{"id":3337,"date":"2021-01-13T18:20:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=news&p=3337"},"modified":"2021-01-13T18:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:20:54","slug":"new-year-new-preparedness-and-response-plan-requirements","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/news\/new-year-new-preparedness-and-response-plan-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New Preparedness and Response Plan Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 13, 2021 – Advocacy News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our friends at the Bodman PLC have prepared new Preparedness and Response Plan templates for Chamber members to use. The new plans take into account the revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines empowering local and state public health agencies to endorse shortened quarantine periods, new state legislation signed into law permitting employers to take advantage of the shortened quarantine and isolation periods and loosening the screening inquiry as well as changes to the paid leave requirements in the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA).<\/p>\n

Bodman put together this\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0explaining why recent legislation and public health guidance necessitate an update to employers\u2019 Preparedness and Response Plans. Bodman updated their templates for:<\/p>\n