Will sympathy for the unemployed give way to stigma? | Onboarding shouldn't stop after the start date | New PPP funding could run out faster than round one
Sympathy for those who have lost jobs as a result of the coronavirus will give way to stigma against them as the pandemic ends and the economy rights itself, write Victor Tan Chen, an author, and Ofer Sharone, professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In this commentary, Chen and Sharone detail how the unemployment crisis will unfold and what lawmakers can do to prevent it.
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Successful onboarding should be viewed as a long-term process that includes communication, support, recognition and learning opportunities long after the start date, Leeatt Rothschild writes. "HR leaders should establish a regular timeline for new hires to check in with their manager or supervisor," and possibly HR, too, she writes.
An increasing number of companies are realizing the value of building a skills cloud to better manage their workforce, based on skills ontology that categorize competencies. A cloud-based skills ontology helps with hiring, identifying gaps in a company's workforce, and creating an internal database for skills sourcing. Read the blog post to learn more.
Just 50% of all countries have an adequate number of health care workers needed to provide quality services, writes Deputy's Derek Jones, who cites evidence from the 2017 Global Burden of Disease Study. Jones outlines five ways health care can address its employment shortage, including by improving career-development pathways and bolstering employee-retention programs.
Congress and the Trump administration continue to seek agreement on a package worth about $470 billion that would replenish the Paycheck Protection Program and would support hospitals and coronavirus testing. Fine print was being worked out Monday evening, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., but a vote in the Senate could come today.
The coronavirus pandemic has forced employers and employees to give up the idea that work and family are separate domains. Managers need to have open communication with employees about their needs and provide employees with clear work priorities.
