Workplace safety and security

The gadget, which resembles a pager, will buzz if the wearer gets too close to someone else and doesn’t record any personal data.

Event organizers and companies ponder the consequences of hosting in-person events too soon.

Employers are grappling with how to enforce COVID safety precautions, like vaccine mandates and other complicated workplace arrangements.

With COVID-19 infections on the rise, at-home testing is an accessible way to help employees stay safe and productive.

More than half of U.S. employees currently working from home say they’d like to keep their remote arrangements beyond the pandemic, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Labor attorneys advise employers on how to handle harassment during the pandemic.

As firms are preparing for what safe work will look like on the other side of the pandemic, it will be crucial to go beyond standard protocols.

UPDATED: As COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll out, this is what an employer is allowed to require before employees return to work.

Temperature checks and plexiglass barriers between desks can't prevent one of the most dangerous workplace behaviors for the spread of COVID-19 — the irresistible desire to mingle.

Nearly one-third of respondents said they would be uncomfortable getting back to offices, shops and factories, while half said their greatest concern was contracting the disease at work.