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If you think you’ve contracted the coronavirus, you’ll need to notify your boss to get time off to recover. Do not go into work, especially if you’re working in person at an essential business. If your work hasn’t released a formal COVID-19 plan, refer to the federal and state governments’ ...

The federal government is expanding American’s access to paid sick leave, in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Employees at select companies are now eligible for up to 12 weeks of coronavirus-related paid leave thanks to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. The law, which began ...

The March jobs report released Friday showed that the early impact of the coronavirus pandemic was much worse than economists expected, signaling further damage to the US economy ahead.  The US economy lost 701,000 jobs in March, according to the Labor Department’s report out Friday. That was much steeper than ...

We spoke with Carol Cochran, vice president of people and culture at FlexJobs, and Joel Gascoigne, CEO of Buffer, for the second episode of our Business Insider Spotlight Digital Live Event series. They told us about how they make employees feel special beyond work duties, get teams together while apart, ...

As the coronavirus outbreak batters the US economy, the number of people applying for unemployment benefits has reached historic highs. A record 6.6 million people applied for benefits in the week ending March 28, doubling the prior week’s record and far exceeding the previous record of nearly 700,000 newly filed ...

The federal government’s disaster relief program provides loans and grants through two avenues: The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). PPP offers up to $10 million to employers and independent contractors who retain workers during the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.  Through EIDL, small businesses can ...

Company CEOs and workplace strategists say implementing new collaboration tech among teams helps them work better together. Companies are incorporating a wide range of tools to encourage collaboration. CEOs told Business Insider they’re doing everything from video conferencing to adjusting an office’s temperature to help improve productivity. We’ve compiled a ...

Companies of all sizes are pivoting to digital, but many of their efforts are failing or struggling to meet the hype.  One firm that is successfully undergoing the transformation is Honeywell. “We hope to create that playbook on how to do this,” CEO Darius Adamczyk told Business Insider.  The industrial ...

Every ten years, the US Census counts every single person living in the United States. The novel coronavirus that has spread across the United States has begun to cause social end economic havoc, and the Census Bureau’s efforts have also been affected.  An accurate census is extremely important for American ...

The novel coronavirus has caused many businesses to shutter, several cities to be placed on lockdown, and a record-shattering number of Americans to file for unemployment. Business Insider looked into which states are most prepared for a possible recession, which seems increasingly likely amid the chaos surrounding the pandemic. We ...