In our May 5th Tuesday Roundtable discussion, we tackled the complex issue of successfully managing human resources through COVID-19. The pandemic has upended many of the traditional considerations for employee and public safety and has put ports into the position of having to make public health policy decisions- a role they had not previously played.
To help leaders and decision-makers at ports better understand requirements, considerations and best practices around the work environment during COVID-19, representatives from MRSC detailed a variety of policy concerns for ports. Kim Noah, Chief Operating Officer at Port of Camas-Washougal provided her expertise on these challenging issues; WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik finished the conversation with key legal insight.
You can find the resources and presentations from today’s meeting, along with other important information, on our COVID-19 response page for ports: https://www.washingtonports.org/covid19
In today’s conversation:
· Looking at employers’ COVID-19 health and safety response through the lens of guidance from the White House, Seattle, and more
· Special considerations for employee furloughs and layoffs
· How one port is managing telework through the pandemic
· Port liability in light of COVID-19 infections
You can listen to the whole meeting here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fuy0ttvdmwyn090/May%205%20Roundtable%20Recording.mp4?dl=0
Do you have ideas for future topics we could cover in our Tuesday Roundtables? Email your ideas to Washington.ports@washingtonports.org
