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Keep Employees Engaged, Informed During COVID-19 Threat, Expert Advises

18 Mar, 2020 Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Some of the very same strategies that help keep injured workers engaged can be effective in helping all employees during the COVID-19 threat. Like injured workers, employees may be Scared — […]

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    About The Author

    • Nancy Grover

      Nancy Grover is a freelance writer having recently retired as the Director, Media Services for WorkersCompensation.com. She comes to our company with more than 35 years as a broadcast journalist and communications consultant. Grover’s specialties include insurance, workers’ compensation, financial services, substance abuse, healthcare and disability. For 12 years she served as the Program Chair of the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference® & Expo. A journalism/speech graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University, Grover also holds an MBA from Palm Beach Atlantic University.

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