As the Greater Kansas City business community adjusts day-to-day operations in response to
COVID-19, we must balance the need to maintain our region’s economy with the protection of
our community’s health. The Safe Return KC Guide provides a roadmap for organizations of all
types across the region to use as we re-open our workplaces, while considering the public health
needs of our workforce, stakeholders, customers and community.
The Safe Return KC Guide should be used along with guidance from the following:
state and local public health departments; each local jurisdiction’s recovery plan;
the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations; Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines; Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) rules and regulations; trade association guidance; as well as all
other laws applicable to your workplace to re-open the community after Stay-atHome and other social distancing orders are lifted.
Local public health criteria used in the recovery plans include monitoring of the
number of new virus cases in the community, increase in the capacity for testing and
contact tracing, availability of personal protective equipment (PPE), and availability
of hospital beds, including ICU beds. More information on these resources are
available at the end of this document.
Your workplace re-entry plan should consider unique aspects of your organization,
including your workforce, company culture, the type and size of your business,
organizational structure, geographic location and any other special circumstances. It
should also be dynamic, allowing for flexibility as circumstances in your business and
your community change.
This guide provides a phased approach to workplace re-entry, addressing key
considerations for your organization’s plan related to workforce, workspace and
operations. You can use this guide in its entirety or adopt elements to create a
tailored re-entry plan that best fits the needs of your organization.

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 FUNDAMENTALS OF YOUR

RETURN-TO-WORKPLACE PLAN:

1/ Learn
As you create and update your organization’s ongoing workplace plan, it’s essential
to understand the most up-to-date details of the community public health policies
and recommendations affecting your workplace(s). We suggest all organizations
review and understand these policies prior to crafting their own back-to-workplace
plan and continuously review these documents as they are updated.

2/ Listen
Actively seek employee and customer feedback about returning to your workplace.
This insight will help you understand attitudes within your organization, as well as
reinforce to your employees and customers that their health and safety concerns
are valued.
•  Consider meeting (virtually) with your employees to understand their comfort
re-entering your workplace and what questions or concerns may exist with
respect to any new guidelines and protective measures in the workplace. During
this meeting, you can ask any employee whom you know to be disabled (i.e.
they have previously requested a reasonable accommodation) if they will need
a reasonable accommodation when permitted to return to the workplace. You
may also consider implementing a questionnaire allowing individuals to indicate
if they are a vulnerable individual as defined by the CDC.
•  The questionnaire should include the definition of vulnerable individuals
as defined by the CDC (currently those with underlying health conditions,
including, but not limited to, high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, diabetes,
obesity, asthma and those whose immune system is compromised - vulnerable
employees may also include those who live with, or care for, anyone who is
elderly or has an underlying health condition) but should not request the
employee to identify the reason they are vulnerable.
• The information gathered during this meeting should not be used as criteria
to eliminate workforce and all reasonable steps should be taken to assure
employees that their responses will remain confidential. Also, the information
gathered in this meeting should not be maintained in employee personnel files.
Ensure all decision-making regarding which employees to return to work, when
to return them to work, on what schedules, and the like, is based on legitimate,
non-discriminatory considerations.
• Offer employees additional information and resources, including contact
information for your EAP, if applicable.

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 • Consider designating a trusted point-of-contact within your organization that
employees can go to with questions or changes to their health and/or COVID-19
related health information of those they come into close contact with.

3/ Communicate
Transparent and consistent communication is key for a successful re-entry. Regularly
engaging with your workforce, stakeholders and customers before, during and after their
re-entry to your workplace will help alleviate anxiety and encourage open and trusting
communication. This active dialogue will help increase adherence to new policies and
procedures, as well as enable your organization to adapt as guidelines change.
•  Communicate revised organizational practices and policies to all employees in
advance of their implementation.
•  Share new customer and contractor/supplier protocols through social media and
other direct communications to prepare them for new policies and procedures.
•  Consider requiring training (virtually) to ensure employees understand all
practices and policies before returning to the workplace.
•  Continue to provide policy updates to all audiences as they evolve.
•  Identify a central point-of-contact within your organization to answer questions
from employees, stakeholders and customers as it relates to re-entry and ongoing
workplace policies.
•  Maintain a readily accessible copy of your re-entry plan for review by employees.

