Were you or the people you work with stressed-out in 2020? When people are stressed out, they are more likely to suffer work-related illnesses and injuries. Many people were moved to work-from-home without enough planning or preparation. Millions of people in industries deemed “essential” also had to work through the worst of the pandemic in…
Google has said its employees can expect to continue working at home until the end of July 2021. Facebook says it expects 50% (if not more) of its employees to work at home on a long-term basis. Apple plans to hold off returning to its offices until January 2021. Twitter has told its employees they…
Do you have employees working from home and are they reporting issues? If you are in California, do you have an IIPP–and are you following it? According to a recent conversation I had with Cal/OSHA, if a work-from-home employee reports a physical issue from work, files a workers comp claim or sees a doctor who…
Yesterday I had an email conversation with a prospective client. They are in the midst of figuring out what they need to do for their Work-from-Home (WFH) employees, located around the world. To help them out, I provided the following list of items, taken from the talk I was scheduled to give at ASSP’s Safety…