The pandemic has changed the rules around what documents manufacturing companies need to create, track and retain.
Apr 5th, 2021
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It’s a scenario that no plant manager wants to encounter, yet it has unfortunately become one we’ve had to prepare for: an employee on the production line tests positive for COVID-19 or informs you that they’ve had a known exposure.
Manufacturers have been at the forefront of implementing employee testing and biometric tracking to help contain the spread of the virus, but in addition to the numerous health and safety precautions already implemented, new labor codes related to the exposure require that several new kinds of records be generated, tracked and kept for specific periods of time.