4/ Evaluate
As the COVID-19 landscape continues to change, it is imperative to regularly
monitor local, state and federal guidelines, industry-specific and/or trade association
guidance, as well as your own organization’s circumstances to adapt your policies.
Most public health experts predict that COVID-19 will be present and impact our
economy and business operations for many months, and additional waves of the
virus may require reinforcement of certain restrictions. Therefore, your organization’s
return-to-workplace policy should be consistently reviewed and updated as the
COVID-19 landscape changes.
•  Do not make evaluations of vulnerable employees or customers based on race,
ethnicity, country of origin, gender, or age.
•  Understand the quality and safety standards of personal protective equipment
(PPE) appropriate for your workplace.

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 -  Refer to the next section of this document for additional information on PPE.
Select resources on PPE appropriate for varying industries are also referenced in
the Additional Resources section.
•  Consider potential business expenditures required to execute your plan, including
purchasing PPE, increased absenteeism, transportation and childcare assistance and
supplemental employee resources/benefits, among others. Allow sufficient time to
order PPE that may be in high demand and short supply.
•  Evaluate any supplemental policies for your plan. For example, some jobs may
require additional PPE, flexibility to work remotely, etc.
-  Social distancing should be maintained when possible. Some positions may
continue to work remotely, and some office spaces may be reconfigured for
greater distance and fewer unnecessary workforce interactions.
•  Consider forming an internal task force to review and make necessary changes to
your back-to-workplace policy.

5/ Precautionary Measures:
Sanitizing, Personal Protective Equipment
& Social Distancing
Responsible and successful re-entry will depend on whether your organization has
sanitizing and personal protective equipment (PPE) procedures that can help keep your
employees and visitors safe. While these standards vary, general guidelines include:
•  Soap and/or hand sanitizer should be provided:
– Throughout work areas
– In all restrooms
– In all common areas and break rooms
– In all conference and meeting rooms
– Near each workplace entrance and exit
•  Applicable Additional Equipment: Gloves, glasses/shields, masks/face-coverings,
gowns, cleaning supplies, shared office space partitions and other relevant PPE,
depending on industry type and/or employee job function, should be provided and
their use mandated as needed with all employees. For specific guidance on best
practices, please refer to these resources:
– CDC: Hand Hygiene Information
– CDC: Cloth Face Covering Information

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 – OSHA: Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
– Trade Association Guidelines
• Visit the Additional Resources section of this document for more information.

•  Supply Chain: Confirm you have appropriate and effective supply channels in place
for sanitizing products and PPE applicable to your workforce and workplace.
•  Training: It is imperative that your organization not only provide PPE, but that you
provide and require training in the proper use, care, and disposal of PPE, especially
when new procedures are implemented.
– CDC: Using Personal Protective Equipment
– OSHA: Safety & Health Topics: COVID-19

•  Social distancing: The heart of COVID-19 mitigation strategies is social distancing. To
practice social distancing in the workplace, ensure that people remain at least 6 feet
from one another and avoid group gatherings. Additional information on the value
and best practices of social distancing can be found here:
– CDC: Social Distancing, Quarantine and Isolation

•  Reminders, Digital Communication and Signage: Your organization should place
physical or digital visual cues encouraging adherence to new standards of practice
throughout the workplace.
– CDC COVID-19 Communication Resources
•  Encourage individual Responsibility:
-  Employees should be encouraged to not enter the workplace if exhibiting
symptoms endemic of COVID-19 or if they have been in known contact with
someone exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms or diagnosed with COVID-19.
-  Employees should be encouraged to report to a supervisor if they begin to feel ill
while at the workplace or have come into contact with someone diagnosed with
COVID-19 or exhibiting symptoms.
-  Provide employees connection points to occupational health or other resources for
addressing questions on symptoms.

