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Tools & Resources for Returning to Work in Michigan

Michigan businesses have been given the green light to get back to work – but with many new rules, guidelines, and processes to ensure our workforce stays healthy and keeps the novel coronavirus from flaring up again. Enter the free COVID ClearPass app from Red Level which helps organizations fulfill many of these new safety protocols. On Monday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer released Executive Order 2020-91 – a new order addressing how Michigan business could emerge from quarantine and gradually resume in-person work. While some of these guidelines are specific to requirements for PPE (personal protective equipment) and social distancing, many of the new rules address capacity limits, employee tracking, and emergency communication – all things the COVID ClearPass app does exceptionally well. Let’s take a closer look at each of these six processes outlined in the governor’s Return to Work plan safeguarding Michigan’s workers from COVID-19. Organizations must develop ...

Red Level2023-02-16T16:01:22+00:00

BUILDING THE RIGHT IT FOUNDATION FOR SMALL(ER) BUSINESSES

Does your business rest on a solid IT foundation? And as a business owner, do you know what you need to know in order to make that determination? It's more than understandable if you don't. Unless your business is focused on information technology and products or services related to it, you've probably got little time or patience for IT issues - after all, they are complex, and you have your core business to attend to. But that doesn't change the fact that today, virtually every business depends on digital systems and services of one sort or another. Even the smallest and most technology-averse companies have been compelled to enter the digital realm on some level, if only for something as elementary as credit card processing. My many years of experience in consulting and advising small to medium-sized businesses of all types - retailers, manufacturers, professional services firms and more - ...

Edward Aube2023-02-16T16:01:43+00:00

Q & A with our CEO, David King

I recently participated in an interview program that gave me an opportunity to talk about Red Level - who we are, what we do, and why. It occurred to me that this was something that we didn't see often enough in business - straightforward answers to straightforward questions. When done right, an interview can give a clearer picture of what a person or business is all about. With that in mind, I thought it might be interesting to answer a few of those same questions here. A lot of IT companies that were around when Red Level started out have disappeared. Red Level has lasted for more than a decade now, and continues to grow. Why is that? I can think of three main reasons. Adaptability is vitally important; even technology companies can get stuck in routines. We are continuously learning, continuously changing, so that doesn't happen with us. We're strategic, and we ...

David King2023-02-16T16:01:54+00:00