DPD – Parcel delivery firm – on Thursday announced that it would create 6,000 new UK-based jobs. The move would increase investment in infrastructure and would help to meet a boom in online shopping caused by the deadly pandemic and a possible longer-term shift in retail habits. According to the firm, the demand for its services was risen even before the lockdown in March and had continued to rise.
The international hotel chain, announced on Tuesday, its plans to slash about 2,100 corporate jobs or about 22% of its corporate workforce. The announcement came following the coronavirus, which has ravaged the global travel industry. With Hilton’s announcement on the job, cuts threw light on how badly the hotel industry has been hit by the global pandemic, as travelers were forced to cancel their bookings and stay at home amid government-enforced lockdowns.
In a recent development, the US passenger railroad service Amtrak announced the plans to slash its services. Amtrak that had been reeling from the deadly pandemic, announced a reduced frequency on its numerous long-distance routes and a slash on the trains’ frequency in its busy Northeast Corridor. The statement issued by the rail operator also stated Amtrak’s plans to trim its workforce through a voluntary offer to employees.
According to a recent analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation, it was found about one in four US workers would be at high risk for critical complications from the COVID-19. The analysis stated if the workers are exposed to the deadly coronavirus there could be severe complications. According to the analysis it was estimated about 37.7 million workers would be at high risk. The result also included about 10 million workers who are either 65 years or older.
In a statement issued by Lufthansa on Monday, it was revealed, Lufthansa sought to strike agreements with worker representatives by 22 June 2020 on how the company could make cuts that were equivalent to 22,000 full-time positions. According to the statement, the airline’s flight services would be affected by a calculated 5,000 jobs including 600 jobs of pilots, about 2,600 flight attendants, and about 1,500 ground staff.
Walt Disney’s ABC News has put one of its top executives – Barbara Fedida – on leave, as it investigates the press reports stating Fedida had made racist comments along with other inappropriate behavior. The report that was published in HuffPost alleged Fedida who is the network’s senior vice president for talent, editorial strategy and business affairs possessed a history of making insensitive comments and even had been the subject of numerous HR complaints.
In a landmark ruling, workplace discrimination on the basis of an employee’s sexual orientation or gender identity is considered illegal. The move would be termed illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the US Supreme Court held in a 6-3 ruling on 15 June 2020. The ruling was a consolidation of three separate cases that were argued in the court in 2019.
In a recent report released by HR consulting firm Mercer, dated 9 June 2020, it was found international employers are more focused on the well-being of international employees. The concern for expats’ well-being is important, as the employers reassess their expatriate programs during the coronavirus outbreak. The report by Mercer stated employers with international operations would leverage new work arrangements, changing technology, and consider alternate forms of international assignments.
Even as the economy is slowly reopening post the lockdown due to the global pandemic there could be some bad news on the horizon. According to the various experts, it is believed the lost jobs would not come back and unemployment rates would remain elevated. The reopening of the economy would force the workers to either retrain or relocate – both could be hard under the given circumstances.
While most of the businesses have been operating on the work from the home system due to coronavirus, the employees of numerous call centers around the US realized it is not a viable option for them. According to Karen Harris, New York-based managing director of the Marco Trends Group at consulting firm Bain & Co, said, “These call centers are typically densely occupied, which makes it challenging to protect workers’ health.” Her concerns included if a mere act of singing could spread the virus through droplets in the air, being on the phone for hours at a stretch may leave them with a transmission risk.
According to the employment site Glassdoor, there has been a significant rise in the grocery manager, warehouse manager, and order selector roles, especially on the site. The site revealed in an analysis that was published on 8 June 2020, the increase in the job openings for the said roles rose between 2 March and 11 May 2020, when the US job market waned owing to the global pandemic. The analysis report also stated that there was a growth of about 648% of grocery manager openings on Glassdoor during the said time period.
In a recent development related to the global pandemic, it was found the weekly jobless claims in the US had slowed for the tenth week in a row. It has been reported that while with 1.5 million new claims filed during the week that ended on 6 June 2020, there were millions still who remain unemployed even as the economy is slowly reopening. According to a BLS report, the labor market would take years to recover from the downturn caused due to the global pandemic.
June, termed as the Pride Month, is the month when numerous companies gather together to celebrate the civil rights achievements and acceptance of the LGBTQ community. But this time, due to the fear of a global pandemic, the annual celebrations would need to shift to a virtual environment. Pride – Fidelity’s Employee Resource Group (ERG) for its LGBTQ+ community and allies – was founded in 1999 and would celebrate its members during the company’s first-ever virtual Pride month.
According to a statement by CityFibre – the broadband company in the UK, it was revealed the company would be creating up to 10,000 new jobs over the next three years. The move aims to upgrade Britain’s digital infrastructure to full fiber. The UK government plans to deploy gold-standard fast broadband across the country by 2025, which would mainly be delivered through fiber-optic connections to the homes.
In a recent development, Lufthansa on Wednesday revealed the current situation of the company. The German carrier said about 26,000 employees may lose their jobs as they are surplus to requirements, and that the jobs cut would be more than 10,000 flagged a few weeks ago.
CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman would step down from his position post the catastrophic few days were in the fitness program have lost key partnerships, endorsements, including the business of hundreds of affiliated gyms across the world. The move came after a pair of offensive tweets by Glassman. In response to a tweet, Reebok, the official outfitter of the brand, said they would end their partnership with the brand.
According to a recent survey done by LinkedIn Learning, it was revealed about 64% of global L&D professionals felt that training employees to fill skills gaps would be an urgent priority for organizations especially now than before the global pandemic. The survey, which had more than 200 employees in 21 countries, also stated the strategic position of Learning and Development programs has been raised in their organizations during the coronavirus.
The pandemic has brought numerous changes in the way organizations work and one of them is remote onboarding. While organizations found it easy to onboard new employees before the pandemic, amid coronavirus lockdown, the organizations are relying on savvy chatbots and powerful equipment who welcome new employees on board.
The announcement made by Dunkin’, a unit of Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc stated on Monday about franchisees planning to hire up to 25,000 workers as they prepare for higher demand, as the US states initiate reopening after months-long lockdowns. According to the announcement, new jobs include front-of-counter and managerial roles at restaurants. The company also announced that it was committed to diversity and inclusion.
According to the latest development, Alibaba Group revealed that its cloud unit aims to hire 5,000 workers globally from the present day until the end of this financial year. The announcement revealed the areas where the company would be hiring and the areas included network, database, servers, chips, and artificial intelligence. Jeff Zhang, president of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, said, “The digital transformation journey for businesses in China, which was previously expected to take three to five years, is now likely to be accelerated to be completed within one year.”
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