Crisis Management

This attorney walks LA employers through what they need to get on the road to financial recovery.

Corporations are donating funds toward relief efforts in the wake of the southern California wildfires.

Starbucks said it will give catastrophe pay to workers affected by the fires in Los Angeles.

Experts share the short-and long-term strategies employers should put in place to help employees impacted by the crisis.

Organizations with outdated emergency plans may find themselves unable to locate, let alone help, their remote employees.

Managers need to be cautious when approaching employees about mental health issues.

With the presidential election now decided, managers can model empathy and boundary setting to get employees back on track and refocused at work.

“If we need to cut some profit to be able to make sure that people can relax and take a deep breath and be there for their kids and get through this pandemic together, then that’s what we’re going to do," says Melissa Wirt, founder of Latched Mama.

Employee mental and cognitive health has deteriorated since the start of COVID-19, but managers can intervene by taking some important steps.

Leading through this crisis requires empathy for what people are going through now and understanding how living through this crisis will shape people’s expectations around work and non-work lives.