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 RETURN-TO-WORKPLACE

PLAN GUIDELINES
Moving through Phases

We recommend returning to your business operations in phases modified to avoid
disruption caused by COVID-19 or its spread. This phasing standard is intended to
compliment your local or state plans and the Federal Government and CDC’s guidelines.
- See: Guidelines for Opening Up America Again
Each of the three successive phases in this plan relaxes social distancing protocols and
other precautionary measures intended to slow the potential transmission of COVID-19. The
Federal Government and CDC further recommend that certain community-wide symptoms,
case and hospital thresholds be met before proceeding from one phase to the next.
Phase naming, numbering, or coloring may vary between this document and an applicable
federal, state, county or local government’s approach. Please refer to applicable guidelines
to ensure consistency with government policy.
The following general principles should also be followed throughout all phases of re-opening:
• Always follow local, state and federal public health guidelines throughout your returnto-workplace plan, including returning to a previous phase in response to a virus surge,
if necessary.
• Provide clear guidance within each phase for the safety of your workforce, customers
and other visitors, and to set relevant and reasonable expectations.
• Some items listed in this guide may not be relevant/necessary to include in your
phase(s), and/or you may need more guidance that is unique to your organization.
•  Create and maintain an organizational strategy for workforce contact tracing following
an employee COVID+ test, should it be necessary.

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 PHASE ONE

SAFE RETURN PHASE ONE

“Minimal Re-Opening”
Employee Guidelines:
•  Communicate to all employees that the Federal Government and CDC recommend that
all vulnerable individuals should continue to shelter in place during this phase. These
recommendations also state that members of households with vulnerable individuals
should be made aware that returning to work or other environments where social
distancing is not practical increases the chance that they could carry the virus back home.
•  Establish flexible return-to-workplace protocols:
–  Encourage employees to work remotely, whenever possible.
–  Return your workforce in phases, whenever possible.
–  Consider alternating schedules/shifts between workplace return and working remotely.
–  Consider moving meals to the end of shifts, allowing employees to avoid gathering
during mealtimes in common areas and allowing early departure without losing pay.
–  Consider staggering co-located workforce to ensure operational continuity by job
type, physical proximity, and management level.
–  Cross-train employees, as possible, to prepare for work shifts and the possibility of
increased absenteeism.
•  Employees who have tested COVID-19 positive, or report any symptom of COVID-19, should
not return to the workplace until they are free of all symptoms for at least 72 hours, without
the use of any medication that might mask symptoms (i.e. fever-reducing medicine, cough
medicine, etc.), and have been cleared by a medical provider.
–  CDC: Symptoms of Coronavirus
•  Employees should be encouraged to take their own temperature twice each day - once
before entering the workplace and once after work.
•  Consider providing no-contact thermometer(s) at your workplace for employees to use at
the beginning and end of their workday if they do not have a thermometer at home.
•  Employees who feel ill or have any COVID-19 symptoms during the work day should
contact their supervisor or designated employer resource, be separated from co-workers
immediately, provided a mask, sent home, and, whenever possible, be allowed to work from
home. Access to the employee’s workspace should be limited and professionally sterilized
after business hours to prevent cross-contamination. Such employees should remain
outside the workplace until they are free of all symptoms of illness for 72 hours, without
the use of any medication that might mask symptoms (i.e. fever-reducing medicine, cough
medicine, etc.).
– CDC: If You Are Sick

