As the employer of hundreds of essential employees still physically reporting to work, the City of Lawrence may be able to provide an example to employers contemplating how to bring employees back to work safely once stay-at-home orders lift.
For the city, precautions include daily temperature checks, staggered shifts and face masks in circumstances when job responsibilities don’t allow employees to maintain a 6-foot distance. City spokesman Porter Arneill said in an email to the Journal-World that the city began taking employees’ temperatures daily the week of April 12 to minimize potential exposure to COVID-19 for the city’s essential staff.
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