{"id":34934,"date":"2020-06-18T23:55:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T03:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=34934"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:05:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:05:42","slug":"business-report-making-sure-employees-are-ready-for-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2020\/06\/business-report-making-sure-employees-are-ready-for-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Report: Making Sure Employees Are Ready For Reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34935\" style=\"width: 194px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34935 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/06\/demarco-column-vc-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/06\/demarco-column-vc-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2020\/06\/demarco-column-vc.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Marco, president of Saratoga Human Resources Solutions Inc Courtesy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">By James Marco<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">I find it exciting that more and more conversations and news stories are talking about re-opening the economy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I know that I\u2019m ready to get back \u201cout there\u201d and start meeting people again.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>I have my PPE and I\u2019m ready to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Maybe you have been able to keep your business open, or maybe you have been able to keep your folks busy while working remote. If you have been shut down, then re-opening has some challenges that you\u2019ll need to address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This piece won\u2019t focus on all of the legal requirements for re-opening. All the rules that were there before the pandemic still apply (Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, OSHA to name a few), as do some new rules under FFCRA, the CARES Act, and others. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Make sure you understand your obligations and work pro-actively to ensure compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Once you take care of the regulatory matters, you need to work with your employees to make sure they are comfortable and confident when they return. Communication is key, and you should have been communicating with them throughout this entire time. Let them know what steps you have taken regarding PPE, the availability of things like hand sanitizers, social distancing, office disinfecting, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But most importantly: Listen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For many of your employees, there could be changes in their lives that you\u2019ll need to think about in your re-opening plan. Were some of your employees counting on school to run into June, and then summer camps to take over the bulk of caring for their children\u2014and now those options don\u2019t exist? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Does your employee have scheduling problems related to a significant other whose job situation may have changed during the shut down?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>What fears do they have about returning to the office or workplace? How you speak with your employees, and how you listen to them can mean the difference between successfully re-opening, or re-opening with significant difficulty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">As a manager, you are not responsible for having all the answers, your job is to help your employees be successful. If you listen empathetically, your employees may provide you with information that can help your entire workforce.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>And that\u2019s the key, listen for ideas that <\/span><span class=\"s2\">can be broadly applied and help the most people.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Marco I find it exciting that more and more conversations and news stories are talking about re-opening the economy.\u00a0 I know that I\u2019m ready to get back \u201cout there\u201d and start meeting people again.\u00a0 I have my PPE and I\u2019m ready to go. Maybe you have been able to keep your business open, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":34935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financial-planning-investments"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Business Report: Making Sure Employees Are Ready For Reopening - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2020\/06\/business-report-making-sure-employees-are-ready-for-reopening\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Business Report: Making Sure Employees Are Ready For Reopening - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By James Marco I find it exciting that more and more conversations and news stories are talking about re-opening the economy.\u00a0 I know that I\u2019m ready to get back \u201cout there\u201d and start meeting people again.\u00a0 I have my PPE and I\u2019m ready to go. 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