While compliance is in vogue, let masks be a symbol of safety in all situations
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Martin Woods2020-07-30T17:36:00
Now is the time to market compliance practices to customers who wear masks within our premises but drop the masks—and their guards—when answering calls and emails from the privacy of their own homes, writes Martin Woods.
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