Tech

HP has enjoyed a surge in demand for laptops needed for study and work at home during the COVID pandemic.

During the coronavirus pandemic, reducing stress and anxiety has been a focus.

Employers will be able to use voice commands to run their payroll.

Several companies have offered employees better tech-enabled benefits to help combat the stressors of the pandemic.

The advent of the Internet and other technology advances in recent years has made working from home — whether for themselves or corporations — much easier than in the 1980s when only 10% of Americans could pull that off.

Employees, including some astronauts, will be given a fitness tracker that provides them with guidance on whether to go into the workplace.

We want HR professionals to be more reflective of these diverse populations that are increasingly making up our workforce,” says Wendi Safstrom, executive director of the SHRM Foundation.

The job site’s users can analyze salary data based on race and gender, and they also will be able see how people from different groups rank companies on metrics such as workplace culture and promotional opportunities.

“Although it is becoming increasingly clear the world will get through this difficult time, it is also apparent that the future will not look like the past,” said Brighid Courtney, director of Wellable Labs.

As more Americans get vaccinated, employers need to have a strategy in place for getting employees safely back to work.