Workplace management

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Public health specialists said a range of tools, high-tech strategies and old-school public health interventions could help tamp down the spread of COVID-19.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is making his case for what a supplemental rescue package should include ― guaranteed paid sick leave.