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 PHASE ONE
•  Employees who share a home with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or have
come in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, should selfquarantine for 14 days from the date of last contact. They should not be allowed to return to
work until the completion of their quarantine period, they are free of all symptoms of illness
for at least 72 hours, without the use of any medication that might mask symptoms (i.e.
fever-reducing medicine, cough medicine, etc.), and have been cleared to return to work by
a medical provider.
•  Consider added flexibility in sick and personal leave policies to encourage employees who
are not feeling well to stay at home and mitigate the risk of spreading the virus.
-  Don’t require documentation of medical clearance for non-COVID-19 related illnesses
or absent a COVID-19 diagnosis of the employee or someone with whom the
employee has come into close contact. Many health care workers are responding to
critical community issues and documentation may be delayed. However, employees
showing COVID-19 symptoms should nevertheless be cleared by a medical provider
prior to returning to the workplace.
•  Employees should be required to wear masks/face coverings when not working at their
personal workspace.
•  Employees who work in open or shared workspaces without sufficient partitioning should
be required to wear masks while at their workspace.
•  All employees should be encouraged to wash their hands frequently. Employers should
provide soap and/or hand sanitizer.
-  CDC: Handwashing-Sanitizer Use and Information
-  FDA: Hand Sanitizer Information
•  Employees should be assigned to disinfect their personal workstations at the start and end
of the workday. Disinfecting spray/and or wipes should be provided by the employer.
•  The hand-passing/sharing of paper documents within the workplace should be eliminated,
whenever possible.
•  Encourage employees to record who they contact during each workday to assist with
possible virus tracing.
•  Develop training procedures for safe interactions with guests, vendors and delivery drivers.
•  Consider making special accommodations for employees at higher risk of severe illness.
-  CDC: Need Extra Precautions

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 PHASE ONE
General Workplace Guidelines:
•  Limit access of non-employees into your workplace. If applicable, limit/control the entry
and exit door for employees.
•  Establish a 6-foot clearance around all front desk/reception locations, if applicable, to assist
with the practice of social distancing.
•  Adapt security check-in process, including the use of personal pens and disinfecting sign-in
tablet prior to each use. Record all visitors for potential contract tracing purposes.
•  Provide markings within the workspace to promote social distancing and consider foot
traffic protocols to reduce employee contact in high-traffic areas.
•  When possible, and in compliance with applicable fire code, doors to rooms and offices
should remain open to avoid frequent touching of door handles. Devices to open doors
automatically or by foot should be considered whenever possible.
•  If your business requires outside visitors, consider the following:
-  Clearly post social distancing guidelines.
-  If possible, contact visitors in advance to explain organizational protocols.
-  Provide masks or require visitors to use their own.
-  Provide hand sanitizer as visitors enter and exit your workplace.
-  Provide clothing covers (e.g. dry-cleaning bags) for visitors to cover/contain their
outerwear (coats, scarves, hats, personal PPE) upon arrival. Encourage visitors to
keep all personal items with them during their visit.
•  Adjust your workspace environment. Employees closer than 6 feet together should have
a protective barrier separating them, or they should be re-configured to accommodate
appropriate spacing.
•  Implement sanitizing protocols for frequently touched surfaces in your workspace to
reduce the volume of physical contact. Frequently touched surfaces include light switches,
drawers and cabinets, and shared equipment such as printers and copiers.
•  Whenever possible, shared office phones should be eliminated. Any phones shared by
employees should be thoroughly cleaned after each use.
•  Designate a specific location for all deliveries and disinfect that area regularly.
•  Implement workflow process and designate personnel for handling mail, files, supplies etc.
to ensure proper sanitation.
•  Implement social distancing and cleaning protocols for elevator and escalator usage.
•  Contact your landlord or property manager to request increasing ventilation system usage
and/or opening operable windows to increase air ventilation.

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 PHASE ONE
•  Review your lease to understand the respective cleaning responsibilities of your company
and your landlord/property manager. Consider additional contract cleaning for shared and
high-traffic spaces.
•  Modify existing emergency response plans to address social distancing for meeting points,
tornado shelters, and similar areas.

