Tag: COVID-19

March 30, 2022

Nearly two years after enacting the first-in-the-nation permanent COVID-19 workplace safety and health standard, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board voted to rescind its COVID-19 standard. The revocation took effect on March 23. Following his inauguration in January 2022, […]

March 23, 2022

It’s as if the trials of doing business during a pandemic weren’t enough. Some employer challenges, such as the skills gap and labor shortage, were a curse before the COVID era, but they’ve worsened during the health crisis. One particularly […]

March 21, 2022

The survey’s findings are supported by other recent polling of HR professionals. For example, software marketplace Capterra found in data published last month that 49% of organizations planned to increase their L&D budgets in 2022, compared to 41% who said […]

March 16, 2022

Office slang is great fodder for Internet memes, eye rolls, and coffee mugs, but for those suffering through corporate colloquialisms, that slang can be more annoying than entertaining, research suggests. Communication Habits Can Irk “Almost half of Americans have a […]

March 15, 2022

Now that the omicron wave is subsiding, COVID-19 cases are trending lower and the U.S. is inching toward normalcy, many companies are returning to pre-pandemic operations, which includes a return to business travel. However, travel for work isn’t necessarily what […]

March 8, 2022

Vaccinations are available, and states have been reopening, but the number of women in the workforce has fallen to historic lows because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As employees begin returning to the office, employers should be thinking about how to […]

March 1, 2022

Employers may be tempted to lift their pandemic-related safety requirements as federal and state authorities ease masking and other COVID-19 rules. But employers should note that they have ongoing obligations to protect the health and safety of their workers. “It’s […]

February 22, 2022

The talent shortage is hitting the tech industry harder than most. Nearly 50% of tech recruiters are struggling to fill positions because they can’t find enough qualified candidates, according to a recent survey by San Francisco-based technical talent analysis platform […]

February 22, 2022

San Francisco-based Bolt made headlines this year for pivoting to a permanent four-day workweek. The e-commerce software provider had previously conducted a three-month experiment, in which most employees and managers were in favor of the change. The company reported increased […]

February 21, 2022

When people talk about diversity and inclusion, they often think mainly about race and gender. These two aspects are perhaps the most prominent dimensions of diversity, but they’re far from the only ones. Disability, whether physical or mental, is also […]

February 21, 2022

2021 continues to be a year of constant change for businesses and their HR departments. Companies are still navigating hybrid workspaces and adapting to new technologies, as well as working to improve hiring and employee retention programs in response to […]

February 18, 2022

Doug Conant has served as president of Nabisco and chairman of Avon Products and is a New York Times bestselling author. A widely recognized speaker, he founded ConantLeadership, a mission-driven community of leaders. But Conant is best known for his […]

February 18, 2022

As HR Technology Week comes to a close, we want to look back at all the offering and events that transpired throughout this exciting event! Monday Infographic | Now and Next: HR Technology With many companies experiencing drastic changes due […]

February 17, 2022

The challenges of the Great Resignation are certainly not lost on employers, few of which expect any kind of turnaround in the near future. According to a new survey by Willis Towers Watson (WTW), 83% of employers expect to have […]

February 16, 2022

Anyone who’s worked in an office has likely been hindered by frustrating technical challenges. Connectivity issues, forgotten passwords, or frozen computers always seem to pop up frequently when work is particularly abundant or when deadlines are fast approaching. Even on […]

February 15, 2022

Corporate norms evolve over time; sometimes, these norms are beneficial for workers’ overall well-being, and sometimes, they are detrimental. In general, though, the driving force behind such shifts is the best interest of the companies employing these workers. For example, […]

February 11, 2022

An employee claimed that she contracted COVID-19 at work because her employer did not take sufficient safety measures and that her husband died from the disease after catching the virus from her. A California appellate court ruled that the employee […]

February 10, 2022

Time is running out for health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid to be fully vaccinated. Despite blocking President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private employers, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Centers for […]

February 7, 2022

A California appeals court rejected a challenge to COVID-19-related workplace safety rules brought by a group of agricultural business organizations, concluding that the need to protect workers outweighed any burdens the measure imposed on employers. The appellate court said the […]

February 3, 2022

Although there are no federally mandated vaccine-or-testing regulations for employees in any industry other than health care, employers still need to comply with state and local rules aimed at protecting their workers from COVID-19. But rather than tracking vaccination status, […]