COVID-19 Checklist for Protecting Employee Health and Privacy

As businesses implement workplace policies to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), issues of privacy and public health may appear to clash. For multinational companies, myriad privacy laws complicate matters, challenging managers to create standard procedures that protect both worker health and privacy. However, standard best practices exist to balance privacy compliance and public safety. Ideally, these practices will be codified in an infectious disease policy or procedure.