Last week as part of our monthly virtual Society of Casualty Safety Engineers’ meeting, I had the opportunity to listen to a talk by Margaret Hackbarth, Of Counsel, from Washington, DC, regarding Premises Liability During COVID-19. Her talk provided things to be aware of, and key steps that companies should be taking to limit their…
I had the opportunity today to join a webinar hosted by CPWR (Center for Construction Research and Training) and NIOSH regarding “What We’ve Learned: Health Risks and Preventiion.” The panelists provided an enormous amount of information, with the following key takeaways: COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon, and other corona viruses are “waiting for…
Tripadvisor has published a white paper regarding consumer attitudes towards travel and tourism during these times, especially as people look to book summer, fall and winter 2020-2021 travel due to pent-up demand. This paper is timely and has several key takeaways for companies to take–and many of them are not necessarily limited to what companies…
New COVID-19 cases have risen in recent days, according to some reports, up to levels not seen since mid-April. But as my area has opened up, I have also seen many people and businesses not taking COVID-19 prevention seriously with both employees AND customers. That is most likely a good reason why new cases have…
I participated in a recent webinar given by a lawyer who has specialized in COVID-19 related law. And there are plenty of things for companies to be concerned about. Business leaders who are not taking COVID-19 safety seriously are playing what is tantamount to Russian Roulette–with a fully loaded revolver. Surveys show that employees who…
Immunity passports have been discussed in recent months as a way for people to travel freely and to go to work without anyone having to worry about who is (or is not) immune to becoming infected with COVID-19. In the United States, companies are considering testing their employees for coronavirus antibodies—before allowing them back to…
Aside from workers compensation cases resulting from mandatory work-from-home policies, now employers have something else to worry about: In its May 20, 2020 “Back to Normal Barometer” survey, the US Travel Association asked employees about their willingness to sue their employers over COVID-19. To the question, “If you started back to work and you found…
Recently at QP3 ErgoSystems, we conducted an unscientific survey to learn about what people want to do yet this year, and what may influence their willingness to patronize a particular travel company, hotel, restaurant, bar, or other business. From our survey, 21.4% were small business owners, managers, 21.4% were in the hospitality industry, and 57.1%…