Meeting Rooms:
• Whenever possible, in-person meetings should be discontinued and replaced with
virtual meetings.
• Essential in-person meetings should be limited to employees only, and social distancing
should be maintained, if possible.
• Meeting with stakeholders and customers should be conducted virtually at every
opportunity.
• Reduce the standard room capacity for meeting rooms and personal offices to ensure
at least 6 feet of space between all participants. Communicate new capacity via
signage and room reservation tools.
• Remove extra chairs from rooms or place them in the corner away from the table to
demonstrate and enforce proper spacing.
• Disinfect meetings rooms, particularly frequently touched surfaces, before and after
each use. Cleaning products should be provided in each room.
- CDC: Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Facility
• Employees should be designated to disinfect meeting rooms at the start and end of
every workday.
• Require employees to record attendance at meetings and meeting locations for
potential contact tracing purposes.
• Remove whiteboard pens and erasers from shared spaces and encourage people to
bring and manage their own.
• Remove all shared food and beverages from meeting rooms.
• All shared equipment and collaboration tools and technology (touch pads, conference
phones, laptop plug-ins, etc.) and similar equipment should be cleaned by employees
after each use.
• Hand sanitizer and surface cleaning supplies should be provided in all meeting rooms.

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 PHASE ONE
Common Areas:
• Close or limit access to common areas.
•  Rearrange or remove furniture in common areas where employees are likely to congregate.
•  Enforce strict social distancing protocols in all common areas.
•  Hand sanitizer and surface cleaning supplies should be provided in all common areas.
•  All common areas should be disinfected and cleaned throughout the day by
designated employees, particularly frequently touched surfaces including handles and
counter surfaces.
•  All employee food containers should be sanitized before storing in a common area.
Food stored in a common refrigerator should be sanitized and placed into clear sealed
plastic bags. A name and a date should be written on the bag. Food should not be
stored in the workplace for more than 24 hours.
•  Reduce the capacity of people allowed in any fitness room/gym; this may require the
removal of some equipment to encourage 6 feet of space between people. Equipment
should be wiped down before and after each use.

Travel:
•  Minimize non-essential travel and adhere to CDC and local health department
guidelines regarding isolation after travel.
•  Employees taking personal travel should adhere to CDC and local health department
guidelines regarding isolation after travel.
– CDC: Travel Guidelines

Employee Assistance Guidelines:
•  Human Resources staff or a designated point-of-contact should be readily available to
answer questions related COVID-19 issues and mental health assistance.
– HHS: COVID-19 Use/Disclosures of Protected Health Info by Business Associates April 2020
– Health and Human Services: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus February 2020
– HHS: Limited Waiver of HIPAA Sanction and Penalties - COVID-19
– HIPAA for Professionals - COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness

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 PHASE TWO

SAFE RETURN PHASE TWO

“Re-Opening with Physical Distancing”
Employee Guidelines:
•  Communicate to all employees that the Federal Government and CDC recommend that all
vulnerable individuals should continue to shelter in place during this phase. Further, these
recommendations state that members of households with vulnerable residents should be
made aware that returning to work, or other environments where distancing is not practical,
increases the chance they could carry the virus back home.
•  Continue with your organization’s flexible work plan, slowly increasing your staff.
-  Encourage employees to work remotely, whenever possible.
-  Return workforce in phases, whenever possible.
-  Consider alternating schedules/shifts between working in the office and working remotely.
•  Employees who have tested COVID-19 positive, or report any symptom of COVID-19, should
not return to the workplace until they are free of all symptoms for at least 72 hours, without
the use of any medication that might mask symptoms (i.e. fever-reducing medicine, cough
medicine, etc.), and have been cleared by a medical provider.
-  CDC: Symptoms of Coronavirus
•  Employees who share a home with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19
or have come in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19,
should self-quarantine for 14 days from the date of last contact. They should not be
allowed to return to work until the completion of their quarantine period, they are free
of all symptoms of illness for at least 72 hours and cleared by a medical provider.
•  Employees who feel ill at work should contact their supervisor or designated employer
resource, be separated from co-workers immediately, provided a mask, sent home, and,
whenever possible, be allowed to work from home. Such employees should remain
home until they are free of all symptoms of illness for 72 hours, without the use of any
medication that might mask symptoms (I.e. fever-reducing medicine, cough medicine,
etc.), and cleared to return to work by a medical provider. Areas they came into
contact with should be very carefully disinfected.
-  CDC: If You Are Sick

