Violence against workers prompts changes in mask policy | Now is the time to build recruitment pipelines | Workplace at "Ellen DeGeneres Show" subject of internal probe
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Customers lashing out at employees -- some to the point of violence -- over face mask policies is causing some retailers to rethink their approach to enforcing such rules in their stores. Walmart has assigned "health ambassadors" to monitor customers, but other retailers, including Lowe's and CVS, are relying on signage and on-air announcements to remind customers about store policy. Full Story: HRM America (7/28)
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Recruiting & Retention
Now is the time to build recruitment pipelines Companies going through a hiring freeze should use this time to evaluate their personnel needs and rebuild their talent pipeline, says Brandi Frattini of CareerBuilder. Frattini suggests reaching out virtually to former candidates -- even those who were previously unwilling to move -- to gauge interest and begin nurturing relationships with them. Full Story: TechRepublic (7/28)
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Benefits & Compensation
Proposed unemployment changes could take months A proposed change to extra weekly unemployment benefits that would place at cap at 70% of workers' previous salaries would require eight to 20 weeks for most state unemployment insurance systems to follow, according to the National Association of State Workforce Agencies. The proposal would cut extra weekly benefits from $600 to $200 while states adopt the changes. Full Story: Fox Business (7/28)
Nontraditional career paths are every bit as effective as a typical route from undergraduate to graduate school to a career, writes Lauren Easterling, director of trainee services at the Indiana University School of Medicine and a member of the Graduate Career Consortium. Completing an individual development plan helps with the creation of goals, which can illuminate a career path that may otherwise have gone unconsidered, Easterling notes. Full Story: Inside Higher Ed (7/27)
The HR Leader
4 types of questions that can make meetings better Use open and direct questions, as well as questions that require reflection, to improve meetings and draw more out of participants, writes Kevin Eikenberry. "Regardless of which type you ask, make sure you are using questions to create new perspectives and lead the group to better decisions," he writes. Full Story: Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry (7/27)
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