General Motors reopens with new COVID-19 safety measures

This week, GM said the company is focused on getting employees on the first shift back to work, while people on the second shift will return next week.

THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES THATMIGHT WORK FOR RESTAURANTS ANDBARS... PROBABLY WON'T WORK ONTHE ASSEMBLY LINE.BUT THERE ARE STILL NEW SAFETYGUIDELINES..

AS G-M EMPLOYEESGO BACK TOWORK.FOX 47'S MAUREEN HALLIDAYEXPLAINS.LOOKLIVE: THE DELTA TOWNSHIPPLANT IS BACK OPEN.

EMPLOYEESARE RETURNING BACK TO WORKIN WAVES.

TODAY TEAM LEADERSRETURNED TO WORK--WHILE ASSMEBLYWORKERS ARE RETURNINGWEDNESDAY."IT FEELS GOOD BEING BACK TOWORK."AFTER EIGHT WEEKS OF NOWORK--G-M CAN FINALLY REOPENIT'S DOORS BUT PROTOCOL IS GOINGTO BE ALITTLE DIFFERENT NOW."THEY GO THROUGH A FIVE STEPPROCESS WHICH IS SANITIZINGTHEIR HANDS, WEARING A MASK,ANSWERING THE COVID-19 SYMPTOMS, GOING THROUGH A TEMPERATURESCREENING AND THEY PUTTHE GLASSES AND THEY GO INTO THEFACILITY.""WE'RE DOING PRECAUTIONS WE NEEDTO DO AND STAYING SAFE ANDSOCIAL DISTANCING AND CLEANINGEVERYWHERE."EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING BACK TOWORK SLOWLY BUT SURELY.

THISWEEK G-M IS FOCUSING ON GETTINGFIRST SHIFTERS BACK TOWORK--WHILE SECOND SHIFTERS WILLCOME BACK NEXT WEEK."TODAY IS THE VERY FIRST DAYWE'RE BRINGING BACK OUR FIRSTSHIFT IN A FAST MANNER TO MAKESURE THEY GO THROUGH THETRAINING AND THEN THEY GETACQUAINTED WITH THE PROCESSESAND THESYSTEMS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TOBRING BACK THE SECOND SHIFT NEXTWEEK."EMPLOYEES WILL GO THROUGH ATHREE HOUR TRAINING PROCESSBEFORE RETURNING TO WORK.

G-M ISIMPLENTING INCREASED CLEANINGSERVICES AND GIVING WORKERS TIMETO CLEAN THEIR OWN STATIONS."THAT IS ANYWHERE BETWEENPROVIDING THEM THE 12 MINUTECLEANING TIME SO THAT THEY CANCLEAN THEIR AREAS OF THEIRSTATIONS AND OTHER TOO.

AND WEHAVE INCREASED CLEANINGSERVICES THATTHE GRAND RIVER PLANT IN LANSINGWILL REOPEN NEXT WEEK.

THEYWILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROTOCOL ASTHEDELTA TOWNSHIP PLANT.REPORTING IN DELTA TOWNSHIP I'MMAUREEN HALLIDAY FOX 47 NEWS.WORKERS WILL BE SOCIALDISTANCING..

EVEN ON THEIRLUNCH BREAKS.G-M HAS INSTALLED SNEEZE GUARDSON EACH TABLE... TO PREVENT THEVIRU