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What If an Employee Refuses to Take Co-Workers’ Temperatures?
Some employees are refusing to take the temperatures of colleagues at worksites during the coronavirus pandemic. What can employers do?
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Leaders, It's Time to Overcommunicate
When dealing with a critical situation such as the coronavirus pandemic, it's important for employers to overcommunicate, says columnist Jathan Janove. Don't hunker down with your own anxieties
For Two Furloughed Bartenders, HR Support Made the Difference
Boston bartenders Susana Gutierrez and Jessica Martinez were among the 10 million workers who applied for unemployment insurance in the last two weeks of March due to the worldwide spread…
How to Help Employees Navigate Unemployment During COVID-19
As coronavirus-related claims for unemployment insurance reach historic levels, state systems are overwhelmed, laid-off workers are frustrated, and anxiety is mounting. Employers can't solve all these problems, but they can…
Meditation Offerings Can Help Employees in Difficult Times
Workers around the world are facing a kind of stress we've never seen before. Is it time to start meditating? One review of meditation studies found that there is a…
What Happens When Employers Violate Shelter-in-Place Orders?
In many states, only essential businesses can stay open to the public and only critical staff can remain at the worksite during the coronavirus pandemic. So what happens when employers…
Structuring Expatriate Assignments and the Value of Secondment
Multinational employers needing to post staff overseas can struggle to structure an expatriate assignment to meet business needs and legal mandates. A "secondment" is one option
The Importance of Financial Literacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Help American workers—now and in the future—by improving their financial literacy. April is National Financial Literacy Month
Stay Home and Read Some Winning Poems
The editors of SHRM Certification Update are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 SHRM HR Haiku Contest, celebrating National Poetry Month. During the current crisis, when people are…