There's a long list to qualify as "essential".
https://pages.email-ford.com/the-works-for-essential-workers
https://pages.email-ford.com/the-works-for-essential-workers
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Healthcare
Including patient care, public health, medical equipment and supplies workers; hospital and lab employees; and researchers, caregivers and therapists.
First Responders
Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs and employees/team members of the systems that support them.
Food and Agriculture
Employees at grocery and convenience stores, restaurants, and food processing and warehouses, as well as food service and food manufacturing workers and farmers.
Energy
Those in the maintenance and distribution of electricity, petroleum, and natural or propane gas.
Water and Sanitation
All employees needed to manage and maintain drinking water as well as drainage infrastructure.
Transportation and Logistics
Those supporting transportation, including dispatchers, drivers, and maintenance and repair technicians. Also includes postal and delivery workers.
Public Workers
All who support the operation and maintenance of essential public works facilities (roads, bridges, traffic signals and systems infrastructure).
Manufacturing
All employees responsible for producing materials and products required for medical supply chains and transportation.
Communications/IT
Those involved in the installation, distribution and maintenance of communication infrastructures, and IT employees who operate and support command centers.
Government Operations
Critical government workers, as defined by the employer, including elections personnel, building employees, security employees, trade officials, weather forecasters, customs workers and educators.
Financial Services
All employees needed to administer and maintain systems for processing financial transactions and services at banking and lending institutions.
Hazardous Materials
Employees at nuclear facilities who manage medical waste and waste from pharmaceuticals, laboratories processing test kits, and medical material production. Also, those responsible for the cleanup of waste and the maintenance of digital systems infrastructure supporting hazardous materials management operations.
Defense
Those who support, manage and maintain the essential services required to meet national security commitments to the federal government and the U.S. military.
Chemical Management
All employees who support chemical and industrial gas supply chains at manufacturing plants, labs and distribution facilities producing hand sanitizers, food/food additives, pharmaceuticals and paper products.
