RCC SOPs for Retailers
COVID-19 SOP guidelines for routine cleaning and disinfecting recommendations for retailers
- Cleaning frequency recommendations
- Recommended products
- “High touch” area checklist
Managing an incident of COVID-19 at your location
- General guidelines on managing an incident of an identified case of COVID-19 for a colleague or customer at your location
- Quick incident checklist
Recovery Checklists
Videos
Health and Safety Posters
The Government of Canada has also provided posters on proper hand washing and more.
Additional poster resources
- Alberta Government: Help prevent the spread information posters
- BC Center for Disease Control signage and posters
- Manitoba COVID-19 resources for health-care providers and staff
- Physical distancing challenges the blind or partially sighted
Best practices for retail stores during COVID-19
It is recommended that all retailers review their sanitation procedures and increase their sanitation frequency, especially for high touch surfaces and public areas. Surfaces must be cleaned on a regular basis with an approved detergent. Cleaning removes the physical contaminants that are on a surface. Read more
OSH Answers Fact Sheets
Amid the COVID-19 urgency, Employers will want to be sure to follow health and safety requirements and protocols available from Federal Provincial and Territorial governments (which cover work refusals).
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has prepared a fact sheet with information on what workplaces can do to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (Note that the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety is supported by F/P/T governments, with governments as well as employer and employee representatives sitting in oversight (mirroring the OHS internal responsibility system)).
Guidance for employers of Temporary Foreign Workers regarding COVID-19
Further to recent announcements by the Government of Canada to facilitate the entry of foreign workers while taking steps to minimize the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Government of Canada has provided information that outlines the expectations for employers of temporary foreign workers. View resource
FoodWise: COVID-19 compliant grocery retail food safety certification
RCC’s FoodWise Certification, the only Canada-wide recognized food safety program specifically for grocery retail, offers comprehensive on demand training that includes video, workbooks, and online activities and quizzes. This highly practical 8 hour modular course carefully explores today’s most essential best practices to ensure retailers and employees can maintain work environments that are COVID-19 compliant and can ensure food safety is protected at the highest level.
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The POST Promise
Make the POST Promise to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and help Canadians feel safe in your store. Read more about the POST Promise