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COVID-19 Protocols and Safety: What Back to Work Looks Like at Intelex

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As our employees return to the office, their safety is top of mind. Show tunes and freshly baked bread are just the icing on the cake!

Like many of you, we’ve been closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 and its variants in the cities, states, provinces and countries where we have offices. Many of our employees have been working remotely since March 2020, but as we start to return to offices in greater numbers, we thought we’d share what our new normal is like at Intelex.

We all know how COVID-19 has impacted our daily lives and the same can be said for our office protocols and procedures. One of the most common questions I get asked daily is: “What do I need to do to when I come into the office?”

For the inquiring minds out there, here are some of our new COVID-19 protocols and best practices for … Read more...

OSHA’s Scrapped Emergency Temporary Standard Offers Best Practices for Employers

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One ETS measure was a requirement that employees who are not fully vaccinated should be mandated to wear a face covering when indoors or occupying a vehicle with another person for work purposes.
One ETS measure was a requirement that employees who are not fully vaccinated should be mandated to wear a face covering when indoors or occupying a vehicle with another person for work purposes.

It may not be the law of the land, but there’s still great guidance and best practices to be applied from OSHA’s proposed Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 for employers that was struck down by the United States Supreme Court in mid-January.

The ETS was introduced last October by OSHA as a set of requirements for certain employers with more than 100 employees to, among other things, mandate COVID vaccinations or weekly testing. While the ETS won’t become a legal requirement for employers to follow, the guidance and proposed mandated practices that were proposed are nonetheless useful for those looking to create a workplace COVID policy to mitigate risks and keep employees safer.

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How Can You Use Case Management to Support Employee Wellness Programs and Improve Workplace Health and Safety?

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Case management software helps you track and trend workplace injuries and work restrictions, record medical visits and comply with regulations.
Around 80% of American employers offer health and wellness programs. They include employee assistance programs (EAPs), regular health screening and health improvement planning as well as general health and wellness promotion.

Most of us have heard the riddle, “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” In the workplace, there is a similar conundrum: Does workplace stress cause poor health and negatively impact wellness, or does poor health lead to increased workplace stress? The answer to this riddle is likely, “Porque no los dos.” It is probable that workplace stress is both cause-and-effect-related to worker health and wellness. This sets up a dangerous, positive feedback loop that results in a host of negative effects. 

We know that poor employee health costs companies billions of dollars a year, but what about their wellness? “Wellness” is the less tangible, more pernicious health factors such as mental health, … Read more...