Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he supports extending unemployment benefits past the July 31 expiration date, but he added that the enhanced employment benefit of $600 will likely change. "[W]e'll figure out an extension to it that works for companies and works for those people who will still be unemployed," Mnuchin said.

A report from ZoomInfo found the number of professionals with the words "diversity" or "inclusivity" in their job title jumped from 876 in 2014 to 2,250 in 2019. As of Q1 of this year, 39% of companies in the Fortune 500 had a diversity executive -- with a director level job title or higher -- supervising their diversity programs.

Unused paid time off is an accounting liability, and vacation requests in April and May were approximately half of what they were from the year before, according to a Zenefits study of 3,000 companies. HR leaders should model by taking time off themselves, consider tweaking non-carryover policies, and being honest with employees that delaying PTO could put the company in a difficult financial position in the future.

Corporate financial health is a concern for the majority of HR leaders polled by Human Resources Director, with freezes in raises and hiring the most common response. Meanwhile, HR leaders in Wales discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has changed discussions about company culture and shifted thinking from "'why do you need to work from home?' to 'why do you need to travel to the office?' " says Simon Boulcott, The Crown Estate's head of people.

A new challenge is trending on TikTok in which users give their cats an egg to see whether they'll protect it. Various viral videos show cats curling up with eggs, licking and caressing them or covering them with blankets.