When laid-off workers decline rehire offers | Do you expect your laid-off workers to accept or decline your offer to rehire? | What would compel you to look for new work during the pandemic?
Employees refusing offers to be rehired will not reduce the potential for loan forgiveness in the Paycheck Protection Program. Employers, however, will be required to report them to state unemployment offices. Full Story: CNBC (5/27)
Workforce Reader Poll
POLL QUESTION: Do you expect your laid-off workers to accept or decline your offer to rehire?
What would compel you to look for new work during the pandemic?
Higher wages and improved benefits
43.25%
Better workplace and safety conditions
20.27%
Opportunity to help people affected by the coronavirus
1.80%
Nothing. I've got a job and I'm staying put
34.68%
Recruiting & Retention
Hiring on hold? Here's what recruiters should be doing Hiring freezes should not bring recruiters' work to a standstill, writes Adrie Smith, head of content and branding at Recruitee. Smith offers ideas for how recruiters can be productive during this time, such as by evaluating their technology needs and building networks and talent pipelines. Full Story: HR Daily Advisor (5/28)
Pandemic causes spike in use of telehealth The use of telehealth has increased 1.6 times since last summer, with more than half of the growth coming after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association survey. A breakdown of telehealth users show that 35% of them are members of Generation Z, 30% are millennials, 21% are Gen Xers and 15% are baby boomers. Full Story: HR Dive (5/28)
Roger Bannister's feat of running a mile in under four minutes in 1954 almost immediately sparked other runners to do the same thing, suggesting that a "failure of imagination and belief" was in play, says Anand Chandrasekher, CEO of Aira Technologies. "Our job as managers and leaders is to instill the belief that whatever core mission you're pursuing is possible and valuable," he says. Full Story: LinkedIn (5/28)
Workplace Chatter
Netflix's HR-themed thriller taken from real life Netflix has created a six-episode HR-themed show "Inhuman Resources" inspired by the real-life story of a TV executive who staged a hostage situation with his own employees. Tech journalist Rachel Ranosa writes that the show addresses the "dark side of the human psyche" and calls it a "modern masterpiece of social realism." Full Story: HRM America (5/26)
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