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ServiceNow | June 06, 2022

On June 3rd, prominent cloud-based platform ServiceNow announced an agreement to acquire HitchWorks, a skill mapping solutions provider. ServiceNow will now be able to leverage Hitch Works’ capabilities of AI-enabled skills insights to help customers meet talent gaps. The resulting platform will align learning and development with workforce planning and empower organizations to match the right people to projects. “If skills are the new currency for busine...

ENGAGE | February 25, 2020

Another month, another fabulous CRF event – this time, a Masterclass focusing on Better Conversations. As well as having the pleasure of hosting a breakfast during the event (more of which later), we were able to gain some great insights from the Leadership Forum’s Wanda Wallace. Wanda delved into what makes business conversations productive. Seems easy? Not so. At every level of business, in any type of organisation, great conversations can be really difficult to achieve. Productive...

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...

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...