Long COVID: assessing work ability, adapting the workplace and supporting rehabilitation. A practical short guide for the workplace

Workers with long COVID suffer from reduced physical, cognitive and mental health. This guide provides employers with information on how to identify long COVID in workers, assess work ability, make workplace accommodations and ensure opportunities for rehabilitation.

Importantly, all work actors should be involved in designing a phased return-to-work plan that accounts for managing workload, time demands, exertion, workplace modifications and rehabilitation. Employers can use government-issued provisions to support such measures, which can also help retain workers.