Creating and fostering a strong remote workplace culture helps not only retain existing employees but can attract job seekers as well. A positive company culture – even when work is remote – shines through.
A biotechnology company working on a vaccine to prevent HIV, whose work is licensed by UMass Medical School in Worcester, has won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to advance its clinical work.
With the incoming President Joe Biden Administration, fresh resources will be brought to bear to accelerate testing and tracing programs, as well as new plans for mass inoculations.
For a few weeks in late March and early April, the entire global economy appeared to be grinding to a halt in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, and small business owners were rightly concerned the fallout might drive their companies out of existence.
Since March, a few businesses have been able to thrive, and many others have managed their way through the pandemic with minimal damage. But so many others have not been so lucky, especially our friends in the hospitality, restaurant and retail sectors. We confess to having a bit of survivor’s guilt as we close out this crazy year in OK shape.