Archive for August 2020
3 Workplace COVID-19 Trends That Are Likely Here to Stay
The post-pandemic landscape may be a very different one, especially with respect to leave and accommodations, experts are saying. It’s a familiar scene for anyone who has spent time in an office: Leadership calls an all-hands meeting and droves of employees pile into the main conference room, dragging in chairs and getting cozy. But COVID-19…
Read MoreFlexibility Offers Caregivers a Way to Work Amid COVID-19
The solution is difficult to implement in some settings, however, which raises questions about access and equity. When schools, day cares and other institutions shuttered in response to the coronavirus, workers’ caregiving duties exploded. Spring passed. Summer is almost over. And now, with the school year beginning, many workers are seeing their care conundrum go…
Read More‘An HR Crisis in The Making’: 5 Ways to Cope With School Closures
Employees shouldn’t have to choose between work and children and it’s up to employers to make sure parents succeed on both fronts. The school situation this fall is anything but normal. Parents are anxious, many facing months of full-time or partial at-home learning. How will they juggle remote work with their children’s need for help…
Read More‘It’s Just Breathtaking’: How a Turbulent 2020 Is Likely to Impact HR Policies In The Long Run
Policy revisions are sure to come, but not all will necessarily be permanent. The end of a year is typically a time for businesses to take stock of their successes and failures as well as the major turning points that defined them. In 2020, however, a succession of world-changing events may force those conversations sooner…
Read MoreHow HR Should Respond to Social and Political Expression at Work
Employees come to work to perform a job, but they also bring their social, political and personal ideologies, which they may choose to express in conversations with co-workers, on their clothing or in other ways. Thousands of Americans are actively engaging in social justice movements and standing up for causes such as Black Lives Matter.…
Read MoreReopening Frameworks Clearer for Some, But School Situation a ‘Huge Concern’
Employers are charting paths to reopening workplaces in spite of the turbulence caused by the pandemic, and compliance frameworks are beginning to emerge, speakers said Aug. 5 at the 2020 Disability Management Employer Coalition Virtual Annual Conference. As HR departments for essential businesses or customer-facing industries reopen, some questions are easier to answer than others at…
Read MoreNo COVID Extension: VETS-4212 Filing Deadline is September 30, 2020
Although the 2020 EEO-1 deadline was extended due to the pandemic, contractors and subcontractors who have a current contract covered by the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) or had a contract as of January 1, 2020, must file a VETS-4212 report by September 30, 2020. The filing database is now open. Contractors should file as early as…
Read MoreAs the Future of Work Arrives, HR Pros Need to Rethink Benefits Strategies
As the fallout from the pandemic forces HR professionals to rethink what the future of work will look like — both in the short and long term — they’ll also need to examine their benefits offerings to ensure they meet the demands of a constantly changing workforce and environment. The catch: No one can predict which…
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