Face Mask and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Policy

Summary

This template is a face mask and personal protective equipment policy that governs the use of face coverings and other protective equipment in the workplace. It contains practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. This template is intended for private employers. Employers may include this policy in an employee handbook or distribute it as a standalone policy. This face mask and personal protective equipment policy is based on federal law, and it also includes California and New York state law distinctions. It does not address all potential state law distinctions; thus, you should check any relevant state and local laws. For a resource kit focused on employees returning to work and broken up by key employment law topics, see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Kit: Return to Work. For a practice note summarizing the various types of COVID-19 workplace cases that employees have filed against employers to date, along with an analysis of the frequency of these types of lawsuits to identify current litigation trends, see COVID-19 Workplace Litigation Trends. For a full listing of key content that can be used by in-house counsel to develop, revise, and implement a company's employee and third-party-related policies, see In-House Company Policies Resource Kit. For a detailed survey of state orders and guidance governing the use of face coverings in the workplace, see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Face Masks State Law Survey. For information on federal, state, and major local employment laws addressing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, see Coronavirus (COVID-19) Federal and State Employment Law Tracker. For non-COVID-19-related key Labor & Employment legal developments, see Labor & Employment Key Legal Developments Tracker (Current).