While many companies have been playing catch up when it comes to achieving diversity, equity and inclusion goals, Intel has been measuring its DEI efforts for more than a decade. The Silicon Valley microprocessor giant says it achieved its 2020 goal of reaching full representation of women and underrepresented minorities in its U.S. workforce two […]
HR and technology have long collided for Kristi Hummel. For more than 25 years, the HR vet has led people strategies for a number of tech-focused companies—from the fast-growing tech firm VCE Corp. to Dell, where she led global HR until this past fall. Hummel joined learning management system provider Skillsoft as chief people officer […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for employers, which required businesses with 100 or more employees to implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for their workers and offer a weekly testing alternative for those who refuse or are unable to receive a vaccine. (The Court did, however, allow for the Medicare […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for employers, a ruling that leaves vaccine decisions in the hands of employers nationwide and may complicate safe return-to-workplace plans as COVID infections reach all-time highs. Justices ruled 6-3 that the administration cannot enforce its sweeping rule that employers with 100 or more […]
Employee engagement drives company success. This is the critical element required for growing a business in the next decade and beyond. But this is a relatively recent concept. For decades, business leaders viewed employee engagement as an added bonus to another, more important concept: employee productivity. Companies were built on the tenets of productivity, efficiency, […]
As 2022 gets underway and employees' expectations continue to evolve, employers are racing to develop future-of-work plans that take into account what their workforces want—and flexibility will likely be at the heart of them. While policies can help formalize an employer's approach to flexibility and hybrid or remote work, employers shouldn't overlook another key element: […]
From the moment in August 2019 that Heyward Donigan became CEO of Rite Aid Corp.—operator of nearly 2,500 drugstores nationwide, in a highly competitive sector—she was thinking of radically shaking up the workplace. High on her list of concerns was attracting top talent, and whether the firm's location in an outdated headquarters in the central […]
The past year was filled with ample challenges for companies, from navigating a remote workforce to operating during a global pandemic and rising to meet the new challenges of an ever-shifting world. Out of all of this, a new challenge has emerged—hiring. This pattern shows no signs of slowing in 2022. Companies around the world […]
