Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「A single case of Covid-19 can be a blow to a small company. As infections surge in the U.S., owners of small businesses are facing questions about how to manage their workers—from reopening the office lunchroom to policing employees’ personal lives.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Ramsay Signs, a maker of custom electrical signs in Portland, Ore., created a penalty system to ensure mask-wearing by staff. Employees get a friendly reminder for their first offense, then a stern warning from supervisors. A third offense triggers a formal write-up indicating that workers will be suspended without pay if they don’t follow company rules.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ None of the sign maker’s 130 employees has been suspended or terminated, but write-ups were common in the early days of the pandemic, Ramsay President Wendy Gibson said. With Covid-19 cases back on the rise in Portland, workers are now taking the pandemic more seriously, she said.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Adding masks, partitions and other safety measures means higher costs for small businesses, many of which have been struggling with slower sales because of the pandemic. But some entrepreneurs say small companies have an edge in responding to the coronavirus because they are more nimble and better attuned to employee concerns.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 📷: @mason_trinca for @wsjphotos」11月20日 0時20分