Upcoming Events
September
12
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
NEBGH Members only, Webinar
NEBGH Medical Director’s Bi-Weekly Monday COVID-19 Update
Here’s a fast and easy way to understand what the newest info on the pandemic means for you and your employees.
From infection risk and safety measures to the outlook for vaccines and treatments, NEBGH’s medical director breaks it all down for you.
Every other Monday at 1 PM – it’s appointment viewing!
Downloadable Guides
Resource Centers
- New York Issues FAQs on Paid Vaccination Leave Law
- Covid Vaccine Side-Effects: What To Know And Why You Shouldn’t Worry
- Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Granting Employee Time Receive Covid-19 Vaccination
- Vaccine Myths
- EEOC Withdraws Proposed Wellness Incentive Rules Increasing Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Uncertainties
- 5 reasons to wear a mask even after you’re vaccinated
- How to stay safe in an Uber or Taxi
- COVID vaccine facts
- State by state guidance on COVID-19 vaccine allocation from the National Governors Association
- Biden’s plan for release of all available vaccines
- New Jersey Online Schedule System
- Mount Sinai COVID-19 Vaccine
- Rural America Will Have a Harder Time Getting Vaccinated
- When One Shot Is Not Enough: Ensuring New Yorkers Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Series
General Health Information
- Lifting Lockdown How Businesses Can Find a Way Forward
- When CEOs Really Think We’ll Come Back to Work
- New EEOC FAQs on Employees, COVID-19 and RTW
- What Happens to Viral Particles on the Subway
- “New York Forward” Phase Two: Guidance for Nonessential and Essential Office-Based Businesses on Reopening and Implementing COVID-19 Safety Plans
- Recovery Readiness: A How-to Guide for Reopening your Workplace from Cushman Wakefield
- McKinsey’s COVID-19 Implications for Business
- Boston Consulting Group’s COVID-19 Perspectives
- Kroger Shares Learnings on Doing Business During the COVID-19 Era
- Gov Andrew Cuomo on How They Will Prioitize the Reopening of Businesses
- Substance Use and COVID-19
- Resources to Challenge Policing and Incarceration as Part of a COVID-19 Response
- Employees with Cancer During COVID-19: Resources to Help
- Coronavirus Guidelines- People Coping with Cancer
- COVID-19 NYC Resources
- Be In the Know about COVID-19
- Health Transformers Offer Their Platforms for Free During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- NJ Chamber- Snap Survey Results
- Harvard Business Review: Special Coverage
- Coronavirus in NYC: What New Yorkers Should Know
- COVID-19 in the Workplace- Resource Center
- Coronavirus Guide for Businesses
Global COVID Data:
- One-Stop Common Sense COVID-19 Safety Guide – facts to ease decision making and heighten safety
- 20 Essential Facts About Face Masks
- COVID-19 Resources – Fertility in the Workplace
- 5 Ways to Support Employees with Infertility
- Facts About Obesity and COVID-19
- Dr. Martin Makary and Victor Agbafe: Telehealth Access Should be Expanded After Coronavirus Emergency
- Obesity and COVID-19
- Coronavirus: Should We Be Worried About Our Dogs And Cats?
- Colleagues Become Confidants in the Age of Coronavirus
- What to Put in a COVID-19 Emergency Home-Care Kit
- How to Eat Well and Move More During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- Telemedicine, Once a Hard Sell, Can’t Keep Up With Demand
- Primary Care Practices On Response to COVID-19
- Coronavirus During Pregnancy: What You Need to Know
- Opportunities To Expand Telehealth Use Amid The Coronavirus Pandemic
- Safety, Recognition, Inclusion: How to Address Basic Employee Needs
- COVID-19 virus Can Be Transmitted In Areas With Hot and Humid Climates
- Coronavirus: Don’t Forget About Cyber Hygiene
- Coronavirus in NYC: What New Yorkers Should Know
- The CARES Act: What Employers Need to Know (Part II): Impact on Certain Retirement and Group Health Plans, and Executive Compensation
- CARES Act Website
- The CARES Act: What Employers Need to Know (Part I)
- Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19: Employer Payroll Tax Relief in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- May Employees Take Hardship Distributions Under Their 401(k) Plan? Benefits Guidance in the Time of COVID-19
- Businesses May Have Insurance That Could Lessen the Economic Impact of COVID-19
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employers’ New Paid Family and Sick Leave Obligations Take Effect by April 2
- Department of Labor Issues OSHA, Wage/Hour, and FMLA Guidance Addressing COVID-19
- U.S. House of Representatives Passes Sweeping COVID-19 Emergency Aid Bill That Guarantees Paid Sick Time and Family Leave for Certain Affected Workers
- Coronavirus and Work-from-Home Policies, HIPAA and Coronavirus, Arbitration Agreements
- IRS Issues Guidance on HDHPs and Coronavirus
- Crucial Issues to Consider When Evaluating Your Company’s Business Travel Insurance Program
- IRS Allows Cost-Sharing Exemption for COVID-19 Screening, Testing, and Vaccination
- The Treatment and Testing of Coronavirus under HDHP Coverage
- Black Women’s Mental Health
- Stigma and Health Care Worker Mental Health
- Virtual Therapy vs In Person
- Covid-19’s Lasting Effects on Mental Health
- Ways to Manage Anxiety in the Workplace from a Leadership Coach
- Let’s Talk Toolkit- Be Well and WorkWell
- Employee Mental Health & Well-being During and Beyond COVID-19
- A Growing Push to Treat Racism’s Impact on Mental Health
- How Do We Conquer COVID-19 Fears Now We Can Go Out Again?
