Corporate America made strong public statements to support diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) during last year’s social justice protests and movements. Advocates are pushing companies to now provide real opportunities to underserved communities—in hiring, promotions, authenticity and salary. Increasing Opportunities Following the 2020 protests against police brutality and racism, many companies released a flurry
Month: April 2021
As corporate leaders commit themselves to increasing their diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts in the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, technology vendors are launching software tools to help HR managers better identify gaps, generate insights and take action. One interesting feature of these new solutions is that both experiential data gathered
The COVID-19 pandemic has harmed a disproportionate number of women, minorities, older workers and people with disabilities, the president and chief executive officer of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) told members of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) during a hearing on April 28. Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, said EEOC guidance
Culture has proven to be crucial for the business in recent times, but it isn’t all kudos, virtual happy hours and collaboration meetings. At the end of the day, culture has to help propel the business forward, or it simply won’t remain a top priority of executives concerned with the bottom line. For this reason,
As organizations prepare for a post-pandemic world, restructuring and reorganization to account for lost revenue in 2020 likely will be on the radar for many in 2021. Employers should be careful, though, not to backtrack on progress made last year toward diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). “Organizations have become increasingly vocal about committing to diversity
Remote work, or work from home, has become a part of the landscape courtesy of COVID-19. Where companies could once rely on the excuse that it had never been done before, they now no longer have that luxury and many employees have realized that they do not need to be tied to a physical location
On April 1, most of the provisions of Ireland’s Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 (the 2021 act) took effect. The 2021 act entitles working parents to an additional three weeks parent’s leave for each parent and rectifies an anomaly in the law that previously left same-sex couples unable to take adoptive leave. We have
During Ramadan, companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are required to reduce work time for employees by two hours every day. But what happens if a company in Dubai only applies the reduced work time for Muslim employees? A Gulf News reader wrote in with the query. He said: “My company is based in
India will soon start enforcing a range of new labor codes, and companies are taking steps to prepare for them. The primary change is that the federal government has consolidated 29 existing federal labor laws into four codes in order to make it easier to do business in India. “The intent is to reduce the
As if COVID didn’t present enough issues related to logistics of work, communication and employee engagement, it’s also led to increased workplace disputes, complaints and disciplinary actions against employees. The general state of the world tends to exacerbate this as extraordinary times have been bookended by the biggest public health crisis in generations. Locked in
HR professionals looking to hire people who are trained in cybersecurity can turn to a new resource—graduates of NSITE’s Cisco Academy training program. The 40-week initiative works with job seekers who are blind or visually impaired and instructs them virtually on how to install, configure and troubleshoot networks using Cisco products. NSITE is a talent management
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The pandemic has made one thing clear about the future of employer-employee relationships; humans are more than resources. Recognizing employees as human beings and showing genuine concern for their wellbeing is a central tenet in any HR strategy. With that in mind, HR is now focusing on employee wellbeing through the lens of their recruitment
British Columbia’s Employment Standards Regulation, BC Reg 396/95, has been amended to create an unpaid leave for employees who require leave to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to assist a dependent who is being vaccinated against COVID-19. The length of the leave is not specified. The legislation simply states, “An employee is entitled to leave
On April 1, the government of Ontario activated its pandemic “emergency brake,” sending the entire province out of the five-tiered color-coded framework and into the shutdown zone, as COVID-19 cases surge in the province. Ontario implemented these shutdown zone measures on April 3, and they will remain effective for at least four weeks. Ontario added another layer of
The U.K. government recently extended the deadline for employers to submit their data on the gender pay gap. A regulation from the U.K.’s Equality and Human Rights Commission requires employers with at least 250 employees to publish their gender pay gap information on their own websites for at least three years. The information must be
Editor’s Note: SHRM has partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies. America — and American business — is undergoing much-needed soul searching about race and equity in the workplace. Corporations across America are affirming their commitments to diversity. Yet commitments have been made before, and to date, diversity
The employee journey is often talked about as HR professionals seek new methods for mapping it. Now, technology is stepping in to help them understand and reshape that journey in new ways. An announcement from Oracle made waves this week as the software giant is entering the space with Oracle Journeys, an enterprise platform that
The U.K. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Uber drivers should be treated as workers, not independent contractors, could have far-reaching and costly consequences for gig-economy firms and other companies. In a unanimous decision in February, the court found that U.K. Uber drivers are entitled to benefits such as paid holidays, minimum wage and pensions because
As they grow older, women face more misperceptions about their dedication and productivity in the workplace. “Gendered ageism” is a type of sexism, affecting women in their 40s and beyond. A 2021 academic study found that “if ageism is undoubtedly problematic for older workers’ identity processes, ageism and gender-stereotypes represent a double risk for women