Following is the third in a series of excerpts from the document titled 'Resilience: COVID-19 Ministry of Tourism health and safety protocols for the tourism industry 2020' dealing with the responsibility of hotels for the well-being of their employees:
Under the general protocols, hotels are required to:
• Provide transportation for employees from central points in the community to the work site and back where feasible.
• Ensure all employees are healthy upon their return to work through a health questionnaire similar to the questionnaire administered to potential tourists or other mechanisms as appropriate.
• Check informally on the health of employees on a regular basis, every 4-6 weeks, and if they are showing symptoms or have other risk factors, testing may be appropriate.
• Take the temperature of each employee upon arrival for their shift.
• Require employees to wear face masks throughout their work shift and in interaction with patrons.
