What if they reopened a workplace and nobody clocked in? That seems to be a question worth pondering for many employers as more data reveals that employees and consumers are putting their personal safety at the top of their list of things to worry about.
The latest indication comes from...
CFOs seem to be more cautious about reopening their
businesses than many governors are about reopening their states. As some
jurisdictions contemplate lifting stay-at home orders and encourage companies
to open their doors, corporate leaders see the path to recovery as being
increasingly complex, lengthy and expensive.
The fourth iteration of PwC’s COVID-19 Pulse...
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Today, I’m talking with Cecile Alper-Leroux, Vice President of HCM Innovation at Ultimate Software. She’s an economic anthropologist by training and has been working in HR technology for more than 20 years. We talked...
Mark Feffer: Welcome to PeopleTech, the podcast of the HCM Technology report. I'm Mark Feffer.
Today, I talk with Martha Bird, business anthropologist at ADP Innovation Lab. Her job is to make sure that the human element is accounted for when new digital products are designed, so that, for...
A number of HR leaders have speculated that employers’ attitudes toward remote work will have changed permanently once the COVID-19 pandemic ends. New research shows that thinking’s warranted.
Some three-quarters of CFOs—74 percent—plan to shift at least 5 percent of their employees to remote work, according to Gartner. Nearly a...
HR departments are heads down today as they
adapt to the changes wrought by Covid-19. But at some point, employers will
look ahead to face a new normal. When they do, early indications are that
executives will move cautiously.
HR’s front lines are now preoccupied with three challenges: setting up employees to work...
Widespread layoffs have begun across the economy as employers
struggle with the impact of business lost
because of the coronavirus. According to media reports, more than 1 million
workers could lose their jobs by the end of March.
Ball State University Economist Michael Hicks told the Washington Post that March could be the...
The coronavirus is forcing more employers to accommodate remote work as families scramble to juggle working from home while schools are closed and older relatives need attention. Already, the HR tech world is seeing changes.
Across the U.S., state and local governments declared states of emergency, closed public gathering places...
Developers of gig platforms are pursuing strategies that
combine the finding and hiring of talent with solutions tailored to specific
industries or business needs.
Sometimes working with established HR tech businesses, these companies have either trained their sights on narrow verticals, such as media and healthcare, or are creating solutions intended to...
Signs that the labor market may be softening
hasn’t eased employers’ worries about finding skilled workers, then keeping
them once they do.
One reason, according to The Wall Street Journal, is employees have figured out that remaining in place may not be in their best interests. There’s “relatively little value associated with...
