Practice management

Five workers and their families allege that the fast-food chain is endangering its employees.

Employees are expensing work equipment and health and hygiene supplies, leaving businesses the task of deciding whether to pick up the bill.

Demand has soared for mental health services as bank employees put in long hours, supervise kids while working at home and endure personal crises. Citi, BofA, Fifth Third and others are getting creative to help them decompress during the pandemic.

As many traditional benefits including gym memberships and commuter stipends are no longer available to employees, companies need to change their benefit offerings as well.

Employees who are concerned they might expose an at-risk member of their household can sign and submit a document to take leave until May 31.

A Mercer study highlights how essential workers are reacting to coronavirus, and what nonessential industries can expect going forward.

Deadline extended: Who will join the ranks of the Top Women in Benefit Advising? The deadline to nominate an outstanding adviser elevating the status of women in the industry is Monday, June 1.

It’s essential that companies take actions that protect their employees, yet they are getting little federal guidance in what exactly that means.

If you’ve been missing your office these past eight weeks, that feeling of dislocation may not dissipate even if you return to HQ. No matter what your office looks like, it will feel very different.

Postmates began developing autonomous delivery robots in 2017, and now fleet operators have transitioned to operating them from home.

Social isolation of colleagues who may be grieving is a unique part of the crisis that is adding more mental strain on the workplace.

Contact-tracing apps could play an important role in reviving operations by potentially preventing travelers from coming into contact with coronavirus carriers on-board a plane and at airports.

A recent Gallup poll of at-home workers in the U.S. found more than half wanted to continue to work remotely as much as possible.

Many companies are realizing that the open office — once considered forward-thinking for the way a lack of separation between workers fosters collaboration— is unsustainable.

In times of crisis, don’t neglect social health as part of employer mental health planning.

The pre-Covid workplace, with its shared desks and common areas designed for “creative collisions,” is getting a makeover for the social distancing era.

The majority of U.S. workers do not have enough savings to help them in the event of a medical emergency and often turn to their retirement funds for help.

COVID-19 has created significant disruptions in all our lives, but we don’t have to succumb to the pressures of combining our work habits with our home life.

Until there is a proven vaccine, businesses need to lead the way in adopting new processes and technologies to safeguard their employees.

Amazon’s safety measures and labor practices during the coronavirus pandemic are being investigated by New York’s top law enforcement officer after the company fired the leader of a Staten Island warehouse walkout.