The deadly coronavirus outbreak is affecting the aviation industry globally. With Qantas being another airline that has taken the hit amidst the crisis. The airline in a recent announcement stated that the airline will stand down about two-thirds of its 30,000-strong workforce without pay and will also end international flights. The decision came in the wake of a rescue package of $715 million, unveiled by the government on 18 March 2020. The Union, enraged with the decision, demands that the rescue money for an airline should cover workers’ costs as well.
According to various media reports, US President Donald Trump signed an emergency bill to expand family and medical leave along with guaranteed paid sick leave for certain US workers. The bill was signed on Wednesday, 18 March 2020 and will also include workers who have been employed by private entities or even individuals who have the employment count of fewer than 500 employees. The bill will come into effect by 2 April 2020.
In another development related to the global spread of deadly coronavirus, the airline industry has taken a major hit fight back with reduction in its employees. The move initiated by American Airline Group Inc and Delta Air Lines Inc and reported by Reuters revealed a disturbing trend in the industry. As per these leading industries, airlines will take a longer time to bounce back, so they have to cut costs and reduce their workforce by either offering early retirement packages or unpaid leaves for 12 months with medical benefits.
Conflicting medical Marijuana of the state and Federal have exposed employees to open discrimination. The case came into light when Justin Wild was fired from his role because Wild had used marijuana as part of his cancer treatment. A lawsuit was filed by Wild alleging that his employer violated New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination. The law protects employees with disabilities from discrimination. While the use of marijuana for medical purposes, federal law still opposes it and considers it illegal. Thus leaving the employees in a state of limbo.
In a recent announcement by Amazon.com Inc. on 16 March 2020, the organization stated it would be hiring about 100, 000 workers for warehouse and deliveries in the US. The organization revealed it would be to deal with the rising online orders, that have spurred up due to coronavirus lockdown, as consumers turned to online shopping to meet their needs during the crisis. Apart from Amazon, supermarkets chains had also hired new workers to fulfill the increasing demand. The retail giants are turning to workers who are out of the job due to coronavirus outbreak.
According to recent research by Forrester’s EX index, dated 4 March 2020, information professionals who are working from home frequently were more likely to be engaged in their professional responsibilities. The research offered an analysis of how technology played an important role in both employees’ experience and engagement. The study also revealed the flexibility to work from home with good conditions for staying focused on the work in hand offered a retreat for professionals from the regular distractions of an office environment.
The leading oil giants in the US, have taken their cue from other companies in the State and has imposed work-from-home rules for office staff. The major energy companies in the US have also started health checks for staff members who work remotely or who are at major health risks, as the deadly coronavirus spreads and threatens the entire industry reeling from falling oil demand and profits.
According to the recent study released by Emtrain dated 10 March 2020, the workplace culture in numerous organizations is still toxic despite the MeToo movement. The Emtrain Workplace Culture Report 2020 revealed some disturbing facts including the fact about employees about 83% of them will not report harassment even if they saw it. In addition, about 41% of workers don’t trust management to take the report seriously. The study had analyzed a dataset of about 2.5 million responses in which more than 40,000 employees had contributed.
Google, the tech giant, in a recent development, has encouraged its employees in North America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to work remotely beginning 12 March 2020. The organization in a mail, confirming the announcement, revealed the goal is to reduce the density of people in the offices. Google further stated as per the expert advice, this may slow the spread of COVID-19 confirmed the announcement in a mail to HR Dive. The organization also announced that hourly workers will be duly compensated for their stipulated hours.
The latest diversity report published by Twitter on Wednesday, revealed, for the sixth consecutive year, the majority of staff at the social media platform is white of Asian and skews male. According to the reports, the social platform has made good progress on its two-year diversity targets for women, black and Latin employees – meeting and in some cases even exceeding its goals.
According to a study published, last month revealed interesting facts. Removing gender references from scientific research applications ensured gender disparity as more women principal investigators were selected as compared to their male counterparts. The researches also scrutinized the application review process used by the Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee. The study concluded with the statement stating organizations should anonymize their recruitment process if they want to reduce gender disparity.
