Recently, executives have made a litany of commitments to addressing bias, rooting out inequitable processes, and making their work communities more diverse and inclusive. This isn't a light undertaking as diversifying workplaces has institutional, systemic, and foundational challenges. Take hiring, for example. A new study released by talent cloud company iCIMS and Talent Board, a nonprofit candidate experience benchmark research organization, explores The State of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace.
The Biden administration's human resources agency expects some federal workers will continue teleworking regularly in the future, as government agencies finalize their offices' reentry and post reentry plans. The Office of Personnel Management is encouraging agencies to re-design telework policies based on lessons learned during the pandemic, and believes certain remote working arrangements could be a way to attract and retain top talent.
Dr. Leon L. Haley Jr., CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, who was as lauded for his leading role in the city's COVID-19 response as he was for his approachable manner among the hospital's thousands of employees, died suddenly early Saturday. He was 56.
Adding a team member with new experiences, specialties and fresh ideas can help diversify and expand the company. However, there may come a time when this employee isn’t putting in the necessary amount of effort to continue progressing in their role. Moreover, the employee's poor attitude may become detrimental to the rest of the company.
Offices are increasingly bringing their employees back on site, and some people just don’t want to go. We’ve heard rumblings for a while now that workers are quitting, or threatening to quit, if they can’t continue to work from home. That’s because for many people remote work has been great—the lack of commute, flexible schedule, and more casual dress have provided a massive quality-of-life boon for many of us, to say nothing of the productivity increases some workers have discovered without regular interruptions from chatty colleagues.