Trump takes executive action on pandemic relief | Survey: Job candidates want salary range in job ad | Facebook employees can work from home for another year
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President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that partially restore enhanced unemployment benefits, that temporarily halt collection of payroll taxes, that further defer student-loan payments and that discourage eviction from federally funded housing. The order on unemployment benefits cuts the weekly payment to $400 from $600 and requires states to cover 25% of the cost. Full Story: The Hill (8/8),Politico (8/9),Reuters (8/10)
Accessibility of training is now crucial In Brandon Hall Group's Study, Transitioning to New Realities of the COVID-19 Experience, 72% of companies said they expect 25% or more of their workforce will be remote after stay-at-orders are relaxed or lifted. Download now
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Survey: Job candidates want salary range in job ad An iHire survey found 77.1% of hiring managers are struggling to find qualified talent in 2020, though passive hiring and job seeking have increased since 2019 from 9.8% to 13.9% and 11.1% to 17.4%, respectively. In terms of job ads, the top piece of information sought by candidates was salary range (48.9%), with remote-work options at the bottom of the list at only 2.4%. Full Story: HR Daily Advisor (8/7)
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Nearly nine of 10 HR leaders polled by Gartner said their organizations have been ineffective with their diversity efforts, and Gartner says HR practices need a "reset" on inclusion. Those changes begin with diversity hiring, but also include building ongoing trust with current employees and restructuring performance evaluations to accommodate diverse talent. Full Story: HR Dive (8/7)
The HR Leader
Ambition has a gender bias, but it doesn't need to Women can be penalized at work for ambition in ways men aren't, say Linkage CEO Jennifer McCollum and two consultants who work with women, and solving this double standard lies more with organizations than women themselves. "Organizations do this in part by giving women and their ideas equal time and by making sure women are given the stretch opportunities that allow them to develop as leaders," McCollum says. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (8/7)
