Tag: employee safety

October 20, 2023

There is a serious disconnect in the frontline workspace. Many businesses are unaware that over 58% of employees believe that the risk of being physically harmed on the job is rising. Additionally, 40% of them reported an increase in concerns […]

October 21, 2022

Employee engagement means people are committed to company values, goals, and work. In other words, engaged employees are involved and show up not because they get paid but because they are emotionally invested in the company. An organization that encourages […]

September 29, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus crisis seems to be here to stay and the U.S. is still the country with the highest number of infections. Since India, Brazil, and Russia are in similarly poor situations, businesses around the world seem to face […]

July 7, 2020

More employers are considering extending work-from-home (WFH) options for employees through the fall, the end of the year or longer as coronavirus cases continue to surge in parts of the country. But how does an employer or supervisor decide who […]

June 8, 2020

At the risk of stating the obvious, COVID-19 is changing everything. It is the black swan event, exposing the inherent flaws in our system and forcing leaders everywhere to reevaluate whether the way we manage our teams is the best […]

April 27, 2020

New research from Robert Half US sought to understand how employees feel about their employer’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The results were surprising, with 95% of employees feeling at least somewhat satisfied about how their employers have handled the […]

March 23, 2016

Bombings in Brussels on Tuesday cast a pall of fear and shock across Europe and the rest of the world and intensified multinational businesses’ efforts to keep employees safe and secure. Aerospace manufacturer Boeing Co., which has corporate offices in […]

March 1, 2016

Employee education to mitigate risk can save lives. Not long ago, a senior marketing manager for Merck, the New Jersey-based global health care organization, emerged from a long flight from Miami to Caracas. He was tired, but not so tired […]