Some Employers May Require Employees Get Tested for COVID-19 Before Coming Back to Work
Since March, health clinic staff for Rosen Hotels & Resorts have tested at least 500 workers for COVID-19 at its clinic and drive-thru testing site in Orlando, Fla. As of press time, 16 had tested positive.ust a few miles from Disney World near Orlando, Fla., Harris Rosen’s hotel empire is mostly closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One crucial condition for reopening, Rosen says, will be testing any of his company’s 4,000 employees who show potential signs of having the disease.
Since March, Rosen Hotels & Resorts, which comprises eight hotels with nearly 7,000 rooms, has tested more than 500 such workers at its employee health clinic and its impromptu drive-thru testing site near Orlando. Sixteen were confirmed cases of COVID-19. When the hotel chain reopens later this spring or summer, it plans to have employees regularly fill out a questionnaire about their health and travel history.
Across the U.S., and across industries, companies have closed their worksites for the past month or so, or operated at significantly reduced capacity. Meat-processing plants in the Midwest have been closed because tight workspaces helped spur outbreaks, nursing homes across the country have seen deaths among staff members needed to care for ailing residents, and flight attendants report increasing cases of the disease.
Some employers say testing and screening can help reduce disease transmissions and workers’ fears. COVID-19 testing has vexed health officials and politicians since March. Federal and state leaders have bickered over whether supply of tests are adequate. Rosen Hotels & Resorts, however, says it does not anticipate any problems securing test kits.
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