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  • Up your strategic skills to rise in HR career!

    Up your strategic skills to rise in HR career!

    News by Editorial Team 14 Apr 2020

    According to the data shared by PayScale with HR revealed an increase in the total compensation for HR managers has risen to about 12% since 2011. More than 50,000 HR professionals contributed to the survey. The survey report also revealed that HR skills with the highest positive influence on salary growth included operations management, curriculum planning, change management, and strategic project management among others. The report also revealed that any skill that points to a strategic perspective would ensure a good salary package and career growth.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Amazon continues its recruitment drive in the US and Canada!

    Amazon continues its recruitment drive in the US and Canada!

    News by Editorial Team 14 Apr 2020

    In a recent development, the online retailing giant – Amazon announced that it will create about 75,000 extra jobs for the employees who were furloughed in the US and Canada in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement also stated that the online retailing giant has hit its previous hiring targets and now will need another recruiting drive.

     

    Read more at The Guardian
  • McDonald to face class action lawsuit over sexual harassment!

    McDonald to face class action lawsuit over sexual harassment!

    News by Editorial Team 14 Apr 2020

    The fast-food giant McDonald’s Corp is again in the news for all the wrong reasons, it seems. The fast-food giant was hit with a class-action lawsuit that accused it of subjecting its women employees in its corporate-owned fast-food restaurants in Florida to widespread sexual harassment. According to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago on Friday the company fostered a climate of severe or pervasive sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.

     

    Read more at Reuters
  • Court closures affect background checks amid coronavirus pandemic!

    Court closures affect background checks amid coronavirus pandemic!

    News by Editorial Team 13 Apr 2020

    The latest thing to get affected by coronavirus is the background checks for the new hires and it also includes whether a candidate has a criminal record or not. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the courts across the country have restricted access in order to curb the coronavirus spread. This has result in delayed background checks, which has slowed down the hiring process.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Workers not happy with employers' COVID-19 response!

    Workers not happy with employers' COVID-19 response!

    News by Editorial Team 13 Apr 2020

    According to a survey by marketing firm Hinge, it was revealed majority – about53% of professional service firm employees are dissatisfied with their employers’ responses to the coronavirus pandemic. The report also stated poor communication and lack of planning were the prominent comments from employees who had negatively rated employers’ responses. The survey also revealed some disturbing facts as well as some positive views of employer responses that were cited as decisive, proactive measures like remote-work capability as being effective.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Unions demand coronavirus protection for Amazon warehouse workers!

    Unions demand coronavirus protection for Amazon warehouse workers!

    News by Editorial Team 09 Apr 2020

    According to the latest news on coronavirus, National Labor Union leaders have sent a letter to Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on 1 April 2020, demanding safety improvement for the US warehouse workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group comprised of the AFL-CIO; the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Cemex asks staff for voluntary pay-cuts!

    Cemex asks staff for voluntary pay-cuts!

    News by Editorial Team 09 Apr 2020

    The recent development in the COVD-19 pandemic, Mexican cement maker Cemex announced on Wednesday that it has asked its employees to voluntarily ‘defer 10% payment’ of their salaries for the coming three months. The move was initiated as a part of raft measures to battle the impact of coronavirus, which included scrapping 2020 dividends. The statement released also stated that the senior management team was asked to forego about 15% of their salaries for the period starting 1 May 2020.

     

    Read more at Reuters
  • BlackRock to retain its employees amid coronavirus pandemic!

    BlackRock to retain its employees amid coronavirus pandemic!

    News by Editorial Team 09 Apr 2020

    Amidst all the depressing news floating around, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager announced that it will not layoff its employees during the year due to coronavirus outbreak. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO Larry Fink. The statement also stated that the organization will also pay full-time wages to its support staff like cafeteria, and maintenance workers, even if they can’t come to work.

     

    Read more at Reuters
  • Eligible organizations can post free jobs on LinkedIn!

    Eligible organizations can post free jobs on LinkedIn!

    News by Editorial Team 08 Apr 2020

    The professional networking site recently announced that it will allow free job postings for eligible organizations over the period from 1 April to 30 June 2020. The site also announced that all the jobs posted in this category will receive an extra promotion to highly relevant candidates in your particular area. The company will promote critical front-line healthcare roles and will list those openings on a central site for COVID-19 relief work opportunities.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • TJX furloughs about 286,000 employees during COVID-19!

    TJX furloughs about 286,000 employees during COVID-19!

    News by Editorial Team 08 Apr 2020

    The retailer TJX Companies Inc on Tuesday announced that it will furlough most of its employees at its stores and distribution centers, as outlets remained shut to curb coronavirus spread. TJX announced that it will furlough about 286,000 employees and will pay their salaries till the week ending 11 April 2020. The store also shared that senior members will take a pay cut in order to balance their sheets amid the economic downturn.

     

    Read more at Reuters
  • US workers encouraged to report COVID-19 shutdown violations!

    US workers encouraged to report COVID-19 shutdown violations!

    News by Editorial Team 08 Apr 2020

    In a recent development related to the global pandemic, the US states and cities are encouraging the workers to report their employers’ violations related to coronavirus shutdown.  The New York Attorney General’s office in its announcement recently asked the workers to get in touch if they felt their employees are violating either the existing labor laws or recently issued New York State executive orders, including Governor Andrew Cuomo’s shutdown order and other COVID-19 related directives.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Financial hurdles & mental health worsens under lockdown!

