XPO Logistics Shares Expanded List of COVID-19 Response Actions Ahead of Industry Summit
XPO’s comprehensive COVID-19 response efforts include numerous protocols implemented to protect the physical, financial and emotional well-being of its employees:
- Employees work remotely if able to do so.
- For employees
who need to work on site, XPO follows the guidance of theWorld Health Organization , theUS Centers for Disease Control , local regulators, and the company’s own health and safety protocols. - Physical distancing and PPE guidelines are in effect at all XPO workplaces.
- XPO facilities engage in ongoing cleaning of high-touch areas, as well as deep cleaning of any equipment or area of a facility likely to have been exposed to COVID-19.
- XPO guarantees up to three additional paid days for employees of a facility that closes temporarily for deep cleaning.
- The company added Pandemic Paid Sick Leave to its US and Canadian benefits packages.
- XPO continues to provide alternate work arrangements for employees when medically advisable.
- The company provided Frontline Employee Appreciation Pay to US and Canadian employees.
- XPO expanded access to mental health counseling services.
- For its customers and carriers, XPO added a new electronic dashboard to its XPO Connect™ digital freight platform. The dashboard serves as an access point for pandemic-related alerts in
North America andEurope issued by states, provinces, countries and major infrastructure sources, such as municipalities and airports.
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Source: XPO Logistics, Inc.