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Your workplace may look different during this unprecedented time. With these changes come new health and safety challenges and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety is here to help. CCOHS has unlocked a collection of pandemic-related e-courses and publications, and created new tips sheets and resources available at no cost - to help you as you work through COVID-19. We’re all in it together. Visit their site at http://ow.ly/Dugy50zzKG3 for:... Pandemic (COVID-19) Tip Sheets Posters and Podcasts Free online courses and resources Infectious Disease Outbreaks / Pandemics Website For more COVID-19 resources, visit AMFM Consulting's COVID-10 Resources for FMs at http://ow.ly/z36w50zzKG4

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The Pandemic May Mean the End of the Open-Floor Office As businesses contemplate the return of workers to their desks, many are considering large and small changes to the modern workplace culture and trappings. The modern corporate office is renowned for open, collaborative work spaces, in-house coffee bars and standing desks with room for two giant computer monitors.... Soon, there may be a new must-have perk: the sneeze guard. This plexiglass barrier that can be mounted on a desk is one of many ideas being mulled by employers as they contemplate a return to the workplace after coronavirus lockdowns. Their post-pandemic makeovers may include hand sanitizers built into desks that are positioned at 90-degree angles or that are enclosed by translucent plastic partitions; air filters that push air down and not up; outdoor gathering space to allow collaboration without viral transmission; and windows that actually open, for freer air flow. The conversation about how to reconfigure the American workplace is taking place throughout the business world, from small start-ups to giant Wall Street firms. The design and furniture companies that have been hired for the makeovers say the virus may even be tilting workplaces back toward a concept they had been moving away from since the Mad Men era: privacy. The question is whether any of the changes being contemplated will actually result in safer workplaces. Read this full article from the New York Times... https://www.nytimes.com///coronavirus-office-makeover.html