COVID-19 PROTECTING YOUR EMPLOYEES & YOUR BUSINESS
We know that your top priority is the physical and mental health of your employees, and that you are also navigating questions about how to maintain your company’s viability. The following resources provide guidance about things such as instituting work-from-home policies, communicating with your internal and external stakeholders, strategies for shifting your operations and resources to protect your business viability, financial guidance from the IRS and labor guidance from the Employers Council.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
3.20.20
- On Wednesday, markets closed with losses for all three major indices today – with the S&P falling by approximately 5%, the Nasdaq by approximately 6%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average by approximately 6%. Specifically, the Dow’s loss meant that it closed below 20,000 points – which occurred for the first time since 2017.
- Trading was also halted for fifteen minutes in the middle of the day at 1 PM, when the S&P fell by over 7% and triggered a “circuit breaker” for the fourth time this week.
- How Coronavirus is impacting the outdoor industry
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EMPLOYMENT
10 Steps to Effective Coronavirus Crisis Leadership
The world needs courageous leaders with a plan to navigate this and future crises. Do you have what it takes?
READ MORE at INC10 Steps to Effective Coronavirus Crisis Leadership
The world needs courageous leaders with a plan to navigate this and future crises. Do you have what it takes?
READ MORE at INCDOL Answers Questions on FLSA Compliance During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Pay rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act apply and include teleworkers.
READ MORE at SHRMStates May Expand Jobless Benefits During Pandemic
Coronavirus prompts DOL to issue flexible unemployment insurance guidance.
READ MORE at SHRMStates May Expand Jobless Benefits During Pandemic
Coronavirus prompts DOL to issue flexible unemployment insurance guidance.
READ MORE at SHRM
REMOTE WORK TIPS & TOOLS
LET’S LEARN TO LOVE REMOTE WORK THE HARD WAY
If your organization was a straggler on the whole remote work concept, you might feel like, after the last couple of weeks, you’ve essentially been thrown into a style of work you weren’t particularly looking to embrace. But perhaps there is a bright side here—a potential for future flexibility.
READ MORE at Associations NowTHINKING OF BRINGING SLACK TO YOUR WORKPLACE? CONSIDER THESE TIPS FIRST
Slack is hugely popular in workplaces around the country for facilitating team collaboration, but a bad implementation can create management problems. Read on for some tips on how to use it right.
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HR/LEGAL COMPLIANCE