COVID-19 and India: How the Pandemic is Creating a Shortcoming in IT Outsourcing, and How to Bring it Back In-House

By The Intersect Group

The initial 21-day mandate by India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lockdown the country in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus has been extended through May 3. Exemptions, however, have been made for essential services, including healthcare, grocery stores, banks, gas stations – and, IT services companies. NASSCOM, a trade and lobbyist …

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Working From Home With Kids During the Coronavirus

By The Intersect Group

In an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus, most companies have enabled their workforces to work from home. What they haven’t provided a solution for is how to work from home with kids. Infants and toddlers arguably require the most hands-on attention and care, but kids of all ages change the dynamics of …

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Benefits for Displaced Individuals – North Carolina

By The Intersect Group

If the COVID-19 outbreak has changed your employment situation, here’s how you can file to receive benefits in North Carolina

Benefits for Displaced Individuals – Georgia

By The Intersect Group

If the COVID-19 outbreak has changed your employment situation, here’s how you can file to receive benefits in Georgia.

Benefits for Displaced Individuals – Texas

By The Intersect Group

If the COVID-19 outbreak has changed your employment situation, here’s how you can file to receive benefits in Texas.

When Remote Work Morphs from “Sometimes” to “All the Time”

By The Intersect Group

Although there’s nothing new about having people work from home, most full-time employees spend the majority of their time in the office perhaps spending a day or two per week working remotely. Given the current circumstances, more workers will be spending their entire week working from home. We’ve put together a short list of items …

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Maintaining Mental Wellness During the Coronavirus Outbreak

By The Intersect Group

Fear and anxiety around the unknowns of the coronavirus are mounting. As people limit their social interactions, the isolation and loneliness that come from being in quarantine can be taxing. In fact, a medical journal, The Lancet, recently released a report around the mental health concerns associated with quarantine, and they include: fears of infection, …

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The Coronavirus Workplace – Tips for Working from Home

By The Intersect Group

As businesses and employees make the unprecedented move to go remote amidst the threat of the coronavirus, many people are facing a work situation they’ve never encountered before: working full-time from home. Whether you are a company taking your workforce remote for the first time or you’re an individual employee looking for a better way …

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