COVID-19: Recovery & Return to the Workplace

MHTC Recovery & Return to the Workplace Framework

The COVID-19 health crisis and near certainty of a national recession in 2020 has altered some—but not all—of the immediate priorities of the Mass High Tech Council. Our policy and program focus remains the same, but the game plan has shifted to how we collectively respond to–and recover from–this crisis.

The Council’s Executive Committee, along with a diverse group of leaders from the diagnostic testing, life sciences, health care delivery, technology and manufacturing sectors led by High Tech Council Executive Committee member Steve Pagliuca, have developed the Massachusetts Recovery and Return to the Workplace Framework designed to restart the Commonwealth’s economy while protecting the health of residents.

View the current version of the Recovery and Return to the Workplace Framework HERE.

View the Council’s May 22 deep dive for employers on Masks, Workplace Norms, and the Future of Testing and Tracing HERE.

The framework has been thoroughly vetted by senior executives with global perspectives and was informed by published insights and data from McKinsey & Company.  It is designed to guide leaders from the public and private sectors in the months and was presented by Pagliuca and Council staff to Governor Baker’s Reopening Advisory Board on April 30, 2020.

The evolving Recovery and Return to the Workplace Framework focuses on three main strategic areas:

• Segmentation and Sequencing
• Effective Therapeutics
• Reducing the Rate of Spread

The Council’s Recovery and Return to the Workplace Initiative represents a strong public-private partnership model that draws on a deep bench of Massachusetts-based subject matter experts.  The intent of the plan and the overall effort is to support Governor Baker’s efforts, including his partnership with governors from the Northeast, and inform Congressional decision makers and Massachusetts legislative leaders on workplace safety, economic development and stimulus, public investment, taxation and other key policies.

As importantly, the Recovery and Return to the Workplace Initiative will provide business leaders and innovation economy employers with peer-validated and timely information needed to help them restart operations and return to work safely and successfully. By leveraging the Council’s CEO-level network, our team of subject matter experts and contributors will help to identify the specific conditions that must be in place to allow for restart and encourage individuals to engage in economic activity.

See information below about our ongoing series of COVID-19 Response Virtual Roundtables and watch your inbox for more opportunities to stay engaged and continue advancing the Council’s pro-growth, recovery-focused agenda and initiatives.

Contact Chris Andersonk to learn more about how you can participate.

MHTC Virtual Roundtable Series

• Cyber security
• Telemedicine and telehealth
• Economic impacts
• Public health and provider responses
• Operations, business continuity and supply chain
• Managing careers in the new work from home reality

This no-fee series is open to all organizations, not only to members of the Mass. High Tech Council, but registration is required.

Virtual Roundtable Schedule

March 25: Employer Responses

Featuring:

• Chris Ross, EVP Operations, MilliporeSigma
• Eric Snow, SVP Corporate Marketing, PTC
• Diane Young, VP Employee Benefits, PTC

March 31: Massachusetts Economic Impacts and Response

Featuring:

• Mike Kennealy, Secretary, Mass. Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development

April 14: Women In Leadership-Managing Careers in the Work-from Home Reality

Featuring:

• Mary Ann Freeman, Senior Director of Engineering, MathWorks
• Jody Gastfriend, LICSW, VP Senior Care, Care.com
• Kathleen Mitford, EVP, Chief Strategy Officer, PTC
• Cathy Saunders, Head of Client Engagement Center and Early Career Programs, Putnam Investments

April 24: Higher Education Insights

Featuring:

• Alison Davis-Blake, President, Bentley University
• Laurie Leshin, President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• David Luzzi, Sr. Vice Provost & VP, Northeastern University
• Jacqueline Moloney, Chancellor, UMASS Lowell
• Ted Rounsaville, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Co.

May 7: Economic Competitiveness in the Time of COVID-19

Featuring:

• Scott Cohn, Creator “America’s Top States for Business” and Special Correspondent, CNBC
• Colin Moore, Chief Investment Officer, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
• Timothy Zanni, Global and US Technology Sector Leader, KPMG

May 22: Return to the Workplace Roadmap Roundtable- Masks, Testing and Tracing for Employers

June 11: Return to the Workplace- Effective Employer Strategies

Featuring:

• Jane Steinmetz, Boston Office Managing Principal, EY and Mass. High Tech Council Executive Committee Member
• Jill Larsen, Chief Human Resource Officer, PTC
• Chris Ross, Head of Integrated Supply Chain Operations, MilliporeSigma

June 26: Return to the Workplace- Effective Employer Strategies

Featuring:

• Jennifer Reilly, SVP and Chief Human Resource Officer, MKS Instruments
• Dan Weintraub, Chief Administrative Officer, Audax Group
• Atif Zaim, Principal, KPMG