    Financial hurdles & mental health worsens under lockdown!

    News by Editorial Team 07 Apr 2020

    In the latest development with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was revealed that some portion of the US workers fear that they will not be able to sustain during coronavirus pandemic. About 1 in 5 said that staying at home can lead to an inability to meet basic financial needs like paying rent or buying groceries. In a survey, carried out by Axios and market research firm Ipsos shared that while there is a stability in the access to the basic goods like food and toilet paper, about 31% of the workers feel that their access to healthcare has gotten worse and about 35% of workers reported about deteriorating mental health.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Reach to furlough about 1,000 employees & cut salaries!

    Reach to furlough about 1,000 employees & cut salaries!

    News by Editorial Team 07 Apr 2020

    According to a statement by the Reach, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Daily Express, and Daily Star newspapers will furlough about 1,000 of the employees, while the management along with the senior editorial team will take a pay cut by a fifth.  The statement also featured the intend of the organization to furlough about 20% of its 4,700 employees during the coronavirus pandemic. It also stated that the ‘most senior editorial team’ will take a 20% cut in their salaries, while all the other employees will take a 10% pay cut.

     

    Read more at The Guardian
  • Coronavirus cooled the US labor market: Indeed!

    Coronavirus cooled the US labor market: Indeed!

    News by Editorial Team 06 Apr 2020

    According to the data collected on 27 March 2020, by the job posting site Indeed, there was a slump in the US labor market. The data revealed the occupations that were heavily affected by coronavirus has witnessed a dramatic change as compared to last year. The researchers also pointed out the fact that usually there is a surge throughout the spring, but this year the job postings are down by 15.2% as compared to 2019. Indeed also revealed that the surge in slowdown has been quite recent and the gap was about 7.2% as of 21 March 2020.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Three major US companies passed in gender parity commitment!

    Three major US companies passed in gender parity commitment!

    News by Editorial Team 06 Apr 2020

    According to the Gender Pay Scorecard three of 50 major companies – Starbucks, Mastercard, and Citigroup – received an ‘A’ grade on their gender parity efforts. The scorecard was released on March 31, 2020, in recognition of Equal Pay Day. The scorecard revealed more than half of the top companies like AT&T, Goldman Sachs, McDonald's and Walmart received an ‘F’ grade thus failing in their commitment to gender parity.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Coronavirus-related complaints leave employers confounded!

    Coronavirus-related complaints leave employers confounded!

    News by Editorial Team 06 Apr 2020

    According to the survey results from law firm Blank Rome, employers are still confused about how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, including how it relates to employee complaints. The survey that was conducted between March 19 and March 23 revealed that only 12% of companies had received one or more complaints related to coronavirus. The survey also revealed that more than 93% of the complaints don’t fall under the traditional framework of employee complaints.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • One-fifth employees have trust issues with HR professionals!

    One-fifth employees have trust issues with HR professionals!

    News by Editorial Team 03 Apr 2020

    According to a survey conducted by Zenefits Workest about 30% of employees avoid going to HR with their problems while one-fifth of them don’t trust HR in their organization. There were about 500 employees and 300 HR professionals who contributed to the survey. The survey revealed a gap between HR and employees as about 31% of respondents revealed that they feared retaliation, while about 23% said they have experienced poor HR in their previous organization.

     

    Read more at HRDIVE
  • Gig workers seek coronavirus jobless benefits!

    Gig workers seek coronavirus jobless benefits!

    News by Editorial Team 03 Apr 2020

    Gig workers like Uber and Lyft drivers have hit a bureaucratic wall in their efforts to apply for coronavirus jobless benefits, which were promised to all unemployed employees by Congress as state agencies. The said delay in the benefits claim by the state agencies is because they are clueless about how to handle this class of workers who are new to the US unemployment system. Gig workers, who were before the pandemic was considered as independent contractors, have been included in the federal government’s coronavirus stimulus bill to receive unemployment benefits, usually reserved for full-time employees.

     

    Read more at Reuters
  • Chipotle under fire in NY over coronavirus sick leaves!

    Chipotle under fire in NY over coronavirus sick leaves!

    News by Editorial Team 03 Apr 2020

    The latest development in relation to the global pandemic coronavirus, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc came under pressure for its policies amid COVID-19. The fast-food giant was under fire in just less than two months after it settled with NY city regulators over paid sick leave. According to a press call on Thursday, the chair of the city council’s health committee joined the Chipotle employees to voice concerns about the chain’s emergency pay policies that were not implemented properly.

     

    Read more at Reuters
  • EU exec offers shorter work hours to avoid layoffs!

    EU exec offers shorter work hours to avoid layoffs!

    News by Editorial Team 02 Apr 2020

    In a recent development related to coronavirus, EU exec on Wednesday offered a wage-subsidy scheme to encourage employers to cut workers’ hours instead of cutting their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to EU exec, it is a plan that could be worth 100 billion euros in burrowing guaranteed by all EU countries. The proposal may find favor in countries like Italy, Spain, and France among others and may face opposition from countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, and Austria.

     

    Read more at Reuters

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