And while folks have transitioned to spending the majority of their time at home, tradespeople have continued to uphold safety and quality of life standards for residences.
Prior to the onset of COVID, most of these critical trades were facing huge projected growth coupled with workers shortages. According to BLS data , most critical trades were projected to see huge growth in the next decade, adding 7. Additionally, the BLS projected in that many of the critical trades requiring some form of formal apprenticeship training would be growing faster to much faster than average.
In addition to the projected future growth, many states were already experiencing critical worker shortages in the skilled trades, pushing wages higher for potential workers in these jobs. For many working in the building and construction trades, the distinction of their jobs as essential meant continuing to work to build new structures and to maintain existing ones.
While many workers have been relegated to their homes for now, plumbers, electricians, HVAC technicians and contractors have been working to keep their office buildings operating. Many of the states that have developed their own guidelines use similarly broad language to encompass as many of these professionals as possible. Illinois has taken a slightly different approach in that the state specifically lists some examples of what it considers critical trades in its essential worker order.
These include, but are not necessarily limited to, plumbers, electricians, exterminators, cleaning and janitorial staff, and security workers. In , the U. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, these workers have continued to carry out essential activities. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA , one of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors is the transportation systems sector , which consists of seven key subsectors: highways, aviation, maritime, rail, mass transit, pipelines and postal and shipping.
The personnel comprising this sector come from public, private and industry organizations. The economy is heavily reliant on trade and travel occurring throughout the nation. What that means, in particular, is that the transportation sector is designed to support the safe and efficient movement of people, goods and products for business and pleasure. Even when disruptions in the supply chain do occur, this sector must respond, adapt and adjust accordingly.
This sector has also played a vital role during the pandemic response, as well as in ongoing recovery and relief operations underway in states. According to the DHS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC , this sector lends support to emergency managers, local governments, heads of transit authorities, federal law enforcement and local first responders, as well as long-haul truck drivers, maritime pilots, aviation and rail workers and rideshare and taxicab drivers.
Without the work carried out by these unsung heroes, the response to the pandemic would have been severely limited, especially in getting essential medical supplies and equipment to public health officials on the frontlines.
Of the 42 states, the District of Columbia D. For example:. At least two states—Hawaii and New York—have so far approved legislation.
The bills primarily focused on pandemic response and relief efforts, essential workers and allocating resources. The bill also would require a monthly report to the governor and legislature that details expenditures, effective June 1, SD pending would allow school districts to honor existing vendor contracts pertaining to school transportation, food services and other contracts deemed essential by the superintendent of schools.
Such vendors would also be required to maintain the same number of employees they employed before the pandemic. Additionally, such assistance would include grants for loss of revenue, unexpected expenses, joint procurements and loss of other financial aid due to COVID HF failed and SF failed would have required a school bus driver to activate the prewarning flashing amber signals or flashing red signals and the stop arm signal when the bus was stopped to deliver goods, schoolwork, supplies or other items for students during the pandemic.
The bill also would have required procedures to be established for on-road driver tests during the peacetime public health emergency and in a manner that ensured personal protective measures for applicants and examiners, as well as complied with guidance and recommendations from state and federal health agencies. Additionally, the bill would have extended the vehicle registration expiration period for registrations expired on Feb.
SF failed would have urged the federal government to extend the deadline for the full implementation of REAL ID provisions set to take effect on Oct. SF failed and HF failed would have directed the Metropolitan Council to temporarily halt regular route transit in the metropolitan transit area to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The U. Transportation Security Administration recently announced it would delay the deadline by a year. More specifically, beginning on Oct. AB pending would extend the period in which paratransit fees are suspended through Aug.
The bill also would require that certain drivers be provided with hand sanitizer, disposable sterile gloves, face masks and training on preventive measures. SB pending would authorize the state Thruway Authority to eliminate all tolls for trucks and delivery vehicles transporting essential supplies, including medicine, medical supplies, cleaning products, food, beverages and construction equipment.
HB pending would exempt persons providing essential goods and services to hospitals. This would include food and water, pharmaceuticals, medicine and acute care supplies, durable medical equipment and surgical supplies and laundry and sanitary supplies. HB pending would allow a vehicle operating on behalf of a perishable medical supply dealer who is hauling supplies to or from a manufacturing plant to operate on highways 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The vehicle would be required to have a decal and the gross weight of such vehicle could not exceed 80, pounds.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are followed. This proposal was not enacted into law. HJR vetoed would have directed the Department of Transportation and Public Works to take necessary measures to exempt toll collections during the pandemic. This bill was vetoed by the governor. Create Account. These systems include: The electric grid, including power plants, distribution and transmission systems, reliability and control room operations and nuclear facilities.
The natural gas network, including processing plants, pipelines and compressor stations, distribution and transmission systems, reliability and control room operations and liquefied natural gas facilities. The petroleum and fuel production industry, including oil and gas drilling, production, refining, transport and distribution to gas stations and industrial facilities.
However, several states adopted the DHS guidelines while also adding state-specific industries, including: Washington: While adopting the DHS guidelines, the state added a section to include hazardous materials workers—and specifically those at nuclear waste cleanup facilities.
Jurisdictions have flexibility in weighing local economic and infrastructure needs, ethical considerations, and other equity factors in order to prioritize those working in industries in the CISA ECIW list for COVID vaccine allocation. Because the most efficient vaccination allocation strategy will take both essentiality and risk into account, jurisdictions should, where feasible, make efforts to prioritize workers in occupations characterized by the inability to work remotely and the need to work in close proximity to others within the below industries, as implied by the ACIP definition of Essential Non-Healthcare Workers.
The list provided below categorizes workers based on the primary industry of their workplace. Some workplaces include workers employed by a mix of employers that fall under different industry categories NAICS codes.
For workers employed by contract firms or temporary help agencies, the staffing agency and the host employer are joint employers and, therefore, both are responsible for providing and maintaining a safe work environment. Workers should be considered for vaccination prioritization according to the primary industry activities at the site s where they work, even if the industry category of their actual employer does not fall within these lists. These assignments are not produced by ACIP.
These establishments include community meal programs, social services, food banks, food pantries, mobile and non-mobile soup kitchens, and meal delivery programs. Note that staff within these establishments who are providing in-person services to known or suspected COVID case patients should be considered Health Care Personnel Phase 1a. Industries in the Management of Companies and Enterprises subsector include three main types of establishments: 1 those that hold the securities of or other equity interests in companies and enterprises; 2 those except government establishments that administer, oversee, and manage other establishments of the company or enterprise but do not hold the securities of these establishments; and 3 those that both administer, oversee, and manage other establishments of the company or enterprise and hold the securities of or other equity interests in these establishments.
Those establishments that administer, oversee, and manage normally undertake the strategic or organizational planning and decision-making role of the company or enterprise. Workers providing healthcare to veterans in a hospital setting are classified in Subsector , Hospitals Phase 1a ; Workers providing health care to veterans in an ambulatory care setting are classified in Subsector , Ambulatory Health Care Services Phase 1a. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link.
Breadcrumb WHD. Essential Workers — Essential Protections. Training Opportunities The U. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division in enforcing federal labor laws and educating employers about their responsibilities. Learn about online resources available to employers to help them stay in compliance.
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