Lake Effect HR & Law: COVID-19 and the EEOC – Understand the New Landscape

Lake Effect HR & Law shares recent guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission addresses some of the issues that employers could face in the coming days.

https://mailchi.mp/9727286ef332/covid-19-and-the-eeoc-understand-the-new-landscape?e=6c9f1a11ab

Delve: Face shield designs to fill the gap

Delve is working with Midwest Prototyping and the UW Makerspace to design a low-cost face shield and make as many as possible for local hospitals.

https://www.delve.com/insights/face-shield-designs-to-fill-the-gap

American Family Insurance ​and gener8tor Offering Emergency Response Program

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – The American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact and gener8tor today announced a partnership to run emergency one-week virtual programs for small businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. This free program is an extension of the gBETA programs currently offered statewide through a partnership between the two organizations.

https://madisonbiz.com/wp-content/uploads/AmFam-and-gener8tor-Partner-on-Emergency-Small-Business-Program.pdf

Statement from GE Healthcare President & CEO on Efforts to Address the Coronavirus

CHICAGO – March 19, 2020 – GE Healthcare President & CEO Kieran Murphy today issued the following statement around efforts to address the coronavirus (COVID-19):

“GE Healthcare is proud to support customers, governments and the broader healthcare community in the fight against the coronavirus. Our dedicated teams are working around the clock to ensure that our customers and partners on the front lines have the equipment and servicing needed to diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19.  

“To help address this global challenge, we have increased our manufacturing capacity and output of equipment – including CTs, ultrasound devices, mobile X-ray systems, patient monitors and ventilators – important in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients, while taking steps to ensure safe operations for our employees. 

“As the global pandemic evolves, there is unprecedented demand for medical equipment, including ventilators. We continue to explore all options to support this increased need. Direct actions we are taking include:

–Adding manufacturing lines to ventilator production and increasing the number of shifts to produce around the clock.
–Hiring additional manufacturing employees and shifting current employees to support increased demand immediately.
–Managing our supply chain by working with suppliers to mitigate shortages and minimize impact on our customers globally.
–Partnering with global regulators and using our clinical and technical expertise to urgently address questions from customers on how to meet patient needs.
–Monitoring the health of our field service engineers and providing personal protective equipment for them when servicing devices – as well as increasing remote diagnostic and repair capabilities. 

“As we continue to support our customers and partners, the health and safety of our employees remains our top priority. I am deeply proud of the work the GE Healthcare team is doing to tackle this global challenge.”

For media inquiries, please contact:

Amy Sarosiek
Executive Director, External Communications
GE Healthcare 
+1 224 239 6028
amy.sarosiek@ge.com 

Stoughton Trailers hosts blood drive amid severe blood shortage

Blood centers across the nation are experiencing a high rate of cancelled blood drives due to COVID-19 concerns. This has left our communities in a severe shortage of blood supply. Stoughton Trailers knew exactly what needed to be done to show our community the support it deserves during this difficult time.

The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, a provider of blood and blood components to over 100 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin, collected blood donations from over 20 healthy Stoughton Trailers employees today. That translates to 60+ lives saved! We encourage anyone who is healthy and can give blood, donate at a local drive or blood center. We’re all in this together.

We look forward to hosting more blood drives at our other manufacturing locations in the future.