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Levi's | February 27, 2020

U.S. corporate and benefits-eligible retail employees at Levi Strauss & Co. will receive up to eight weeks of paid time off each year to care for an immediate family member who has a serious health condition, the company announced Feb. 27. The benefit "extends the company's commitment to building a best-in-class workplace," Levi Strauss & Co. said in a news release. Specifically, the benefit allows workers to take time off to care for an ill spouse, domestic partner, parent...

HR ANALYTICS

Hibob | June 16, 2021

Hibob, an HR technology disruptor, has released the findings of a new study that reveals the pressure that remote work causes between HR departments and individual contributors. While the connection between HR and senior management is looking up, middle managers and individual contributors aren't as confident in HR's capacity to manage procedures in the new world of work. According to the findings, HR must identify strategies to involve senior management and middle and junior staff to en...

Franklin Templeton | August 07, 2020

Some emerging markets have been coping with the COVID-19 crisis better than others, and their economies are in different stages of recovery. Our emerging markets equity team highlights a few—and offers thoughts on why the pandemic has accelerated some existing fundamental and technological trends. A collapse in economic activity amid the COVID-19 pandemic and expectations of slowing loan growth, falling margins and rising bad debts have hurt near-term earnings forecasts for Brazilian finan...

TALENT ACQUISITION

Talenya | September 18, 2021

Talenya, the provider of the world's most advanced, AI-powered talent sourcing and diversity solutions, today announced the release of Engagement AI™: a first-of-its-kind, fully automated talent sourcing solution. As recruiters and HR teams struggle to find talent in an increasingly competitive market, Engagement AI™ saves hours of work by automatically sourcing and contacting potential candidates, allowing more time for interviews and connection. Talenya's dat...