These suggestions and comments are submitted on behalf of the World Floor Covering Association ("WFCA"), a non-profit business association of flooring retailers, commercial contractors, and installers. WFCA has over 8,300 members, with the vast majority being small businesses.

WFCA appreciates the opportunity to submit suggestions and comments to the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding Opening America's Workplaces Again.... more »

Please defer to the CDC and health experts in re-opening our society. Set partisanship aside and show that we value lives. Centralized responsible leadership based upon our healthcare experts' recommendations should guide our society.

Also, stop encouraging protests of states that are taking this issue seriously to protect their citizens.

Our lives depend upon it.

Establish a mechanism to regulate International Wet Markets- If the global pandemic started in a Wet Market, then we need to work with WHO to address the root cause for the safety of the world. We need to ask the World Health Organization to establish an International Wet Market Safety Taskforce for establishing Global Standards and Regulations for each country with Fish/Wet Markets. We can leverage our expertise from... more »

Creating a task force consisted of individuals who are experts on disinfecting and hand hygiene processes. The practices of hand hygiene that I have been currently observing have been very poor. The task force could go around and teach the practices that need to be followed and provide checklist on the procedure so all businesses have the same process. This will provide uniformity and have et guidance to follow.

Small manufacturers with low numbers of employees and isolated sites will have no problems with social distancing and contract tracing. CDC guidelines can easily be maintained. This will also be the same for small service industries.

Before returning to work workers should be tested for the covid-19

Have their temperature taken at beginning of each shift

Be given proper saftey gear at the start of each shift and be provided training in sanitation methods

Educated on what resources their employer is providing for exposure to covid -19

Have posters on displays that explain the employees rights, and available resources, and contact phone numbers... more »

Hard to understand why we don't follow the learned, detailed guidelines provided by the CDC. Go slow, with caution, and respect science.

All work settings need to be able to provide ADA accommodations for people with disabilities as they come back to work and or readjust their work settings. Especially for people with mental health conditions. The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is having unprecedented high levels of stress, anxiety, fear, and trauma to people, families, and communities. The impact of such trauma is higher among front line... more »

"WE" have all been training for this day! Trust in the guidelines that have been circulated throughout America and the world. "WE" will maintain the CRUCIAL and BASIC PRACTICES that WE have adapted to. WE all know them by now!

This new normal of sanitizing all surfaces, continuing to wear masks and gloves, being cognizant of what WE touch, how we sneeze, how we cough, how WE decontaminate ourselves when we return home/work,... more »

I live in Boulder City, Nevada-population about 16,000 people. We have about 8 million people come to Lake Mead National Recreation Area and about 1 million people come to Hoover Dam every year. A lot of these people come and visit or stay overnight in Boulder City, Nevada. The people come from all over the world.

Our small town has been closed up since March 17, 2020 at midnight. Now, some businesses (Restaurants, etc.)... more »

We need a list a guidelines for our barber shops / hair salons before opening . We've been going by what Georgia's doing. OSHA ? The Dept of health ? California state board of cosmetology? We can't find any guidelines to even think about reopening .

I am work with childcare providers in my daily life. When in the course of helping individuals find employment, they often encounter many barriers. Childcare is a major barrier for individuals with low income. Often the people who work in the childcare field are also low income and on the fringes, as well. Right now, childcare centers have been forced to close their doors. This impacts those who want to go to work but... more »

We are not anywhere near ready to open up America..especially our area here. Lack of testing and "Contact Tracing" is non-existent. We seem to be in a hurry to get back the economy at the cost of American lives...FOR NOTHING. Get a grip; testing, testing, testing.

Well for starters before opening have a plan what work needs to be completed. How much inventory is needed. Be sure you have a clean work place. Water fountain should be blocked. It full of germs. Fans should be cleaned. They have never been cleaned.

I'd greatly appreciate the Veteran's Administration reopen so that veterans suc h as myself can see our doctors in person not just speak over the phone. Also churches and places of worship reoppening would be greatly appreciated so we can all praise God for getting through this rough time