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Many companies are now finding themselves navigating a new world as they decide if and how to bring their employees back to the office.
David Lewis, CEO of human resources consulting group Operations Inc., said his Norwalk-based team has fielded many calls over the past 14 months from HR departments on how to navigate this new normal.
“Now companies are asking a lot of questions related to how soon they should reopen,” said Lewis.
Lewis said now that CDC guidance has changed and restrictions have been lifted, the companies that try to return to their pre-COVID policies right away will struggle the most to retain employees.
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The health crisis has had such a substantial economic impact on individuals and businesses that it has been in too many cases irrevocable, and though some of us are lucky enough to have jobs as different as they may now look than pre-COVID there are still some people who have yet to be able to return to work due to lockdown.
Data from the City of Toronto shows just how drastic the hit was to employment numbers last year, and though it seems that even more men in the city are back at work than before the pandemic, this is not at all the case for women.
Senior Saudi and Omani officials on Tuesday discussed investment opportunities in both countries, state media reported, a few days after Oman was hit by protests over unemployment.
BHP said operations at the world's largest copper mine Escondida and at the smaller Spence mine in Chile were normal on Tuesday despite a strike by a union representing remote workers.
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Software group SAP adopts flexible working, by popular demand Business software group SAP is adopting flexible working for its 100,000 employees around the world, after the experience of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic drew overwhelmingly positive feedback.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of German software group SAP is pictured at its headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
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BERLIN: Business software group SAP is adopting flexible working for its 100,000 employees around the world, after the experience of remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic drew overwhelmingly positive feedback.