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Covid 19 created significant changes to employer-provided benefits in 2020, according to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management. Most employers (78%) reported that they expanded telework options and developed benefit packages specific to the…
The Society for Human Resource Management released research that reveals negative perceptions of remote work, with supervisors expressing a preference for onsite staffing and remote workers expressing reservations about losing opportunities for networking…
OSHA substantially changed its National Emphasis Program for Covid 19 launched earlier this year. For one thing, it is no longer designated as a NEP but instead is now termed an updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan, or IERP. Initially targeted was the…
Even as vaccines appear to be defeating Covid 19 and more people return to work, employers are finding that they have to deal with the ongoing reality of an illness that in some cases simply refuses to go away. “Long haulers” is the new term for these…
About one in three professionals (34%) currently working from home due to the pandemic would look for a new job if required to be in the office full time, according to a new study by the global staffing firm of Robert Half International. Nearly half of all…
The online grocery market finished March with $9.3 billion in sales, a return to January’s record spending levels, as over 69 million households placed an average of 2.8 online orders during the month, according to a grocery shopping survey conducted by…
A recent survey finds that a big majority of small business owners believe it is very important for their employees to get vaccinated against Covid 19. Reimagine Mainstreet conducted the poll, in which 64% of business owners said it is very important that…
Several states have abandoned Coronavirus lockdown rules, especially mask mandates, including Texas, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina, and more are getting ready to do so. However, workplace mask requirements still exist at the federal level, and as…
There is no evidence that food packaging was ever implicated in transmission of the Covid 19 virus, U.S. and international authorities have declared. The Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and…
On March 26 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration kicked off ramped-up enforcement of its Covid 19 guidelines, initially targeting employers in the healthcare industry. Employers in warehousing and distribution, however, need to take immediate…
OSHA has made it crystal clear that Covid 19 enforcement is now considered a top priority in this Administration and will be pursued vigorously from now on – and warehousing is directly in the crosshairs. One of President Biden’s first actions was an order…
About 71% of employers have said they plan to encourage employees to get vaccinated before returning to the workplace, but will not require it, according to a survey conducted by Gartner, Inc. “Mandating vaccination is a complex decision from a legal…