We know that the rapid spread of COVID-19 has presented critical and unimaginable challenges to your company, your employees, and your customers. Your health and safety, and that of your employees and customers, is of paramount concern to all of us at TMA. We are wholly focused on keeping you informed and equipped with tools that can sustain the continuity of your business and the important services that you provide to your communities.

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New Content (As of June 16, 2021)

• OSHA’s  COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (issued June 10, 2021)
• Multistate’s COVID-19 Vaccines Dashboard

TMA has compiled the following links to resources that provide information to assist you.

TMA, its staff, any contributor, and anyone connected in any way with this page or the existence of content thereon make no guarantees on the validity or reliability of the information found here and are not liable for any use or misuse in any way of anything appearing on this page.

Please be aware that some of the information enclosed here may change and not be reflected on this page.

Table of Contents

• UL Guidelines
• Federal Guidelines
• Federal Health and World Health Organizations Information
• Labor-related Information
• Financial Information
• Insurance Information
• States and Cities Guidelines
• TMA Resources
• Other Associations Documents
• Other Information

UL Guidelines

• UL 827 Summary of Revised Requirements
• UL 827 Explanation of UL 827 Requirements
• UL Monitoring Station Audit Update
• UL827 has been revised to include a new Section 51, Operation During a Regional/National Disruption. This revision built on the guidelines UL published in March-2020 and was adopted by consensus into UL827 on October 27, 2020.
  • The published UL827 language is identical to that used in the UL’s Sept-18, 2020 Bulletin
• For stations monitoring UL 2050 accounts, US Federal Information Security Oversight Office (ISSOO ) notice to cleared contractors – Guidelines for alternative operations for alarm monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • https://www.archives.gov/files/isoo/notices/notice-2020-01.pd

Federal Guidelines

• DHS CISA Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce
• DHS CISA Critical Infrastructure Operations Centers and Control Rooms – A Guide for Pandemic Response
• NIST: Guide to Enterprise Telework, Remote Access, and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Security

Federal Health and World Health Organizations Information

• Vaccines:
  • CDC’s Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
  • CDC COVID-19 Vaccine Information (includes State-by-state information)
  • CDC SARS-Co-Workplaces V-2 Testing Strategy: Considerations for Non-Healthcare
  • CDC Workplace SARS-CoV-2 Testing: Consent Elements and Disclosures
• Cleaning:
  • CDC COVID-19: Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Facility
  • CDC Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Spaces, Workplaces, Businesses, Schools, and Homes
  • CDC Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• CDC – Coping with Stress at Work
• CDC – Resuming Business Toolkit
• United States COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by State
• Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• CDC Common Virus Symptoms
• CDC Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States
• FDA’s Enforcement Policy for Telethermographic Systems During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff
• Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
• U.S. Department of Labor – OSHA (General Overview)
  • OSHA Standards

Labor-related Information

• OSHA’s Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
• From Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney’s Jaime Tuite, Esq.:  OSHA Announces New COVID-19 Workplace Safety Enforcement Initiatives
• Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace
• From Venable Law’s Nicholas M. Reiter EEOC Gives Thumbs-Down to Mandatory Antibody Testing for Employees
• EEOC’s Pandemic Preparedness in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
• EEOC’s What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws
• U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Latest Guidance Regarding Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program
• U.S. Department of Labor Issues Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases Of COVID-19
• U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Paid Leave Requirements
• Venable LLC’s DOL Issues Guidance for Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Financial Information

• Paycheck Protection Program Loans (PPP)
  • SBA: General Information
  • U.S. Department of Treasury: Assistance for Small Businesses
• COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Information on International Assistance Packages

Insurance Information

• USI: Preparing and Documenting a Business Interruption Claim
• USI: Pandemic Insurance Claim Reporting Guidelines
• UBS: Corona Virus Resources for US Business Owners

States and Cities Guidelines

We want to provide you, our members, with the most up-to-date information. We now have access to 3^rd party resources to track, not only the initial State Order, but also all State Orders, as well as that of cities and other areas. The following three resources, managed by third-parties,  have information on all Orders issued by States and/or jurisdictions.

• GovPredict – a free resource that tracks all COVID-19-related State Orders.
  • States , Cities and Counties
  • Cities and Counties
• MultiState’s State and Local Government Response to COVID-19 Tracker – a table that includes States and local jurisdictions Orders, as well as other information.
• The Council of States Government COVID-19 State Orders

TMA Resources

• TMA Virtual Town Hall Summaries
  • August 18, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall
    • Presentation
  • July 27, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall
    • Presentation
  • July 10, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall
    • Presentation
    • Panelists’ Bios
      • Moderator: Les Gold
      • Panelists: Anthony Amendola and Jean Pierre Nogues
  • May 22, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall
    • Holly Borgmann’s bio
    • Presentation

• May 11, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall Presentation – PART II
  • TMA Virtual Town Hall May 11, 2020 Minutes
  • Mentioned at the May 11 Virtual Town Hall: OHSA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
• May 4, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall Presentation – PART I
  • TMA Virtual Town Hall May 4, 2020 Meeting Notes
  • Speaker bios:
    • Jeremy Mittman, MSK
    • Stephen Franz, MSK
    • Susan Kohn Ross, MSK
    • Odessa O’Dell, BLG
• April 20, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall Meeting Notes
• April 6, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall Notes
• March 30, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall Notes
  • Mitch Reitman’s March 30th COVID-19 Business Loans Presentation
• March 24, 2020 TMA Virtual Town Hall Notes
• Industry Associations’ Joint Survey Results Reveal COVID’s Impact

• Employee Sample Letters: Any company using these samples must edit them for their own use and must perform their own internal review/due diligence after their edits and customization.
  • Sample CISA Letter for Company Employees of NRTL-listed Monitoring Centers
  • Sample CISA Letter for Company Employees of Non-listed Monitoring Centers
  • Sample CISA Letter for Company Employees of Installing Companies
• A TMA Member’s Telecommuting Guidelines Sample
• Updated: TMA Members’ Recommendations Collection (03/25/2020)

Other Information

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tool Kit
• NFPA Preparedness Checklist