- Practicing Mindfulness & Acceptance Training
- COVID-19 Mental Health Guide for Employers
- Anger Management for an Angry Time
- Employee Mental Health & Well-being During & Beyond COVID-19
- Working Remotely During COVID-19 – Your Mental Health & Well-being
- Supporting Mental Health of Employees During & Beyond COVID-19 (AXA Toolkit)
- How-To Guides for Mental Health ERGs
- PwC’s Survey on Employee RTW Anxiety
- Mental Health Disparities
- NYC Well
- Black Lives Matter: Assorted Toolkits to Confront Trauma and Oppression
- COVID-19 Coping and Well-being
- Best Practice Guide to Protecting the Mental Health of your Workforce
- What 8 Employers are Doing to Support their Employees During the Crisis
- Workplace Mental Health Resources
- Preparing for the Second Wave
- Tele-Behavioral Health for Employees: Pre-COVID Practices and Recommendations for Post COVID Path Forward
- Pandemic Has Adverse Effects on People with Mental Health Issues
- Too Much Alone Time- Tips to Connect and Find Joy While Social Distancing
- The Coronavirus Pandemic is Pushing America into a Mental-Health Crisis
- Coronavirus Uncertainty- How To Prepare?
- As Tele-Counseling Booms, a Therapist Seeks Respite
- ‘A high-risk perfect storm’: loneliness and financial despair take toll on US mental health
- Urgent Studies Needed Mental Health Coronavirus Lockdown
- Stress and Coping
- U.S. Moves to Strengthen Mental-Health Services
- Coronavirus is Taking a Toll On Worker’s Mental Health Across America
- Mental Health Hotlines and Websites: Because COVID-19 Just Makes Things Worse
- Personalized Tele-Mental Health Services
- Companies are Making Mental-Health Care Fast and Accessible
- How Isolation Can Affect Physical and Mental Health
- How to Survive Isolation With Your Roommates, Your Partner, Your Kids and Yourself
- Coronavirus and Mental Health
- Coronavirus Pandemic Puts the Spotlight on Mental Health Resources
- Slow Down to Make Better Decisions in a Crisis
- Tips to Keep Emotions in Check in Response to Coronavirus
- The Stress—and Stress Relief—of the Gym During Coronavirus
- How Canceled Events and Self-Quarantines Save Lives, In One Chart
StartYourRecovery.org is a free, confidential tool that helps individuals take steps toward a healthy relationship with drugs and alcohol. It was developed with the input of leading clinicians, experts from leading organizations like SAMHSA, and people in recovery themselves. Here, individuals can hear stories from people with similar life experiences, discover the answers they need for recognizing and dealing with substance use issues, and locate support. Family and friends can learn about addiction and how to encourage treatment and support sober living on the website.
- Seven Rules of Zoom Meeting Etiquette From Pros
- 10 Tips for Eating Healthy When You’re Working From Home
- Remote Work: 7 Ways to Help Employees Adjust to the New Normal’s New Workplace
- I’ve Worked From Home for 22 Years. Here’s What I’ve Learned.
- 11 Things to Do Without Leaving Home
- The First Rule of Co-Working With Your Spouse: Don’t Yell Out for Toilet Paper
- Working at Home With Kids During COVID-19 Crisis With Kids Underfoot
- How to Work From Home With Kids
- What the Boss Can—and Can’t—Make You Do
- How to Work From Home: A Checklist of the Essentials
- How to Run a Virtual Meeting
- Your Favorite Store or Restaurant is Open. How Do You Know If Its Okay to Go In?
- How to Protest Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Clear Guidance from Disney on Mask Wearing
- Can You Socialize While Social Distancing? Sort Of.
