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Employment expert discusses \u2018Illinois Restored\u2019 and the uncertain future <\/em><\/p>\n

\"IllinoisGov. J.B. Pritzker just unveiled his new reopening plan for the state of Illinois. The projected 5-phase \u201cIllinois Restored\u201d plan was created to help safely reopen businesses in the state without causing an influx of COVID-19 infections. But what does Illinois\u2019s phases reopening mean for employers and their staff, and should we expect similar plans from other lawmakers across the country?<\/p>\n

\u201cGov. Pritzker\u2019s reopening plan is based heavily on whether the incoming numbers will support plans to open up the state a bit more,\u201d says Rob Wilson, President of Employco USA. \u201cBut, if we are seeing an uptick in COVID-19 infections, a sustained increase in hospital admission, or if Illinois\u2019s hospitals start to become overtaxed, the phases will reset back to the start.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson says that just because the state is starting to talk about reopening, along with several other states, that we should not expect things to go back to normal right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is going to be a new normal established,\u201d says Wilson. \u201cFor example, many areas (like St. Louis County) are saying they will be adopting a \u2018no mask, no service\u2019 protocol in which all employees and customers will be required to wear masks. Other companies say they will stagger the return of their employees, for example, bringing just a handful of employees at a time into the office, and rotating work days so that it does not become too crowded and people don\u2019t congregate too closely to one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wilson also says that we should expect for offices to be rearranged, with desks being moved further apart, communal break rooms and coffee makers being closed to employee use, and hand sanitizer everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of these changes are going to be sustained long into the future,\u201d says Wilson. \u201cMany employers may be noticing that work-from-home is an ideal solution for some of their staff, and they may be much more willing to look at the way their staff structures their hours. We may be moving away from a 9-5 workday in which employees work all day, take lunch together and breaks together, and then leave and commute home in the same wave. We have to get really clever about how we reopen in order to make sure businesses can start to become robust again, and that is going to mean letting go of some traditional ideas about employees and their workday.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more on this topic, please contact Rob Wilson at\u00a0rwilson@thewilsoncompanies.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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