Chip Cutter

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1,085 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2019 last heard Sep 2024

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Got Plans for Thanksgiving? Your Boss Wants to Know. · 19 Nov 2020 podcast

Companies are within their rights to informally ask people how they plan to spend the holidays, as you would in a casual conversation. voice-verified

But some companies are actually putting guidance out there, saying that they would like employees to let their managers know if they plan to spend Thanksgiving in a way that might go against voice-verified

CDC guidance. voice-verified

So the broadcaster Tegna, which operates local stations across the country, for example, has said that it would like its employees to note to managers if for some reason, for example, they spend Thanksgiving with people outside of their household, or if they're, for some reason, not following CDC guidance. voice-verified

The company said it's doing that because it wants to keep its stations safe. voice-verified

and that it wants employees who maybe go against CDC guidance to kind of do their work at home for a bit until it's deemed safe that they can return to an office setting. voice-verified

So there is a bottom line impact to this, both in productivity and also just from an employer's ability to keep their operations running. voice-verified

I spoke with executives at companies ranging from life insurers to restaurants like Chipotle. voice-verified

Chipotle is moving some of its general managers into recruiting roles, six-month rotations where they'll work on trying to kind of get people hired and onboarded quickly. voice-verified

The head of HR at the company says that she worries about a post-holiday surge in cases, thinking that some of their employees may need to quarantine. voice-verified

Perhaps some of them may fall ill themselves. voice-verified

They want to be prepared so that they're able to kind of bring people on and keep their restaurants humming if needed. voice-verified

So companies do not have to pay people to quarantine, although many say it's a best practice to do so. voice-verified

Some companies are actually rolling out new benefits right now, saying they're going to let employees, for example, have one company paid quarantine after either Thanksgiving or some of the winter holidays like Christmas. voice-verified

This is the case where voice-verified

employers know that even as they recommend people not to travel, that they should stay home, limit gatherings, some aren't going to be able to do that and some are going to need to go out of state or visit family members outside of their households. voice-verified

And they say that in those cases, they feel like they want to make sure that those employees don't feel compelled to return to work too soon. voice-verified

They say that a paid quarantine can help keep everybody safe. voice-verified

You're right. voice-verified

Employees do want to kind of make sure that they're responsible, that they're kind of able to do their work. voice-verified

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