updated, so please check back regularly.