We really weren’t ready to work from home
About 50% of business were unprepared to have their workforce work remotely, and they're scrambling to catch up with panic buying of services and hardware.
Work from home
Why working parents need extra support during coronavirus
Now is an “opportunity to advance the conversation around mental health and well-being,” says Aetna’s head of behavioral health.
Americans excel at coronavirus safety precautions
New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Americans responded quickly and thoroughly to directions from federal, state and local leaders, to combat coronavirus.
Employers need to have a game plan now for returning to work after coronavirus
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.
Put Americans back to work fighting the coronavirus
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.
“WFH” stock ticker highlights remote work surge
Cloud-computing companies have been a clear beneficiary of the stay-at-home and social distancing measures to help combat the spread of the virus.
Podcast The economic winners and losers from the coronavirus crisis
A great redistribution of knowledge workers is afoot, says entrepreneur and founder of Russian Exchange Bank Alex Konanykhin, CEO of TransparentBusiness, who also says the coronavirus pandemic is producing a few winners (Zoom) and a huge swath of economic losers.
Helping employees navigate benefits during quarantine
The CEO of Perspective Partners shares how software can help answer healthcare and retirement benefit questions during the enrollment process.
Benefits Think 9 guidelines for working remotely as coronavirus disruptions continue
While each agency’s policy will be unique, try your best to create guidelines that will empower your employees to maintain productivity and service to prospects and clients.
Agency Bloc
AgencyBloc
Apple tests its secrecy somewhere new: employee homes
The shift from office culture to remote work has been challenging for the hardware-focused company with a passion for secrecy.
Bosses panic-buy spy software to keep tabs on remote workers
With so many people working remotely because of the coronavirus, surveillance software is flying off the virtual shelves.
Survey Pulse of the U.S. workforce: Employers blindsided by coronavirus
Businesses are struggling to adapt to remote work, according to a new survey by Arizent, the parent company of Employee Benefit News.
Aching work-at-home backs driving demand for ergonomic chairs
Online searches for the term “office chair” increased 150% between March 9 and March 20 as many switch to remote work.
What to wear when working from home? A blazer that’s secretly sweatpants
The adjustment to remote work is changing the definition of business attire and some savvy brands are pushing a new type of hybridized clothing that straddles the line between work and home, formal and casual, suits and sweats.
Coworking spaces ‘will never be the same after this’
Coworking companies are struggling to adapt while many of their customers consider cancelling contracts or are forced to default.
Benefits Think Make working from home work for you — and your clients
Be transparent about the challenges you’re facing when you communicate with colleagues and clients and make sure your practice is optimized for a work-from-home situation.
April Rudin
The Rudin Group
Digital jobs will insulate some U.S. areas from pandemic shock
Locales with high concentrations of jobs in industries such as retail and health care could see as much as a 4% decline in their annual growth rate if the shutdowns last just a month.
Benefits Think How HR leaders can make remote work pain free
HR managers can help support employees working remotely by recommending how any workspace can be made safe and comfortable, whether employees are working from their own home office or are making calls from the couch.
Nancy Ryerson
Fern Health
‘Run toward the crisis’: Some employers balk at remote work
Only 42 million out of 144 million U.S. workers could do their jobs at home, forcing many to choose between the fear of getting sick and the fear of being fired.
Businesses are cashing in on the surge of remote workers
Almost overnight, the pandemic has created a booming work-from-home economy as tens of millions of Americans are thrust into setting up home offices on the fly.
