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NYSE to suspend activity on trading floors The New York Stock Exchange will temporarily close options and equities trading floors in New York and an options trading pit in San Francisco and shift to 100% electronic trading starting Monday. The exchange says a trader and an employee have tested positive for the coronavirus. Full Story: BNN Bloomberg (Canada) (3/18)
Technology provider Cisco has agreed to pay $4.75 million to settle a pay discrimination claim with the US Department of Labor. The claim alleged female, black and Latino employees are paid less than employees who are white and male who perform similar jobs. Full Story: San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (tiered subscription model) (3/19)
HR departments need to be talking with IT before buying technology so that employees aren't overwhelmed with too many tools, says Josh Bersin, founder of the Josh Bersin Academy. "We have GDPR, we want to make sure the data's consistent and we don't have different data elements being collected in different places or replicated data in different places," he adds. Full Story: TechTarget (free registration) (3/13)
The HR Leader
10 thoughts on HR's "full stack" role in 2020 HR should focus on improving the employee experience, developing a talent mobility strategy, examining recruiting technologies and maximizing the use of people analytics, writes Josh Bersin, who offers 10 actions to take. "In the 2020 world of business, HR professionals have to be full-stack HR practitioners," he writes. Full Story: HR People + Strategy Blog (3/17)
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