With growing influence, Gen Z workers are becoming a more significant part of the workforce. However, they differ from Millennials, Generation X, and Body Boomers. They’re unique and come with their own set of diverse values. Organizations can design recognition programs, especially for Gen Z employees. Leaders should appeal to their youngest workers because they…
Gen Z Workers Are Different; How to Include Them in Recognition Programs
A Manager’s Guide to Successfully Managing a Hybrid or Fully Remote Workforce
When the “future of work” comes up, one of the first conversations is usually about hybrid or remote work. But, according to PwC’s U.S. Remote Work Survey, the “new normal” includes work-from-home opportunities. You can successfully manage a hybrid or fully remote workforce. While some managers and employees are entirely content to abandon the office space,…
Markets to Fall Further as Econ Fundamentals Worse Than 2007, Says GMO’s Grantham
Financial markets should brace for further pain, with global economic health at its most precarious level in years, due to stubborn inflation, hawkish central banks, and geopolitical tensions, veteran investor Jeremy Grantham said late Wednesday. “This is a more dangerous looking moment in global economics than even the madness of the housing bubble of 2007,”…
NSW Government to Focus on Increasing Women’s Opportunities in Workforce
A new expert panel will focus on empowering women and providing them with more workforce opportunities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said in a release on Feb. 7 the Women’s Economic Opportunities Review and Expert Reference Panel will look into ways of supporting women to enter, re-enter,…
Why Are Women Holding Back?
Commentary Lockdowns and quarantines in 2020 had a disproportionate impact on women. Though some saw bias, the main problem was that services suffered most in that environment, and women dominate employment in this area. Now the post-pandemic recovery has disproportionately benefited services and presumably women’s employment prospects, but many who had worked before the pandemic…
UK Government Seeks to Mitigate Workforce Disruption From Omicron
January 3, 2022
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LONDON—The British government has asked public sector managers to test their contingency plans against a worst-case scenario of 25 percent staff absence as part of efforts to minimise disruption from the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. With daily infection numbers at a record high and people who test positive required to…
Pandemic’s Financial Bite Forcing Older Canadians to Postpone Retirement
Income losses due to the pandemic have led more Canadians to postpone retirement, bringing new attention to the value of older workers. “I think there’s a lot of untapped potential amongst older workers,” says Rafael Gomez, a professor specializing in employment relations and director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University…
America’s Shrinking Workforce a Puzzle for Economists
Commentary The U.S. economy is suffering from a labor shortage, posing a difficult puzzle for economists and policymakers to solve. The pandemic has deeply disrupted the labor market, with lockdowns causing millions to leave the workforce last year. While many businesses have reopened their doors, bringing back former employees, or hiring new workers, has never…
Bringing the Workforce Back: Manufacturers Look to Make Safer On-site Conditions
Set in the heart of San Francisco, Remi, a company which cuts out the middleman in the dental industry and manufactures teeth guards for 80 percent less than what customers pay at the dentist, launched the second week of March 2020. At the time, COVID-19 was just gaining a foothold in the United States. In…
Women Left US Workforce Last Month, but in Fewer Numbers Than a Year Ago
The job market recovery for U.S. women faced a setback in September, much as it did about a year ago after many school districts switched to online learning. But the drop-off in the number of women working or looking for a job last month was much smaller than in 2020 as more schools reopened this…
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