Tag: pandemic

October 5, 2021

Employee wellness, particularly mental health wellness, has become an area of increasing concern for companies and their HR leaders during the pandemic, especially as many employees continue to work remotely. After well over a year of dealing with disruptions to […]

September 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many companies around the world to send their employees home and implement new ways of working remotely. More than a year and a half has passed since the start of the crisis, and, with vaccines […]

September 27, 2021

Some of the often-hidden experiences in many offices even before the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a widespread shift to remote work have been the experiences of hearing and visually impaired employees. With a broad shift to remote work, these employees are […]

September 24, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we work, some employers in India have updated their employee benefits and allowances to make them more relevant to current times. A top priority has been medical benefits, given that the […]

September 24, 2021

At one point, very early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, the assumption of many was that traditional work life would essentially return to normal once the pandemic had subsided. In other words, there would essentially be a blip in the […]

September 22, 2021

Office workers are expecting increased workplace flexibility, in the form of fully remote or hybrid onsite/offsite work arrangements, to be an option when the pandemic ends, according to new research. Employers that don’t provide increased remote-work opportunities may find their […]

September 21, 2021

It was only a year ago that work-from-home became the norm in most of our households. Overnight, employers and employees were forced to adjust the way they live and work, while following COVID-19 guidelines. Just when it seemed routines were […]

September 9, 2021

Compared with a year ago, the labor market is in much better shape. True, many employers are struggling to fill openings, but the latest Adzuna data shows jobseekers flooding back into the market this September to meet this unprecedented demand. […]

August 30, 2021

Just a few weeks ago, we, along with businesses and HR observers around the country, were discussing the logistics of bringing staff back to the office as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes and fades away. What a difference a few weeks […]

August 24, 2021

Human resource executives from the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Football League (NFL) shared how they have led their organizations through a tumultuous time defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, heightened employee activism and increasing turnover. The panel was […]

August 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on us all, but it has created an increasingly challenging environment for working parents in America. Working parents, many of whom are now indefinitely working from home, have spent the last year […]

August 16, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to the workplace, and the freedom many employees have to work from anywhere is likely here to stay. But employers—particularly small to midsize employers—might not fully appreciate the risk of inadvertently violating another state’s […]

August 12, 2021

The world has changed quite a bit since COVID-19 hit. People moved, many to different states; babies were born; and companies have grown and changed. It’s likely that the way we think about work will never be the same again. […]

July 27, 2021

Until relatively recently, companies that focused meaningfully on their employees’ mental health were few and far between. Employees who struggled with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or other mental health issues were largely expected to manage those issues outside of work […]

July 16, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm, industries and companies everywhere needed to adapt to new anxieties, new rules, and new schedules. Working remotely soon became not only possible for many, but actually probable for most. However, with […]

July 12, 2021

Large segments of the workforce are emerging from the pandemic in a state of financial crisis. Layoffs, reduced hours, costly medical bills, and the accumulation of unpaid rent and mortgages have made employees more concerned than ever about their current […]

July 12, 2021

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to complicate how employers approach temporary layoffs and furloughs spawned by lost revenues and reduced demands for their services. As if navigating the employment-based immigration laws weren’t complicated enough, now employers must balance implementing cost-saving […]

July 8, 2021

While the pandemic has begun to subside in the U.S., turnover in the workplace is only beginning. A record number of people are quitting their jobs, and more jobs are becoming available as the economy reopens. The conditions are right […]

June 25, 2021

Managers have often seen themselves as dispassionate observers of their employees, implementers of systems and protocols, and enforcers of time management—all in the name of productivity and efficiency. This past year proved a major challenge to all those systems, ongoing […]

June 22, 2021

When the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic in March 2020, businesses scrambled to adapt as much of the country began to shut down. Workplace procedures were abruptly modified, and many companies shifted to remote work. Now, employers are deciding […]