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 PHASE TWO
•  Maintain flexibility in sick and personal leave policies to encourage employees who are
not feeling well to stay at home and mitigate the risk of spreading the virus.
•  Employees should be encouraged to continue wearing masks/face coverings when not
working at their desk/office.
•  All employees should be required to wash hands frequently. Soap and/or hand sanitizer
should be provided.
•  Employees should continue to disinfect personal workstations at the start and end of
the workday.
•  Consider making special accommodations for employees at higher risk of severe illness.
-  CDC: People Who Need Extra Precautions

General Workplace Guidelines:
•  Continue to limit access of non-employees to your workplace.
•  Maintain the 6-foot clearance around all front desk/reception locations, if applicable, to
assist with the practice of social distancing.
•  Record all visitors for potential contact tracing.
•  Provide markings within the workspace to promote social distancing and consider foot
traffic protocols to reduce employee contact in high-traffic areas.
•  If your business requires outside visitors, consider the following:
-  Clearly post social distancing guidelines.
-  If possible, contact visitors in advance to explain organizational protocols.
-  Provide masks or encourage visitors to use their own.
-  Provide hand sanitizer as visitors enter and exit the building.
•  Maintain your adjusted workspace environment.
•  Maintain sanitizing protocols for frequently touched surfaces in your workspace.
•  Maintain workflow processes and designate personnel for handling mail, files, supplies
etc. to ensure proper sanitation.
•  Continue evaluation of your work environment, ensuring it still provides moderate
social distancing.

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 PHASE TWO
Meeting Rooms:
•  Whenever possible, in-person meetings should remain limited.
•  Essential in-person meetings should be limited to employees only.
•  Meeting with stakeholders and customers should be conducted virtually at every opportunity.
•  Maintain standard room capacity for meetings rooms and personal offices to ensure at
least 6 feet of space between all participants.
•  Disinfect meetings rooms, particularly frequently touched surfaces, before and after
each use. Cleaning products should be provided in each room.
- CDC: Cleaning & Disinfecting Your Facility
•  Require employees to record attendance at meetings and meeting locations for
potential contact tracing purposes.
•  Remove whiteboard pens and erasers and encourage people to bring and manage
their own.
•  Remove all shared food and beverages from meeting rooms.
•  All shared equipment and collaboration tools and technology (touch pads, conference
phones, laptop plug-ins, etc.), and similar equipment should be cleaned by employees
after each use.
•  Hand sanitizer and surface cleaning supplies should be provided in all meeting rooms.

Common Areas:
•  Limit access to common areas.
•  Rearrange or remove furniture where employees are likely to congregate.
•  Enforce moderate social distancing protocols in all common areas.
•  Hand sanitizer and surface cleaning supplies should remain in all common areas.
•  All common areas should be disinfected and cleaned at the beginning and end of
the day by designated employees, particularly frequently touched surfaces including
handles and counter surfaces.
•  Sanitize all employee food/containers before storing in a common area. Food should
not be stored the workplace for more than 24 hours.
•  Reduce the capacity of people allowed in any fitness room/gym; this may require the
removal of some equipment to encourage 6 feet of space between people. Equipment
should be wiped down before and after use.

