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Fifty-eight percent of U.S. private-sector establishments required face coverings or protective gear for employees while working onsite during the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-four percent of establishments required temperature screenings before employees could enter their workplace, and 17.5 percent required a COVID-19 vaccination before coming to work onsite.
Percent of establishments that required some or all employees to meet specific COVID-19 workplace safety measures while working onsite
Employment size
Routinely wear a face covering or any protective gear while working onsite
Temperature screening prior to entering their place of work
Required some or all employees to get a COVID-19 vaccination before coming to work onsite
Total U.S. private sector
58.3%
24.1%
17.5%
1–19 employees
56.4
22.4
18.3
20–99 employees
69.9
34.0
11.7
100–499 employees
79.2
42.6
12.6
500 or more employees
88.9
42.1
18.2
Fifty-six percent of U.S. private-sector establishments with fewer than 20 employees required face coverings or protective gear for employees to work onsite, compared with 89 percent of establishments with 500 or more employees.
Establishments with more than 500 employees were nearly twice as likely as establishments with fewer than 20 employees to require temperature screenings before entering the workplace.
About 18 percent of the smallest (fewer than 20 employees) and largest (500 or more employees) establishments required employees to be vaccinated before working onsite. About 12 percent of midsize establishments required vaccinations for onsite work.
United States Department of Labor
