Like it or not, companies must learn how to protect employee health data as business reopens during the pandemic. Here, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd class DeMarcus Baldwin takes a sailor’s temperature during a routine COVID-19 medical screening aboard U.S. 7th Fleet flagship. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Erik Rivera Jr.)
For many businesses, recovery from the pandemic fallout hinges in part on employees working safely and virus-free outside their homes. That leaves organizations facing the very real possibility that they will serve as both trackers and guardians of health data to ensure the safety of employees.