Workplace safety and security

For office buildings, there’s a whole new slate of rules to worry about 一 for dealing with the coronavirus.

Companies should adopt strategies from across three different categories — screening and testing; workplace policies and design; and health and healthcare access when planning their workplace return.

Amazon has hit another snag: a human resources department ill prepared to handle the thousands of requests pouring in from sick employees and those who need to stay home to care for their children or elderly relatives.

A group of Amazon warehouse employees sued the online retail giant, claiming its working conditions put not only them at risk of contracting the coronavirus but also their family members, including one who died.

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

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.

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.