Employees refusing offers to be rehired will not reduce the potential for loan forgiveness in the Paycheck Protection Program. Employers, however, will be required to report them to state unemployment offices.

Hiring freezes should not bring recruiters' work to a standstill, writes Adrie Smith, head of content and branding at Recruitee. Smith offers ideas for how recruiters can be productive during this time, such as by evaluating their technology needs and building networks and talent pipelines.

The use of telehealth has increased 1.6 times since last summer, with more than half of the growth coming after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association survey. A breakdown of telehealth users show that 35% of them are members of Generation Z, 30% are millennials, 21% are Gen Xers and 15% are baby boomers.

Roger Bannister's feat of running a mile in under four minutes in 1954 almost immediately sparked other runners to do the same thing, suggesting that a "failure of imagination and belief" was in play, says Anand Chandrasekher, CEO of Aira Technologies. "Our job as managers and leaders is to instill the belief that whatever core mission you're pursuing is possible and valuable," he says.

Netflix has created a six-episode HR-themed show "Inhuman Resources" inspired by the real-life story of a TV executive who staged a hostage situation with his own employees. Tech journalist Rachel Ranosa writes that the show addresses the "dark side of the human psyche" and calls it a "modern masterpiece of social realism."