5 Ways to Support Furloughed Employees

Eric Mochnacz
May 1, 2020

Now more than ever, organizations want to support their employees as they consider future workforce decisions. Consultant Eric Mochnacz provided his expertise in ways you can support your employees who are on a mandated, unpaid leave.

With the number of people applying for unemployment, those systems are overloaded, and the unemployment divisions are shifting their schedules and making changes to the process to deal with the overwhelming amount of claims. Your furloughed employees may call you with questions, so understanding these changes could be a way you can offer support to your employees.

More insight on best practices on supported your furloughed employees can be found here.

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