In a recent statement released by one of the tech giants Microsoft, dated 5 March 2020, it stated the organization will continue to pay hourly wages to its vendors even as Seattle employees work from home. The coronavirus outbreak has affected businesses in numerous organizations and Microsoft is one of them. While the need for hourly workers has reduced in Microsoft campuses, as employees are being encouraged to work from home, the organization has pledged to offer regular pay for the hourly workers regardless of whether they are offering full services or not.
According to the recent report by Payscale, dated 11 March, 2020, the annual wage growth range for high-performing tech workers is about 3.2%. The growth range has made tech workers some of the few to enjoy an annual wage growth higher than the average of 3%. The report also featured some of the jobs that have the lowest annual wage growth including HR at 1.2%, sales at 1.2% and marketing and advertising at about 1.7%. The report also threw light on some of the disturbing facts like jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) positions were hard to fill.
In an internal statement released late Wednesday confirmed the resignation of chief executive officer Alain Bellemare. The statement also revealed Bellemare will be replaced by a former company executive and Hydro-Quebec CEO Eric Martel. Bellemare will step down from his current position after spending good five years at the organization when he took the top job in 2015. He has steered the organization through some of the biggest challenges including a brush with bankruptcy due to the costly C Series jet program.
In a recent development, SAS Airline SAS invited unions to discuss a 20% work and pay cut for all its employees, amidst its battle against the deadly coronavirus. The airline confirmed a slump in demand due to the COVID-19 breakout on Tuesday, 10 March 2020. The news was initially reported by Norwegian business daily DN citing an internal email circulated at the carrier. The airline co-owned by Sweden and Denmark revealed last week it was pursuing various measures to cut costs including hiring freeze.
According to internal communication, chief executive officer Henrik Adam revealed Tata Steel Europe plans to cut about 1, 250 jobs as the company faces some ‘challenging circumstances’ and ‘needs urgent improvement in profitability.’ Adam in an internal memo revealed the seriousness of the organization’s financial situation and the urgent priority to improve the business performance and the cash position. In addition, to the job cuts, the organization will not replace employees who have left or retired.
According to the statement by the New York State Common Retirement Fund, revealed Coca-Cola will consider the wages it pays to all its employees when it will settle executive salaries, with an aim to bring them into closer alignment. The statement further revealed that following the agreement with the beverage giant, the fund has withdrawn a shareholder resolution against the organization.
The recent decision of Hachette to publish the autobiography of the Hollywood director Woody Allen has not gone down well with the employees. Dozens of Hachette employees staged a walkout of the company’s New York office on 5 March 2020, to protest against the company’s decision to publish Woody Allen’s autobiography. A Hachette imprint – Grand Central – announced this week it would publish the Hollywood director’s Apropos of Nothing on 7 April 2020. Grand Central acquired the rights to publish the book a year ago and have not yet disclosed the related financial terms.
According to the recent survey results from HackerRank, the time-to-hire for tech positions may reach 45 days, especially for the recruiters at large companies. The study was shared with HR Dive via email and had about 5, 000 tech leaders as respondents, who examined key data points in the recruitment process like requisition load, a number of applications per posting, application pass-through rate along with phone screen pass-through rate. The study also revealed recruiters with more than 20 requisitions had an average time-to-onboard of 45 days.
Kansas City, Missouri, is learning the ropes to navigate the war for top talent in a tight labor market, as over 450 talent acquisition and HR leaders at the organizations like Cerner, Garmin, Hallmark, Sprint, H&R Block, Geico, and KPMG participated in TeamKC’s third annual Training Camp on 28 February 2020. The initiative was spearheaded by the Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC) and was formed to build custom resources to elevate the region’s efforts to attract, retain and develop top talent. Currently, TeamKC serves a network of about more than 1,000 talent acquisition leaders and about 300 Kansas City area employers.
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