Employers want workers to use their vacation time, as a break can help employees avoid burnout as well as become an accounting liability on corporate balance sheets, says management professor Peter Cappelli. However, many workers aren't using their vacation days due to canceled summer plans or remote work-related stress, but Slack executive Robby Kwok expects a vacation spike once people feel safer to travel. Full Story: Fox Business/The Wall Street Journal (7/1)
Organizations need to promote employees' voices To collect employee feedback and keep an innovative workplace, organizations need to encourage and promote employees' voices, writes Kellie Wong. Leaders can use active listening to provide a channel for employee feedback at any time, rather than annual surveys. Full Story: Business 2 Community (7/1)
Survey: Recruiters expect hiring boon in July A survey by Recruiter shows 51.4% of recruiters expect to be busier and to be hiring more during the next 30 days, while 68% of respondents expect to be recruiting more during the next 90 days. The average recruiter worked on 20 open positions in June, compared with 15 in May and 12 in April. Full Story: Recruiter (6/30)
Lorenzo Lewis started The Confess Project to raise mental health awareness among men of color, whose barriers to help, says licensed clinical social worker Laura Danforth, include a lack of therapists with similar cultural backgrounds. One piece of Lewis' nonprofit is to train barbers on emotional validation, active listening, local resources and using positive language via a 12-month program so they can be mental health advocates for their clients and the community. Full Story: Healthline (6/30)
Poll
Have you received a pay raise during the pandemic?
Yes, a full raise
8.93%
Yes, a small boost
6.79%
No
84.28%
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The Landscape
What might the second stimulus package include? As states pull back on reopenings and some stimulus packages are set to expire, Congress has a lot to look at for a possible second package, including another round of stimulus checks and unemployment benefits. "Sometime between the week of July 20 and the week of July 27, I expect a lot of pressure on Congress to get something done," says Ed Mills, policy analyst at Raymond James. Full Story: CNBC (7/1)
New research shows that the features of a neighborhood do not strongly correlate to how happy you are with it. There's a much stronger connection between perception of a neighborhood and neighborhood satisfaction. Full Story: Fast Company online (7/1)
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