Information for Government of Canada employees: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

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• Updates for employees
• Telework
• Advisories and messages to employees
• Resources to share

Updates for employees on COVID-19

In order to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19, everyone has a role to play. It takes more than governments and action from the health sector to protect the health and safety of Canadians. Each of us can help our country be prepared in the event of an emergency by understanding 

• how coronavirus spreads,
• how to prevent illness, and
• how to be prepared

Health Canada has issued an Occupational Health Advisory on COVID-19 for employees of the Government of Canada.

If you have any work-related concerns, please

• contact your manager
• reach out to your departmental occupational health and safety coordinator
• consult your organizations' information for employees on COVID-19

Your organization’s Occupational Health and Safety team can provide you with credible information regarding any health risks in the workplace.

If you have further questions regarding the impact of COVID-19 on your working conditions, email us at questions@tbs-sct.gc.ca.

Visit Canada.ca/coronavirus for the most up-to-date information about COVID-19 or contact the Government of Canada’s information line at 1-833-784-4397.

Telework

Managers are to consider telework for all employees, at all work sites, and identify an approach that is flexible while ensuring continued critical government operations and services to Canadians.

Federal organizations must identify and determine how to manage through exceptional situations that do not lend themselves to telework such as:

• critical services requiring on-site presence
• security limitations
• other operational imperatives where there are no alternatives

It is essential that Government of Canada employees abide by instructions from local health authorities.

Advisories and messages for employees

Deputy Heads are accountable for the operations of their department. The following guidance may be subject to modification to ensure that critical services are delivered (for example, certain jobs may not be amenable to telework).

Every effort is being made to ensure accessibility to this information. If you require any information or document in an alternative format, please contact questions@tbs-sct.gc.ca.

Resources to share:

• Infographic: Mental health tips for working from home [2020-03-20]
• Infographic: COVID-19 and Mental Health @ Work [2020-03-16]
• Infographic: Reduce the spread of COVID-19: Wash your hands [2020-03-11]
• Factsheet: Know the facts about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) [2020-02-26]