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How to avoid a war over the return to the office
At a time when conflict is growing over return-to-office mandates, Paul O’Donnell, Managing Director of CMP, considers how HR can defuse tensions and help shape a new ‘normal’ for working practices. More workers are feeling militant, ready to quit – especially women and parents. And the reason isn’t pay or benefits but the growing insistence…
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Hushed hybrid: The ticking talent time bomb
Hushed hybrid is the latest pushback against rising return-to-office mandates. How should people professionals respond to this trend? Culture expert Deborah Hartung shares six ways to gain senior buy-in for greater flexibility. By Deborah Hartung Hushed hybrid is a new ‘work-around’ whereby managers are covertly allowing flexible working arrangements that go against company policy. It’s a…
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5 years later: How COVID-19 changed HR
From remote work to religious accommodation, the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally transformed HR’s landscape. Ginger Christ, Editor Ryan Golden, Senior Reporter Listen to tharticle10 min https://www.hrdive.com/news/3-ways-covid-19-changed-hr/742019/e Five years. Five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, known then as the novel coronavirus, a global pandemic. Five years since states and municipalities issued stay-at-home orders, and citizens were…
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Forget the company car. Top earners want remote work.
Competition for the highest paying remote jobs is greatest in the business development, sales and marketing fields, a Ladders report found. Ginger Christ Editor Dive Insight: The report shows a reversal in the working arrangement makeup for top earners and flies against broader return-to-work trends, including at the federal level. A May 2024 report by Ladders found that…
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Trump eliminates remote work for feds, institutes hiring freeze
On top of the freeze, Trump directed OMB to submit a plan to reduce the size of the federal workforce. Kathryn Mood, Senior Editor U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump used executive…
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