Strategies

Provide confidential worksite-based counseling and referrals to employees to address personal and workplace challenges

Establish locally mandated wages that are higher than state or federal minimum wage levels

Require employers in an affected jurisdiction to provide paid time off for employees to use when ill or injured

Allow employees to work outside a central office, using technology to interact with others inside and outside the organization; also called remote work, telework, or flexible working arrangements

Increase compensation provided to unemployed workers looking for jobs by expanding eligibility, amount, or duration of benefits

Support breastfeeding via private, well-equipped lactation spaces in workplaces, along with breastfeeding breaks, flexible schedules, professional lactation support, etc.