Coronavirus at work: how companies are responding to Covid-19

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With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the world is in the midst of what could turn out to be one of the biggest pandemics of the century—or, at the very least, a disease epidemic, unlike anything the U.S. has seen in over a decade. And it’s hitting people hard where they spend a huge chunk of their time: at work.

With massive industry conferences like South By Southwest in Austin canceling at the last minute, mandatory travel bans, quarantines, and work-from-home policies in force, companies are faced with balancing the health and safety of their employees with the need to keep the lights on.

“There are no rulebooks for this kind of stuff,” says John Bremen, managing director of human capital and benefits for advisory firm Willis Towers Watson. “This is really a new and evolving situation.”

Now that worldwide cases of COVID-19 are in the six figures

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