Daily Update – 98
Cuomo: Eight States Added to Incoming Travel Advisory
California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Tennessee have been added to New York’s travel advisory requiring a 14-day quarantine for incoming travelers.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that eight additional states meet the metrics to qualify for the travel advisory requiring individuals who have traveled to New York from those states, all of which have significant community spread, to quarantine for 14 days. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average or a state with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.
“As an increasing number of states around the country fight significant community spread, New York is taking action to maintain the precarious safety of its phased, data-driven reopening,” Governor Cuomo said. “We’ve set metrics for community spread just as we’ve set metrics for everything the state does to fight COVID-19.”
See the list of restricted states
Reopening Status and Updated Guidelines for Phase One Industries
The Capital Region is cleared to enter phase four today, July 1st. Phase four industries include higher education, low risk indoor and outdoor arts and entertainment, media production, and professional sports without fans. The Mid Hudson should enter phase four July 7th.
Phase four industry guidelines that have been released at this time can be found here.
The State has updated all guidelines for phase one industries and the phase four higher education guidelines. Full phase one guidelines can be found here and higher education guidelines can be found here.
Details of the changes made to manufacturing guidelines can found below.
Manufacturing Guidance Changes Updated June 30 2020
EU to Remain Closed to U.S. Travelers as Borders Open Up
The EU in mid-March imposed a travel ban on nonessential travel from outside the bloc as the region emerged as a center of the pandemic and many member states closed their borders. Most internal borders were lifted on June 15 and the bloc said it would start opening up to non-EU countries from Wednesday. Americans will remain barred from entering the European Union for nonessential travel even as the bloc starts to open up to as many as 15 countries from Wednesday, the EU said. Tuesday’s decision comes after days of wrangling between the bloc’s member states, which were divided over the economic benefits of opening up ahead of the summer tourist season amid concerns about a second wave of the coronavirus.
Airbus Will Cut 15,000 Jobs From Its Commercial Airliner Division
Airbus is slashing 15,000 jobs, marking the biggest single reduction in its passenger jet business since the creation of Europe’s flagship aircraft maker 20 years ago. The cuts, forced by the collapse in air travel as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, come as Guillaume Faury, chief executive, warned that he did not expect air traffic to recover to 2019 levels before 2023 and potentially as late as 2025. The job cuts account for roughly 17 per cent of the group’s 90,000-strong commercial aerospace workforce and have been carefully calibrated to avoid rivalry between unions in France and Germany.
The Next Industrial Evolution – A Shift in US Manufacturing
Dhaval Jadav, Chief Executive Officer at Council of Industry friend and partner alliantgroup, writes that “The ongoing global pandemic has wreaked havoc on our country from both a health and economic perspective. Mixed with undeniable political tension in the U.S. and we are left with a population crying out for answers to help us move toward progress. The good news is that America’s history of success is due in large part to our ability to innovate. We have prospered as a nation due to our willingness to embrace new ideas and adapt to tumultuous times with valid solutions. With COVID-19’s impact still taking a toll, and our reliance on outside parties fully exposed by the pandemic, now is the time to solve for how American ingenuity can offer us a path to progress.
The answer? A dynamic shift in our approach to manufacturing in order to relaunch our economy and create sustainable job growth while lessening our independence on third parties.”
Will Remote Work be Forever? No, Say These Companies
Companies have tried remote work for over a decade, but many end up bringing employees back into the office, including Best Buy, Aetna, Bank of America, AT&T and Yahoo. “It’s good P.R., and very romantic, and very unrealistic. We’ll be back in the office as soon as there’s a vaccine,” said Richard Laermer, who in the past let employees work remotely at his RLM Public Relations.
Read the full story at The New York Times (tiered subscription model)
Sensor Technology Offers Guidance for Social Distancing and Cleaning
As companies contemplate how to safely return workers to manufacturing and office environments, Banner Engineering has developed a series of wireless sensor-based technologies designed to measure everything from when surfaces need cleaning to how many people are in a given space. Company officials said its Safe Work Solutions provide “reliable detection of individuals and clear visual assurance of a safe environment for employees and patrons of businesses and retailers.” Existing solutions include occupancy monitoring, workstation/common area cleaning and sanitization schedule alerts.
Business Groups Move for COVID-19 Lawsuit Protections
Ryan Tarinelli of the New York Law Journal writes, “Businesses groups are pressing New York officials to stymie potential coronavirus infection lawsuits from workers and customers, even as reports pile up that companies are not following the reopening plan. Companies statewide are navigating under new coronavirus rules as New York works through a gradual reopening plan, which on last week included New York City opening up a large swath of its economy. The city, once the epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus crisis, estimates the move could bring up to 300,000 people back to the five boroughs for work.”
Read more at the New York Law Journal (Subscription)
Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York Urging Governor Cuomo to Extend COVID 19 Liability Protections
The group is asking businesses to send a message to the Governor, urging him to extend COVID-19 liability protections to businesses and non-profits. “New Yorkers are eager to return to normalcy and re-open the state. However, businesses and non-profits are fearful of potential COVID-19 related lawsuits. The business community is asking Governor Cuomo to instate liability protections for the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis to protect businesses who act in good faith as long as they are not grossly negligent.”
Click here to learn more and/or send a message to the Governor
Webinar: Collaborative Recruiting Info Session – Learn More About the Council’s Manufacturing Job Board and Applicant Tracker
Thursday, July 16, 2020, 8:30 am – 10:30 am, No Cost for Members
In 2018, The Council of Industry launched our collaborative recruiting initiative allowing member firms to post jobs and manage candidates at a fraction of the cost of a separate applicant tracking system. We have helped members fill hundreds of jobs and have thousands of resumes on file. We provide HR and administrative support with reports, job descriptions and best practices. Join us to learn more.
This webinar will be broken into two segments the first half will cover the details about the program and why you might consider joining the initiative and the second half is a demo going into further detail about job postings, reports, and candidate communication options.
