Workplace safety and security

Employers increasingly are expected to play a key role in getting U.S. adults inoculated, with the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. starting to slow.

The software platform is offering new tools to help employers make important decisions around reopening plans.

Employers are touting measures to curtail the risk of infection with COVID-19, but not every action is equally effective, according to experts. Some of the most widely adopted steps may not help much at all.

Vaccination will facilitate a return to the office after a year of working from home that’s strained corporate cultures and spawned a new epidemic of Zoom fatigue.

Employers should move with caution when it comes to their office safety strategy as over a third of Americans do not plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The company will provide the equivalent of four hours pay once the workers have completed the vaccination course.

“It’s hard to make it mandatory. There are laws about that,” said Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer. “I think what we’d like to do is have carrots and sticks. We want people to take it.”

Landlords are seeking ways to repopulate their buildings after earlier attempts to beef up virus safety measures had little success.

Our top stories from February explore how employers are reacting to the ups and downs of the employee experience during the pandemic.

Safety strategies like mandatory mask-wearing and physical distancing rules may provide a model for other firms making reopening plans.