Employee productivity

Corporate messages and social media outreach may be well intended, but diversity experts say companies need to do more to support Black employees in a time of crisis.

Most of the firm’s professional assistants and “select professional staff” will move to a shorter work week and will see compensation reductions.

The pandemic highlights why employers must have well-defined core values and communication strategies.

If you’ve been missing your office these past eight weeks, that feeling of dislocation may not dissipate even if you return to HQ. No matter what your office looks like, it will feel very different.

Employers have a responsibility to educate themselves and their employees about the value workers with intellectual disabilities can bring to their organization.

Many companies are realizing that the open office — once considered forward-thinking for the way a lack of separation between workers fosters collaboration— is unsustainable.

In times of crisis, don’t neglect social health as part of employer mental health planning.

While some employees have increased their productivity through remote work, others may be negatively affected due to a lack of physical oversight by supervisors.

“After my husband died, I couldn’t even tie my shoes,” says Emma Payne, founder of Grief Coach. “The fact that I was expected to go back to work was unthinkable.”