In a recent survey carried out by Google internally for its staff members, it was revealed that most of the Google employees wanted to return to the office at some point in the future, though not every day. The survey was titled as employees’ desires for post-pandemic work. The organization revealed that it was planning ‘hybrid’ models for future work and that will include rearranging the offices.
A Georgia-based insurance company – Risk & Insurance Consultants Inc. – was in the news, as it had failed to pay an employee when he was asked to self-quarantine due to coronavirus concerns. The company has finally agreed to pay $1599 in back wages to the employee who was denied the paid sick leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division reported on 15 Sept, 2020.
According to the statement by the Association for Talent Development, it was revealed that most organizations informed that their managers received training on at least some coaching skills. However, about 60% of the respondents said that the top barrier to effective coaching was ‘not holding managers accountable for it.’ The survey also revealed that about 90% of organizations expected managers to coach direct reports, while about 75% of employers expected this from all their managers.
In an internal announcement made by the luxury apparel maker Ralph Lauren, it was announced that the company will cut about 15% of its global workforce by the end of its fiscal year. The move was announced on Tuesday to facilitate company-wide restructuring to lower costs and beef up its online business. The company had about 24,900 employees around March end and based on that data, the plan can impact more than 3,700 jobs.
In the latest development related to commuting during the reopening of businesses, Uber has launched a suite of rideshare products that have been designed to help employers plan commutes and other transportation needs as they plan a reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Uber for Business will pilot two products – Employee Group Rides and Business Charter and will launch the programs in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
In a recent announcement made by the US Department of Labor, it was stated that the agency will promote COVID-19 paid sick and family leave in a series of television, radio, and social media public service announcements. The announcement was made on 14th Sept, 2020. The agency also stated that the announcement will be made in English and Spanish to create more awareness and inform workers and employers of their rights under the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA). With this plug-in DOL aims to encourage individuals with questions or concerns to contact the department.
In a recent development related to government aid Republican senators introduced a bill, which will give the ailing airline industry additional $28 billion aid, as they prepare for more than 30,000 job cuts as early as next month. The airline industry had suffered massively amid coronavirus pandemic, have racked up losses in billions with no significant rebound in travel demand coming anytime soon. Earlier, Congress approved bill had protected jobs till 30th Sept, 2020. The new bill will protect the jobs till the end of March next year.
According to the results of an Aon survey, which was conducted in late August, it was revealed that about 82% of North American HR stakeholders had rated workforce agility as ‘extremely important’ to the success of their organization in the future. Building agility, technology, and communications infrastructure had topped the list of the factors, which the respondents had said were most important for the organizational success.
According to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Chipotle fired a service manager at a Tampa, Florida store. The EEOC alleged in a lawsuit filed on 10 Sept, 2020. The agency also stated that the ex-employee’s initial complaints about co-workers’ harassment went unaddressed and when the employee escalated the complaint to the corporate office, she was fired from her position.
In a recent lawsuit case, federal judge had weakened Tesla’s lawsuit against a former employee. The company had accused the employee of hacking into its computers and leaking the confidential data to a reporter. In addition, the judge also dismissed the defamation counterclaim by the former employee. According to the federal judge’s decision Tesla failed to show that the former employee failed to show that ex-employee’s disclosure of confidential information caused a decline of about $167 million in the electric car maker’s market value.
According to the C-suite leaders and senior managers who had responded to a late 2019 PwC Survey revealed that people management especially retention is not an easy task to accomplish during mergers and acquisitions. The report also noted that there has been an increasing sense of challenge in navigating the people and organization aspect of integration. According to the report about 80% of respondents reported that the aspect of navigating people would be difficult as compared to 58% in 2016.
In a recent development at Facebook, the CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined a new set of rules on Thursday. The new rules will guide debates and conversations within the Workplace – the company’s internal social network. Zuckerberg in his announcement stated that he will ensure that every employee felt supported at work, especially the Black community at the Facebook. He also added that the organization will be more specific about which parts of Workplace can be used to discuss social and political issues.
According to Gartner analysis that was released on 10 Sept, 2020, only 16% of new hires will possess the skills that will be needed for their current jobs and even the jobs of future. The survey also revealed that existing roles will require about 10 new skills by 2021. The report also featured that the traditional talent acquisition sources may also not enable employers to find these new skills especially after the global pandemic.
While there has been a fall in the jobless claims, experts predict that employment growth is still sluggish. According to the reports, the first time unemployment claims insurance was about 860,000. It was down from the 893,000 a week earlier and better than Dow Jones estimates of 875,000.
The state’s Department of Industrial Relations on 3 Sept, 2020 revealed that employers in California should keep labor codes and regulations in mind when it comes to leave and worker safety. The department also said that they (employers) may need to make adjustments as wildfires affect working conditions across the state. The state had also published heat illness prevention standards and worker safety guidance for those in wildfire regions.
In a recent development airlines and labor unions pushed for $25 billion more in federal aid to preserve industry jobs through next March. The aid for the US carriers will expire on 30 Sept, 2020 and the further plan is to furlough or lay off more than 30,000 workers. Various airline executives plan to meet with White House officials today.
According to a recent report published on 2nd Sept, 2020, it was found that the number of LinkedIn users with the title ‘head of diversity’ has globally grown by 107% over the period of last five years. Further, it was also found that during the same time period individuals with the title ‘director of diversity’ increased by 75% and chief diversity officer titles increased by 68%. Globally, there has been an increase of about 71% in all diversity and inclusion (D&I) roles in the last five years.
In a recent decision ruled by a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, it was affirmed by the court that Apple retail employees must be paid for their time that was spent in bag searches. The ruling stemmed from class action wage and hour claims that were brought by workers who alleged that the exit searches violated the state law. According to the employees the average time they spent on these searches ranged from five to 20 minutes and as much as 45 minutes – depending on the availability of manager or security guard. The employees were required to clock out before the searches and were not paid for the time spent in the searches.
The Lost Wages Assistance program created by the Trump administration came with lots of limitations and restrictions. The program offered up to six weeks of $300 payments to supplement unemployment benefits. But there are hundreds of thousands of workers who don’t qualify for the subsidy. The list includes workers who are under $100 threshold, workers who have self-certified that they lost their jobs due to COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the recent survey by workplace communication platform Slack, it was found that only 12% of global knowledge workers intended to go back to working exclusively from an office. Slack that had polled more than 9,000 self-identified ‘skilled office workers’ in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia, had found about 72% workers wanted a combination of office-based work and remote work moving forward. More than 50% of respondents revealed their work-balance was better as a result of the shift to remote work.
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