At Triumph Foods, each of us play a key role ensuring availability of good, wholesome food. During these difficult times, it is important that critical industries such as ours continue to operate reliably and responsibly, thereby demonstrating our commitment to our employees, our community and our nation. We are proactively taking steps to sustain our operations, while at the same time assuring that the wages and benefits employees rely upon are also supported. Triumph Foods is a vital step in a long supply chain from farm to table.
Team Member Support
Prevention is the first line of defense to avoiding the Corona Virus (“COVID-19”). We have significantly increased all cleaning and sanitizing efforts inside the facility. We continue to provide education about ways to minimize the risk of catching the virus by practicing good personal hygiene and staying home when one feels ill. If an employee is feeling ill with any COVID-19 related symptoms at work please visit Health Services, if at home, please call or email Health Services or Human Resources.
Effective immediately, we are implementing temporary changes to our employment and benefit policies to support our team members, including:
- Triumph Foods will be providing up to two weeks of normal wages as Emergency Relief to employees that are directed by governmental or company officials to quarantine in accordance with current CDC guidance for symptomatic, lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases.
- We are relaxing attendance policies for missing work due to illness in accordance with CDC risk categories.
- If covered by a Triumph Foods sponsored health plan:
- Prior authorization will be waived for diagnostic tests and for covered services that are medically necessary, if diagnosed with COVID-19.
- There will be 100% paid coverage on testing for COVID-19, where such testing is not covered as part of the
- Public Health Service response, and Triumph’s health plan will cover medically necessary diagnostic tests.
- The health plan will increase access to prescription medications by encouraging members to use their 90-day mail order benefit. The health plan will also ensure flexibility if there are shortages or access issues to specific medicines. Plan members will not be liable for additional charges that stem from obtaining a non-preferred medication if the preferred medication is not available due to shortage or access issues.
Travel Restrictions
All business-related travel has been suspended until further notice, and where possible meetings or conferences should be performed via conference call or video. With respect to personal travel, we strongly recommend employees reconsider these plans in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Anyone traveling on non-routine or extraordinary travel is asked to notify health services (production employees) or Human Resources (management employees) prior to your trip to a what if any, company policies may apply and recognize you may be subject to self-quarantine for up to 14 days following your return.
Visitors
Outside visitors to the plant are being strictly limited and evaluated on an as-needed, case-by-case basis until further notice.
Food Safety
It is important to note that COVID-19 is not considered a food safety concern
- The CDC indicates that, “Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food.”
- The USDA reports, “There is no evidence at this time to suggest that the Coronavirus is a foodborne pathogen.”
- An FDA statement indicates, “We are not aware of any reports at this time of human illnesses that suggest COVID-19 can be transmitted by food or food packaging.”