- From Standup to the Sistine Chapel: The Best Online Culture For Self-Isolation
- 11 Things to Do Without Leaving Home
- Could You Buy a Little Less, Please?
- Key Public Health Resources for Anti-Racism Action: A Curated List
- Racism and Health
- #BlackLivesMatter – A Challenge to the Medical and Public Health Communities
- The Disturbing History of the Suburbs: Redlining – a racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today.
- Wealth Inequality in America: Infographics on the distribution of wealth in American, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
Podcasts:
- The Race of Life: $100 to the Winner
- Bryan Stevenson on Why the Opposite of Poverty is not Wealth, but Justice: The Ezra Klein Show
- Seeing White Series: Seen on Radio – A 14-part documentary series exploring whiteness in America – Where it came from, what it means, and how it works
Articles:
- White Supremacy Culture: From Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001
- The Colonization of Intersectionality
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: Peggy McIntosh
- Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person: Gina Crosley-Corcoran
Books:
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed: Paulo Freire
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America: Ibram Kendi
- The Protest Psychosis- How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease: Jonathan M. Metzl
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to Present: Harriet A. Washington
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race: Beverly Daniel Tatum
- The New Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander
- We Were Eight Years in Power: Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Between the World & Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Videos:
- The Disturbing History of the Suburbs: Redlining – a racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today.
- Wealth Inequality in America: Infographics on the distribution of wealth in American, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
- The Race of Life: $100 to the Winner
Diabetes and COVID-19: What You Need to Know
People with diabetes, particularly if not well controlled, may be at increased risk of developing severe illness from COVID-19. If you have other conditions, like heart disease, as well as diabetes you may have more risk of getting seriously sick from COVID-19.
Working from Home: 8 Tips for Better Posture
Jon Cinkay, a physical therapist and coordinator for body mechanics at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), has some important tips for keeping proper posture and preventing injury and strain.
3/25/2020 COVID-19 Employer Meeting- Slides
Here is the Powerpoint from the Employer Only COVID-19 meeting on 3/24/2020!
Mental Health Considerations during COVID-19 Outbreak
WHO and public health authorities around the world are taking action to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. However, this time of crisis is generating stress in the population. These mental health considerations were developed by the Mental Health Department as support for mental and psychological well-being during COVID-19 outbreak.
Resource Roundup
Vaccine
- New York Issues FAQs on Paid Vaccination Leave Law
- Covid Vaccine Side-Effects: What To Know And Why You Shouldn’t Worry
- Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Granting Employee Time Receive Covid-19 Vaccination
- Vaccine Myths
- EEOC Withdraws Proposed Wellness Incentive Rules Increasing Employer COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive Uncertainties
- 5 reasons to wear a mask even after you’re vaccinated
- How to stay safe in an Uber or Taxi
- COVID vaccine facts
- State by state guidance on COVID-19 vaccine allocation from the National Governors Association
- Biden’s plan for release of all available vaccines
- New Jersey Online Schedule System
- Mount Sinai COVID-19 Vaccine
- Rural America Will Have a Harder Time Getting Vaccinated
- When One Shot Is Not Enough: Ensuring New Yorkers Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Series
Return to Work
- Lifting Lockdown How Businesses Can Find a Way Forward
- When CEOs Really Think We’ll Come Back to Work
- New EEOC FAQs on Employees, COVID-19 and RTW
- What Happens to Viral Particles on the Subway
- “New York Forward” Phase Two: Guidance for Nonessential and Essential Office-Based Businesses on Reopening and Implementing COVID-19 Safety Plans
- Recovery Readiness: A How-to Guide for Reopening your Workplace from Cushman Wakefield
- McKinsey’s COVID-19 Implications for Business
- Boston Consulting Group’s COVID-19 Perspectives
- Kroger Shares Learnings on Doing Business During the COVID-19 Era
- Gov Andrew Cuomo on How They Will Prioitize the Reopening of Businesses
Resource Centers
- Substance Use and COVID-19
- Resources to Challenge Policing and Incarceration as Part of a COVID-19 Response
- Employees with Cancer During COVID-19: Resources to Help
- Coronavirus Guidelines- People Coping with Cancer
- COVID-19 NYC Resources
- Be In the Know about COVID-19
- Health Transformers Offer Their Platforms for Free During the Coronavirus Outbreak
- NJ Chamber- Snap Survey Results
- Harvard Business Review: Special Coverage
- Coronavirus in NYC: What New Yorkers Should Know
- COVID-19 in the Workplace- Resource Center
- Coronavirus Guide for Businesses
Global COVID Data: