We understand that these are challenging times for businesses and workplaces in our communities. Here you will find guidance documents and resources to help prepare your workplace for COVID-19.
If you have questions about impacts to your business, visit the Government of Ontario’s frequently asked questions and Stop The Spread Business Information page or call the Stop the Spread Business Information Line at 1-888-444-3659.
COVID-19 Workplace Screening Tool
Face covering information for businesses
- MOH Letter of Instruction Regarding Face Covering
- Media Release: SWPH issues letter of instruction for face coverings
- Memo - Message to Elgin and Oxford Municipalities
- Mandatory Face Covering FAQ
- Toolkit for Workplaces
- Guidance for Face Coverings
- Signage: Face Covering Entrance Poster (full colour)
- Signage: Face Covering Entrance Poster (black & white)
- Signage: Face Covering Exemptions Poster
General guidance documents and resources for your workplace
- Visit the list of businesses and workplaces allowed to re-open in each stage of Ontario’s re-opening
- COVID-19 Workplace Screening Tool (Ministry of Health)
- Video: Preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace (English)
- Resources to Prevent COVID-19 in the Workplace (Ministry of Health)
- Government of Ontario COVID-19 Support for Businesses
- Guidance: Public Health Principles for Public Spaces (SWPH)
- Information for Workplaces and COVID-19 (SWPH)
- Develop your COVID-19 workplace safety plan
- General Guidance Document for Essential Workplaces (Ministry of Health)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Workplace Outbreaks (Ministry of Health)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Workplace Outbreak Management (SWPH)
- Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety: COVID-19 Guidance and Tip Sheets (CCOHS)
- Guidance for Public Washrooms (SWPH)
- Guidance for Office Environments (SWPH)
- Guidance for Physical Barriers (SWPH)
Personal Service Settings (PSS)
- Guidance for Personal Care Services Sector (Workplace Safety and Prevention Services)
- Guidelines for Personal Service Settings (SWPH Stage 3)
- Hair Salon Workplace Checklist (SWPH Stage 3)
- Tattoo and Body Piercing Workplace Checklist (SWPH Stage 3)
- Nail Salon Workplace Checklist (SWPH Stage 3)
- Public Health Ontario: Guide to infection prevention and control in personal service settings
Food Premises
- New public health measures impacting bars and restaurants (Sept 26, 2020)
- Guidance for Food Premises (SWPH)
- Guidance for Physical Barriers (SWPH)
- COVID-19 Data Collection Notice
Other sector-specific resources
- Health and Safety Guidance for Taxi Services, Ride Share and Rental Vehicle Services
- Health and Safety Guidance for Library Employers
- Guidance for Funeral Workers Health and Safety
- Guidance for Safe Food Donations
If you are looking for a guidance document specific to your workplace that has not been listed here, please refer to:
- Resources to Prevent COVID-19 in the Workplace (Ministry of Health Guidance Documents)
- Public Services Health and Safety Association
- Workplace Safety North
- Workplace Safety and Prevention Services
- Infrastructure Health and Safety Association
Seasonal Farm Workers
- Video: Preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace (Spanish)
- Signage: Infographic: Physical Distancing for Farm Workers (English)
- Signage: Infographic: Physical Distancing for Farm Workers (Spanish)
- Signage: Physical Distancing Poster (Spanish)
For more information on managing seasonal housing, visit our seasonal housing page.
Class Order, Section 22
- Class Order - Amended July 10, 2020 4pm
- Fact Sheet - Amended July 10, 2020 4pm
- Media Release
- Media Release # 2
Signage
- Physical Distancing Poster
- How to Practice Safe Physical Distancing
- Wash Your Hands Poster
- Staying Healthy Brochure
- If You’re Sick, Don’t Visit
- How to Wash Your Hands Poster
- COVID-19 Mental Health Poster
Useful Resources
- Visitor Log Contract Tracing Information
- Ministry of Health: COVID-19 Support for Workers website
- Ministry of Health: Support for Businesses including the Business Information Line
- Infographic: Coping with Stress during the COVID-19 Outbreak
Infection Prevention and Control
- Mixing of Bleach Solution for Disinfecting
- Southwestern Public Health Infection Control Resources & Information
- Workplace PPE Supplier Directory
- Cleaning & Disinfection in Public Spaces
- What you need to know about face coverings and face masks
- Video: How to properly put on and take off a cloth mask
- Alternative PPE Supplier List
Financial Relief
- Community Futures Oxford Business Resource Centre Regional Relief Recovery Fund
- Elgin Business Resource Centre Regional Relief Recovery Fund
- Information in other languages
Get more COVID-19 information
- COVID-19 dashboard
- COVID-19 general information
- COVID-19 information for community settings
- COVID-19 information for schools and child care centres
- COVID-19 assessment centres in Oxford, Elgin and St. Thomas
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