JPMorgan Chase sent a staff memo warning of potential employee and customer abuse of the Paycheck Protection Program and other pandemic assistance programs. The memo states the bank has been made aware of "conduct that does not live up to our business and ethical principles -- and may even be illegal" and urges employees to report potential fraud.
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings explains why he hires talent based on the "rock-star principle" and how that has led to lean teams who are able to excel. "When those lean teams are exclusively made up of exceptional-performing employees, the managers do better, the employees do better, and the entire team works better -- and faster," Hastings writes.
A study by The Conference Board finds 60% of employers have asked staff how they feel about returning to offices as part of reopening plans. The research reveals that companies that have polled workers about returning to offices are more likely to introduce measures to address key employee concerns, such as flexible working, on-site child care or extra safety guidance for those commuting via public transportation.
Nonprofit All Star Code is among the coding academies seeking to eliminate the diversity gap within the tech sector by providing programs for Black and Latino middle- and high-school students. Djassi Julien, a 21-year-old software engineer at Google, talks about how participating in an All Star Code boot camp as a teenager sparked his career.
In today's changing workplace, professionals are spending more time learning skills with LinkedIn courses such as "Confronting Bias: Thriving Across Our Differences" and "Improving Your Listening" to improve remote productivity and work-life balance, writes Dan Brodnitz, LinkedIn Learning's head of global content strategy. "Skills like emotional intelligence, effective listening, communication, and critical thinking to challenge the status quo are necessities in today's world and workplace more than ever before," Brodnitz writes.