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 PHASE TWO
Travel Guidelines:
•  Non-essential business travel can resume. Isolation after traveling should be in
accordance with CDC and local health department guidelines.
•  Employees taking personal travel should adhere to CDC and local health department
guidelines regarding isolation after travel.
-  CDC: Travel Guidelines

Employee Assistance Guidelines:
•  Human Resources staff or designated point-of-contact should be readily available to
answer questions related COVID-19 issues and mental health assistance.

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 PHASE TWO

SAFE RETURN PHASE THREE

“Resume to Normal”
Employee Guidelines:

•  Vulnerable individuals can resume public interactions, but should practice physical
distancing, minimizing exposure to social settings where distancing may not be
practical, unless precautionary measures are observed.
•  Resume normal employee work schedules and unrestricted staffing of worksites.
•  Employees who have tested COVID-19 positive, or report any symptom of COVID-19,
should not return to the workplace until they are free of all symptoms for at least 72
hours, without the use of any medication that might mask symptoms (i.e. fever-reducing
medicine, cough medicine, etc.), and have been cleared by a medical provider.
-  CDC: Symptoms of Coronavirus
•  Employees who share a home with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19
or have come in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19,
should self-quarantine for 14 days from the date of last contact. They should not be
allowed to return to work until the completion of their quarantine period and they are
free of all symptoms of illness for at least 72 hours, without the use of any medication
that might mask symptoms (i.e. fever-reducing medicine, cough medicine, etc.), and
cleared to return to work by a medical provider.
•  Employees who feel ill at work should contact their supervisor or designated employer
resource, be separated from co-workers immediately, provided a mask, sent home, and,
whenever possible, be allowed to work from home. Such employees should remain
home until they are free of all symptoms of illness for 72 hours, without the use of any
medication that might mask symptoms (I.e. fever-reducing medicine, cough medicine,
etc.), and cleared to return to work by a medical provider. Areas they came into
contact with should be very carefully disinfected.
-  CDC: If You Are Sick
•  Employers should encourage hygiene best practices from all employees.
•  Employees should continue to disinfect personal workstations periodically.

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 PHASE THREE
Building Access/Building Modifications:
•  Normal access for non-employees can resume at your workplace.
•  Record all visitors for potential contact tracing.
•  Continue to provide hand sanitizer to visitors as they enter and exit the building.
•  Return to your customary workspace environment if any changes were made.

Meeting Room Guidelines:
•  Regular in-person meetings can resume.
•  Meeting with stakeholders and customers should be conducted virtually at every
opportunity.
•  Resume standard room capacity for meetings rooms and personal offices.
•  Encourage employees to record attendance at meetings and meeting locations for
potential contact tracing purposes.
•  Return whiteboard pens, erasers and other community office supplies to their
standard place.

Common Area Guidelines:
•  Return common areas to their standard configuration.
•  All common areas should be disinfected daily.
•  Fitness equipment should be wiped down before and after use.

Travel Guidelines:
•  Resume normal business travel.

Employee Assistance Guidelines:
•  Human Resources staff or designated point-of-contact should be readily available to
answer questions related COVID-19 issues and mental health assistance.
Legal and Medical Disclaimer: The information contained in this document does not constitute legal or medical
advice. All employers should consult with their legal counsel, medical, and health and safety advisors specific to
their jurisdiction and industry to develop strategies applicable to their workplace. Public safety codes, building
codes, and any applicable laws and security requirements should not be compromised when adjusting the
workplace for your employees’ return.

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 ADDITIONAL

RESOURCES
KC Chamber Business Help Desk: For more information on safe
COVID-19 workforce re-entry information, please contact the Greater
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Business Help Desk at
helpdesk@kcchamber.com.
Access additional Kansas City Area recovery plans, employers’
back-to-workplace guides and industry-specific recovery plans here:

- Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce:
Coronavirus / COVID-19 Resource Information

- Kansas City Area Development Council: COVID-19 Response

- Civic Council of Greater Kansas City: Resources

- Mid-America Regional Council: Resources

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