Workers at Amazon, Instacart and some retail and grocery stores went on strike in recent days, citing concerns about safety supplies and hazard pay amid the coronavirus pandemic. One Amazon employee, who was on paid quarantine and had received numerous warnings for violating guidelines about social distancing, was fired after participating in the protest.

Hiring managers should not simply copy and paste a job description when advertising an open position, says talent management expert Dorothy Dalton. Avoid over-inflating job qualifications and think about what the job might look like in the future.

Now is the time for learning and development teams to guide through leadership to avoid a "Darwinistic" approach of growth-through-survival, writes Doug Lynch. L&D must provide the framework for teams to continue following their potential and tap new skills in these trying times.

Cigna and Humana will waive cost-sharing for the treatment of COVID-19, and Cigna will pay out-of-network health care providers in-network or Medicare reimbursement rates for treatment of Cigna members. Self-insured employers may opt out of full coverage but are encouraged to provide it.

The workplace of the future will be greatly changed by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leadership coach, with old management structures giving way to more remote work, greater collaboration and distributed decision-making. "[O]ld-line management approaches that no longer fit this era or environment must melt away quickly before they prolong our economic and human pain," he says.