As COVID-19 considerations continue to evolve, being ready for change is essential for organizations throughout the US. Being proactive, or preparing in advance, will set you and your company up for success during these volatile times. This article will cover what it means to be proactive in your team’s safety, as well as what companies in the United States are doing to look out for their staff in advance.
Are You An Essential Services Provider? Here’s How You Can Protect Your Team
Essential Services: Protecting Our Water Workers and Keeping Our Communities Hydrated and Clean
What is something that you absolutely can’t live without? No, we’re not talking about your iPhone, we’re talking about water. Clean, accessible water is a vital part of our lives and that is why, in the second part of the series of our essential services, we are looking at how to protect those working in water essential services.
Essential Services: Protecting Public Works and Infrastructure Workers, The Champions Behind the Scenes
When a sewer line breaks in your neighborhood, who comes to fix it? If a crack develops in the bridge you drive over every day, who makes sure that it doesn’t get so bad the bridge collapses? Or what about the worker who comes when you have a family of skunks under your deck? These are all public works and infrastructure support services workers who, often behind the scenes, make sure our society runs as normally as possible by supporting public services and maintaining the operation of buildings and businesses such as hospitals and senior facilities.
Essential Services: Heroes on the Frontline - Protecting Our Home Healthcare Workers
No other remote worker demographic is more at risk right now that healthcare workers. Literally, on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle, healthcare workers such as doctors and nurses are treating those with the deadly virus, selflessly putting their lives on the line to do so. This is evident in the fact that as of April 15, more than 9,000 healthcare workers have contracted COVID-19.
While still a dangerous place to work, hospitals are more predictable and potentially less dangerous than the homes of patients where home healthcare workers venture, often alone, to provide needed care.