So yesterday’s post was about being a Miami Hurricane. Today’s? A real-life hurricane/tropical storm (Henri) is making it’s way to Southern New England.

It’s impact here in Connecticut is still very much up in the air as of midday Friday but for employers, this is still another challenge to have to manage.

Thankfully (or not, as some of you remember), we’ve had experience in this area before and so rather than write something entirely new, I’m going to highlight some prior posts that should provide some guidance on the items to think about during this next tropical storm.

• Hurricane Sandy: Have Employers Learned the Lessons From Last Year’s Storms?
• Oh, Sandy! Storm Brings Headaches, Hassles & Heartburn
• What a Trick: Storm Wallops Connecticut
• A Lesson In Social Media from Hurricane Irene
• Hurricane Irene: Do You Need to Pay Your Employees If You’re Closed?
• Hurricane Irene: “Reporting Time” Pay and Other Wage & Hour Issues for Employers
• Workplace Resources for Hurricane Irene
• Hurricane Preparedness in Connecticut: Come On Irene?
• Hurricane Preparedness for Connecticut Employers: Guidelines to Follow and Remembering the Great Floods of ’55
• Watching the Tropics (and Danny): Is Your Workplace Ready for a Hurricane?
• When a Hurricane Does Hit Connecticut, What Are The Workplace Rules Regarding Storms?

Over the next few days, keeping employees safe and keeping your operations going will be imperative. Trying to do this in the face of an increasing surge (again) in the pandemic is something none of us have dealt with before.  Most of the legal issues can wait but make sure you’re not doing anything crazy either.

Stay safe everyone.