Coronavirus Workforce Preparedness Training, the first comprehensive business training program for COVID-19, has been launched by the Corporate Health and Wellness Association (CHWA). The CHWA hopes that this new training, which includes first-hand insight and expertise from some of the most well-respected virus experts in the world, can help maximize the preparedness and viability of businesses all over the world as they begin to endure complications from this worldwide pandemic.
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COVID-19 represents the greatest threat in decades to both employers and employees. The virus has an average fatality rate of 3.4 percent (according to the WHO) and an alarming rate of fatality for high-risk employees who have chronic conditions and/or underlying health problems. Employees who manage some sort of chronic condition (including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hepatitis B, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney diseases, and cancer) have a 79 percent greater chance of requiring intensive care or a respirator, or both.
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COVID-19 is capable of creating absolute devastation in both families and companies across the globe. Employers must immediately implement emergency plans to protect their organization and their employees. A recent study by the Corporate Health and Wellness Association found that nearly 80 percent of all employers feel that they are not personally trained on how to handle the novel coronavirus pandemic in the workplace. Two-thirds of employers “have no idea” whether the company faces liability if an employee gets sick or dies from a transmission that originally occurred in the workplace.
Perhaps most troubling, 65 percent of employers do not possess a specific plan of action or disaster plan to appropriately manage an employee, or multiple employees, who have contracted Coronavirus.
Pandemic preparation is understandably low, which is why the Corporate Health & Wellness Association has begun providing COVID-19 recommendations and training to businesses from every corner of the world.
“No one is prepared for this. Employers need to be prepared for significant disruption in their daily business operations, supply chains, and customer interactions,” said Jonathan Edelheit, Chairman of the Corporate Health and Wellness Association. “This is why we launched the world’s first Coronavirus [COVID-19] training and certification program. Employers need a reliable place to go, to get real facts, not fiction, so that they can implement emergency plans and strategies.”
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