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How to Implement COVID Screenings at Your Business [Plus a Template for How to Announce New Screening Procedures to Employees]
We all know that we need to modify the way we work to adapt in the wake of COVID-19. One of the main changes businesses are exploring is daily employee health screenings. Health screenings help employers protect their teams and ongoing work by keeping coronavirus out...
The Future of Work is Now—and it’s Radically Inclusive
This is a guest post written by Launchways partners Rada Yovovich and Chanté Thurmond, representing The Darkest Horse, a next generation Diversity & Inclusion consulting firm. The Long-Awaited “Future of Work” Has Come Early, and Brought Surprises Galore...
Launchways Partnering with Atrend Safety to Simplify COVID-19 Workplace Safety Updates
For the last two months, businesses and professionals around the nation have held their breath waiting for the go-ahead to reopen and get back to work. Now that those orders are in place and the dates to resume business are nearing, it’s essential that physical...
Actionable Strategies to Help Reduce Employee Anxiety About Returning to Work
As the majority of states transition toward some level of economic reopening, many professionals are scared that the economy is claiming priority above their health and wellbeing. If not addressed directly, this perception could easily lead to a disconnect between...
What HR Leaders Must Know About FFCRA Leave Documentation
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) launched last month, temporarily expanding paid sick and FMLA leave for employees of businesses with headcounts of fewer than 500 as part of the national COVID-19 response. The follow-up CARES Act provided payroll...
What Employers Need to Know About EBSA’s COVID-19 Employee Benefits Deadline Extensions
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), IRS, and Department of the Treasury issued a joint announcement on April 28th stating that they are extending a variety of timeframes related to employer sponsored healthcare coverage, portability, and continuation...
Preparing Your Workplace to Return: PPE, Social Distancing, & Health Screenings
With some states cautiously reopening non-essential businesses before the COVID-19 national emergency has been officially declared over, it’s crucial for the owners and managers of those businesses to get reopening right from a wellness and employee/public protection...
Your Employees’ Leave Rights Under the FFCRA and How to Discuss Them With Your Team
The COVID-19 outbreak is changing nearly everything about how we work and do business. And if changing work conditions weren't enough for employees to deal with, they also have to navigate a host of new federal policies including temporarily expanded sick leave and...
What Business Owners Need to Know about Cybersecurity Risk During Remote Work
The COVID-19 outbreak is changing how companies operate. While it is having a profound impact on supply chains and the nature of demand, the most direct impact is the fact that most people are confined to their homes. Many companies are now working fully remote,...
What HR Leaders Need to Know About In-Person I-9 Verification Deferrals
Filling out form I-9 is a standard onboarding procedure for any new hire. The new employee fills out Section 1 and provides supporting documentation of their identification and work-eligible status; then an HR professional makes copies of that documentation, completes...
Key Takeaways from Launchways’ Remote Work Webinar
The COVID-19 outbreak is changing the way that America works. Even companies that had never had a work-from-home policy are now going fully remote. And companies with flexible work policies are having to expand those policies dramatically. Whether you have always...
What You Need to Know About COVID-19 and the ADA
As our nation prepares to cautiously re-open the economy in the wake of COVID-19, there are still many reasonable questions about what “business as usual” will look like for the near future. The interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) moving...