A staggering 22 million Americans in the country’s labour workforce lost their jobs between January and April 2020 due to covid closures, pushing the unemployment rate up to almost 15% – the highest rate ever recorded in the 72 years since data collection began in 1948 – and a year on, the rate hasn’t changed

As coronavirus testing becomes more widely available, more US-based companies will learn employees has contracted COVID-19. The question for management then becomes: What to do, who to notify and how much to say without violating the privacy of an infected employee? One of the first steps employers should take is to notify their local public health agency regarding next steps. “Different