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Bloomberg | March 15, 2020

We’re tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response. Sign up here for our daily newsletter on what you need to know. Scandinavian airline SAS AB will temporarily lay off up to 10,000 employees, or 90% of its workforce, in response to the fallout from the coronavirus and related measures from authorities that have restricted international air travel. “It is important to say that we do not intend this to lead to permanent layoffs,” said the company&rsquo...

Walmart | August 09, 2020

In 2001, a Walmart greeter named Betty Dukes brought a class lawsuit against her employer, on behalf of 1.5 million of her fellow employees. Dukes had started at Walmart in 1994, making $5.50 an hour. Later, armed with a college degree and ordained as a Baptist minister, she accused her employer of discriminating against female workers, and took the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Ultimately, she lost the case in a 5-to-4 decision, although as The New York Times put it, her decade-lo...

Microsoft | April 15, 2020

Microsoft is granting employees up to 12 weeks of paid leave to deal with extended school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokesperson confirmed to HR Dive in an email. Implemented last week, the benefit is available to all of Microsoft's global employees, both hourly and salaried. The leave may be taken on a continuous, reduced or intermittent basis, the spokesperson said: "For example, it could be used to take leave for 1-2 days per week while remotely working the rest.&qu...

Online Marketplaces | February 05, 2020

A new study carried out in partnership with Mondial de Davos, Willis Towers Watson, Unilever, and Saudi Aramco, has revealed strategic avenues in the future of talent management. A new study dedicated to HR decision-makers and professionals looks at the future management of talent as the fourth industrial revolution approaches. The study - "HR 4.0: Shaping People Strategies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution" - is based on a series of consultations with HR managers and selected expert...