Employer Strategies

The social-distancing device could be part of a broader array of new safety protocols put in place.

Gauging any possible changes to their health insurance coverage is just one consideration they must address before they retire.

Experts suggest electronic paper trails and consistent HR policies to stay out of court.

Implemented in early April the benefit is available to all of Microsoft's global employees, including hourly and salaried workers.

Business will have to make virtual engagement central to their strategy. The firms that get a head start with video now are the ones who will thrive tomorrow.

There is wide variety in how aggressively the rules are issued and applied during the coronavirus pandemic, and businesses often don’t know which way to turn.

One possible solution is for employers to add a new temporary dependent care benefit, whereby employers can cover dependent care expenses with an expanded set of expense coverage.

The medical community isn’t sure when the COVID-19 pandemic will end, but a labor attorney says employers need to have office policies in place well beforehand.

Once case numbers become more manageable, the U.S. will move away from self-isolation, and toward containing individual cases. The U.S. will need 100,000 to 300,000 contact tracers to contain the coronavirus.

For starters, they can use the windfall to pay off debt, shore up their HSAs and build a cash reserve.