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… and professional services sectors. Of course, once events do resume, they will look entirely different than before the onset of the pandemic. Sales-oriented conferences and trade-show exhibitions may be the first to resume in-person events. However, many events will retain virtual and hybrid options, even using multiple locations to keep attendees levels lower at each spot, yet higher overall. China and South Korea provide an interesting example of what the U.S. may hope to achieve. There, major domestic auto and construction trade shows resumed in April with 40,000 attendees. Health and safety requirements and mandatory …

… gamification was included to reinforce topics with learners and was so effective that zero incidents occurred at the event. The team helped accomplish the training in just three days. The results were remarkable, especially given that more than 350,000 people attended the drive-in concert event at 350 separate locations. If you would like assistance training employees or staff for an event or workplace need, contact a member of the IMPACT Training and Awareness Team today. The team is available to help create, implement and track progress toward training goals. Federal Judge Expands Virus Paid Leave Rule When Congress …

… the country. In some regions of the U.S., motor carrier employers subject to controlled substance (drug) and alcohol testing under Part 382 may be unable to comply with certain testing requirements due to the ongoing impacts of the emergency. In recognition of these barriers to full compliance in some locations, the FMCSA may exercise discretion to determine not to enforce the minimum annual percentage random testing rates for drugs and alcohol. They may also ease the requirement that employers administer random drug and alcohol tests throughout the calendar year (set forth in Sections 382.305(b)(1) and (2 …

… employers would have otherwise had grounds to deny. While Insurers took some time to determine how to approach pandemic data gathering on an enterprise level, they are now requesting how the pandemic is affecting Insureds’ payroll exposure, budgets, operations and services. Many want to know how claims are coded and what information is being gathered when claims are filed. Of particular interest to Insurers is whether or not employers have a pandemic plan in place and how closely they are following it. In the long-term, claims could rise as workers return to onsite working locations that they have lost