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SHRM | April 05, 2020

Open the windows. Leave contaminated areas vacant for 24 hours if you can. Wear disposable gloves and gowns. And, of course, wash your hands often. These are among the updated guidelines posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for cleaning and disinfecting a workplace after an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. Among the new tips: If a contaminated area has been closed for seven days or more, there's no need for a sp...

Kronos | August 04, 2020

Merseyrail, the number one ranked U.K. rail operator for punctuality and one of the largest employers in the Liverpool City Region, will empower employees and managers while accelerating its digital transformation with the next-generation Workforce Dimensions suite from Kronos Incorporated. Powered by the intelligent Kronos D5 platform, the real-time workforce management solution will give Merseyrail unprecedented levels of operational insight while delivering an unparalleled user experience. Ne...

McKinsey & Company | July 16, 2020

More than two dozen of the largest employers in the New York City area are committing to create 100,000 jobs over the next decade. The group of 27 employers — which is calling itself the New York Jobs CEO Council — includes massive companies like JPMorgan Chase, IBM, McKinsey & Co., Amazon.com Inc., Google and Goldman Sachs. The group's focus will be on connecting people in low-income and Black, Latinx and Asian communities to job opportunities. The employers' pledge to h...

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Arena | November 09, 2020

At the premiere Machine Learning Conference (MLConf), November 6, Arena Analytics' Chief Data Scientist Patrick Hagerty will unveil a cutting edge technique that removes 92%-99% of latent bias from algorithmic models. If undetected and unchecked, algorithms can learn, automate, and scale existing human and systemic biases. These models then perpetuate discrimination as they guide decision-makers in selecting people for loans, jobs, criminal investigation, healthcare services, and so mu...