Working from home due to the COVID-19 crisis, GroupOne Background Screening Business Sales Associate and HR guru David Graves posted a video this afternoon to discuss the Electronic I9 Solution. The video is the first of many David expects to...
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Excerpted from NBC Boston by Abby Vervaeke MIT professor says disease transmission models used by CDC and WHO could be outdated. The six-foot separation recommendation may not be enough in preventing the spread of coronavirus, says a...
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Excerpted from Builtin by Mike Thomas The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of employees to work from home. In the months and years ahead, experts say remote work will only become more prevalent. As remote work becomes increasingly...
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Excerpted from Lexology by Akerman, LLP Once an employee has been exposed to a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, what do you do? Once an employee has tested positive, what do you say? How does an employer walk the fine line between...
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Excerpted from BenefitdPro by Katie Kuehner-Hebert Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned that the U.S. unemployment rate could rise to 20 percent if something isn’t done. Unemployment will likely skyrocket due to COVID-19, prompting the...
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Excerpted The SHRM Blog by Michael “Dr. Woody” Woodward, PhD Just last week major corporations began implementing voluntary work from home policies that have quickly become mandatory as sweeping and very draconian social distancing...
Read More Excerpted from Lexology by Adams and Reese LLP Many states have revised and expanded unemployment-benefits coverage for employees affected by coronavirus-related layoffs, shutdowns, and work-hour reductions. Some states are also requiring...
Read More Excerpted from a Lexology blog by Cohen & Gresser LLP The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”) was signed into law on March 18, 2020. The Act provides paid sick and protected job leave for employees who are unable to work...
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Excerpted from Lexology by Perlman & Perlman LLP COVID-19 has been dominating the news, and with good reason. While the situation is certainly “fluid”, it is likely that many organizations will at some point be asking their employees to work...
Read More Excerpted from The Seattle Times by Benjamin Romano Four U.S. senators pressed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Friday for details on how the company is keeping its workers safe, after one of its U.S. warehouse employees tested positive for COVID-19 in...
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Excerpted from BuzzFeed News by Hamed Aleaziz The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutors joined immigration judges and lawyers in calling for the immediate shutdown of courts across the country to curb the spread of...
Read More Excerpted from Harvard Business Review by Jeff Levin-cherz and Deana Allen The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China has spread to at least 144 countries and has sickened more than 204,000 people, with more than 8,000 deaths...
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