The Future of Work: Building a Government Talent Strategy for 2022
What State and Local Leaders Need to Know to Modernize Workforce Planning
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A new study from the National Association of Realtors identified which areas of the country were likely to continue working remotely after the pandemic subsides. Delaware County, Ohio, had the eighth highest score.
Gov. Jared Polis has signed an executive order to prioritize diversity and equity within the state workforce. The move is the first step in improving what critics have called a problem within the Polis administration.
With increased COVID safety concerns, more workers seek assistance from labor unions, which have their own challenges. Organizing workers is easier in-person and many unions face financial shortfalls due to widespread layoffs.
New York City has rescinded its threat to lay off 22,000 city workers as Mayor de Blasio works to find other funding sources to offset a $9 billion deficit. But some city workers worry that furloughs might happen anyway.
Due in part to three new Amazon fulfillment centers, the state’s economic development has increased by 4 percent from the last fiscal year. But the projects are investing in technology and automation, not new jobs.
Before the pandemic, state officials were receiving about 200 workplace safety complaints each month. During the pandemic, that has increased to more than 200 every week. Many of them are COVID-related.
Big cities like San Francisco and New York have suffered as companies flee. But secondary markets like Dayton can leverage their exceptionally low costs, great infrastructure and higher quality of life to gain market share.
State legislators proposed a $100 billion stimulus plan that would increase weekly unemployment benefits for unemployed workers, but the legislative session is ending before the extra support has been formalized.
Many workers foresee working from home to be a long-term situation and working from the kitchen table isn’t suitable any more. So how do you create an office without returning to work? By introducing the backyard commute.
While workers and customers are contracting COVID-19, legally it is hard to prove exactly where the person contracted the virus. So far this detail has protected businesses, but some think it’s time for that to change.
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