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Cities across the country implement policies to keep staff safe from sexual assault and harassment.
By Gen Handley
Apr 21, 2021
When was the last time you stayed in a hotel? If we had to guess, it was probably more than year ago, before the pandemic changed our lives forever. In fact, 2020 was the worst year in recorded history for the U.S. hotel industry, having more than one billion rooms gone unsold, which beat the previous record of 786 million unsold rooms during the recession in 2009.
But thankfully, more than one year after COVID-19 struck, the hotel industry is starting to pick up with small increases in business and leisure travel. According to a recent report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, hotel industry employment increased by around 300,000 jobs in March, followed by the addition of more than 300,000 jobs in February.
Contact Tracing: The Cogency and the Controversy
While contact tracing can be performed manually, there are a number of worker-safety apps available that will save you time and money.
By Gen Handley
Jan 26, 2021
Chances are very high that your working situation has changed in some since the pandemic hit. That might mean you are now working remotely from a home office or whatever that may look like for you or you are working alone and in isolation because of quarantine and social-distancing guidelines. Because of this new work landscape, employers are utilizing new tools to keep their team members safe and connected through automated lone worker-safety tools and technology.