Employee mental and cognitive health has deteriorated since the start of COVID-19, but managers can intervene by taking some important steps.

The Top 100 Firm has released a free new app designed to help employees returning to work stay safe via social distancing.

The initiative is part of a broader push to compel workforce transparency at companies that have made explicit statements of support for equality.

For EAPs, delivering culturally competent care means understanding the needs of a diverse workforce and ensuring that the elements of all services meet those needs strategically.

Google parent Alphabet pledged $310 million to expand diversity efforts and resolve shareholder litigation that alleged the company’s board to failed to prevent sexual harassment and hid misconduct by executives.

“Many companies seek to create trans inclusive benefits packages, but their employees oftentimes don’t use the benefits provided because of fear of harassment in the process of accessing healthcare,” says Soltan Bryce, head of growth at Plume.

Bosses should do more to make the work-from-home experiment palatable and safe for all involved by subsidizing utility bills and workspace equipment, and changing managerial habits, with more trust given to employees.

Within the first six months, employees on the spectrum were 48% more productive than their non-spectrum peers who had been at the same job for three to ten years.

The biggest maker of networking equipment said its goal is to increase the company’s workforce of Black people by 25% by 2023 in the entry-level to manager levels.

This year’s open enrollment will require new strategies and better tools for employees to make the most informed decisions regarding their benefits.

Employees who may have thrived in a social office setting are suddenly finding the alone time unsettling, while others may wish they were alone as they share workspace with a partner and/or their children.

U.S. employees rated their corporate leaders based on their response to COVID-19.

Take advantage of the ‘white space of COVID-19,’ to carve out an intentional career path, one career coach says.

Economic insecurity, changes to work and life patterns and isolation are taking a toll on employees. How can employers help?

The bank that Jane Fraser takes over in February pays women just 73 cents for every $1 men get, an even wider gap than the national average. And short of 40% of Citigroup’s managers are female.

Mobile-first communication can help employers better communicate with their non-desk workforce.

Let go of what’s out of your control to be more productive and positive during COVID.

It is up to employers, in conjunction with employees, to make the call on returning to the office, and there is no point in forcing it if remote working hasn’t hurt productivity and profitability.

“It's still one of the most underserved communities when it comes to safe, accessible and reliable healthcare,” says Soltan Bryce, the head of growth at Plume.

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