COVID-19 and School Reopening

COVID-19 and School Reopening

Parents are worried about whether or not schools will reopen in the fall or follow a hybrid model with remote and in-person learning.   Small businesses should also be concerned, as school reopening decisions may pose challenges which will directly impact their...
Update Policies Amid Covid-19

Update Policies Amid Covid-19

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many employer practices may have changed, which might warrant employee handbook, policy or plan document updates. Use the below list of common changes to help ensure your written documents match your practices. If you don’t have an...
COVID & Employee Handbooks

COVID & Employee Handbooks

As employees begin to return to work, COVID-19 has clearly caused businesses to deal with a number of challenges. For small businesses that have been on the fence regarding the development of an employee handbook, now is the time to create one. For those businesses...
Unemployed Rejecting Recalls

Unemployed Rejecting Recalls

Now that COVID-19 restrictions are beginning to be lifted for businesses here in New Jersey, many employers who had to lay off or furlough workers will be looking to bring them back as operations ramp up. A challenge being faced by businesses is the reluctance of...
COVID-19 Return-to-Work Survey

COVID-19 Return-to-Work Survey

Most companies are doing all they can to ensure their workplaces are safe for returning employees. However, it is certainly understandable that businesses will still wonder whether or not what has been implemented will meet the expectations of their workers. For those...
Managing Remote Workers

Managing Remote Workers

Although the time in New Jersey is growing nearer for employees to again return to their workplaces, many businesses will opt to keep many employees home, working remotely. As companies develop plans on the possible return of employees, many are coming to the...
Returning to work in NJ

Returning to work in NJ

Today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy unveiled a visual roadmap for the path to reopen New Jersey and to get towards a “new normal.” On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued six decision trees intended to offer guidance to ...
Employee Safety and New Normal

Employee Safety and New Normal

As business owners continue to navigate through the uncertainty the COVID-19 crisis has caused, many essential businesses which have remained open face continued challenges in ensuring the safety of their employees. And as restrictions are slowly lifted, many if not...
Rehiring after COVID-19

Rehiring after COVID-19

As we continue through the COVID-19 crisis, we are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.  Clearly, we are not out of the woods, but it seems very possible that by June 1st, many companies will be bringing people back to work. If your organization implemented a...
Employer-Sponsored Relief Fund

Employer-Sponsored Relief Fund

Although the federal and state governments are working diligently to provide needed financial assistance to those employees  impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, aid is either slow in being provided or not nearly sufficient enough. Employers looking for ways to further...