General Roundtable Discussion
Unfortunately, the speaker for the day was sick and was not able to attend. She will be presenting in February, hopefully better by then! As such, a general roundtable discussion was held instead, focusing on topics like sick days and employees working from home.
The meeting started with a quick video “Getting to Zero”, an important reminder that no injuries or fatalities is the target.
A brief discussion was held on TexMed, a company used by some members to enhance their “return to work” programs.
One member shared his thoughts on sick days and working from home, including that his company had increased their sick day policy from 3 to 5 days. A discussion ensued around the uncertainty of new government legislation around increasing sick days, and whether the new government will be making any major changes. More conversation was based on the differences between unionized and nonunionized policies, and how they are often similar but there are differences.
Other members brought up that they were still experiencing COVID related sicknesses, and that they were often short staffed as 2-3 people would be ill at the same time.
The next virtual breakfast forum will be on January 23rd, with guest speaker Michael Wrinch from Hedgehog Technologies.
