Global Mobility Hit Hard By Coronavirus
As the coronavirus crisis worsens, multitudes of industries are experiencing supply shortages, closures by state and federal governments, labor shortages, and many other challenges.
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Building an Effective Response Plan for Future Pandemics and Crises
By now, your company or organization has probably already felt the effects of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in one way or another. Whether it’s remote work, reduced operating hours, or administering sick leave requests, this pandemic has left HR professionals scrambling to stay ahead.
AI’s Growing Role as a Gatekeeper for Job Applicants
There have always been gatekeepers in the job application process. Applicants might be afraid that a résumé screener sitting at a desk will discard their application because of an errant typo. Or, jobseekers in the first round of an interview with a company may feel like the HR recruiter just doesn’t seem to like them.
Continuing Presence of Coronavirus Brings New Obligations Related to OSHA
As employers begin looking beyond the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and start thinking of bringing people back to work, they will be wise to realize the new virus means permanent changes related to their obligation to provide a safe workplace.
Take Care Implementing Pay, Work Reductions During COVID-19 Slowdown
Q. Because of the coronavirus, we have reduced everyone’s hours to 30 per week. An employee wants to take his paid time off (PTO) but be paid for his normal 40-hour workweek. Can the company pay for only 30 hours since that is what the entire staff has been moved to?
State-Specific COVID-19 Assistance, Resources for Businesses and Employers
In an effort to provide our subscribers with access to sites in the states in which they operate that can provide state-specific assistance, resources, and information for businesses and employers, we have created the below list of the most valuable, relevant sites we could identify based on our research.
Hiring Your First Support Person in a Remote Work Start-Up
In the early days of running your start-up, the founders don multiple hats. Customer support is inevitably one of them. This is for good reason. Besides the fact that you do not have the money to fund a customer support rep, taking over this role also allows founders to directly work with customers in understanding […]
Management Training: Connecting and Engaging Remote Workers
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders issued for the vast majority of U.S. states, most companies that can have staff work from home are doing so. This creates a host of logistical and management challenges for many companies.
Transparency Only Part of the Gender Pay Gap Solution
Pay transparency has been the gold standard for fighting all kinds of pay inequity. Recent research by PayScale claims that pay transparency does, in fact, solve the gender wage gap. I spoke with an expert about the findings, as well as some of her own research, and she believes pay transparency must be part of […]
Antiquated Leadership Style Is Hindering HiPos, Says HR Pro
The disconnect between executive leadership and HR can often have disastrous consequences for an organization. Perhaps a critical talent identification program isn’t considered important by leaders, or safety and compliance concerns are not taken seriously. But what happens when the leader is HR? I recently had a chance to speak with someone who got into […]