NEWS BRIEFS
In a U.S. study of 1,097 adults, one-third of
respondents say that their organization has
a plan in place to deal with business during
a COVID-19 outbreak that they are confident
about while 43% say they have a basic plan.
Top preparations include revision of work-
from-home policies, revision of travel policies
and increasing online meetings. However,
many employees remain concerned about how
their employer's business will be affected:
• 21.2% of employees don't feel their team
members have good enough collaboration
habits to work effectively from home
• 1 in 5 leaders are either very unprepared
or unprepared to manage remote teams
• 65% of employees are concerned
COVID-19 will influence their company's
operations
"The speed in which American businesses
have responded to this outbreak is impressive,"
says Justin Hale, a training designer and
researcher at VitalSmarts. "But if leaders aren't
prepared to manage remote teams or if these
teams don't have good communication and
collaboration habits in place, the effects of this
virus could disrupt team connectivity, morale
and accountability — not to mention results."
Poor managers can be a big factor in employee turnover. A survey of more than 1,000 workers in the U.S. found that 62%
of people would put up with a bad boss for two years or less before quitting. The top examples of bad boss behaviour experienced by
survey respondents:
2 in 5 employers have
basic pandemic plan
Bad bosses can prove costly
Employment by province
Source: ResumeLab
January 2020
(thousands)
February 2020
(thousands)
January to
February (%
change)
February 2019 to
February 2020 (%
change)
Newfoundland & Labrador 222.5 223.2 0.3 -3.2
P.E.I. 80.3 80.6 0.4 7.0
Nova Scotia 467.3 471.0 0.8 0.9
New Brunswick 360.9 361.0 0.0 1.1
Quebec 4,364.5 4,384.5 0.5 1.5
Ontario 7,558.3 7,555.1 0.0 2.8
Manitoba 661.0 664.2 0.5 1.5
Saskatchewan 580.2 580.7 0.1 0.9
Alberta 2,318.5 2,329.5 0.5 -0.1
British Columbia 2,545.6 2,539.1 -0.3 -0.4
Canada added 30,000 jobs in
February, a slight drop in the
number added in each of the
previous two months but 245,000
more than one year earlier. The
national unemployment rate
increased by 0.1 to 5.6% in Statistics
Canada's Labour Force Survey.
Source: VitalSmarts
• 72% acted in a rude and disrespectful manner
• 69% felt they were always right
• 68% criticized workers in front of peers
• 54% systematically killed initiatives and ideas
• 50% burdened people with their responsibilities
• 46% were secretive
• 45% were clueless about a person's work
• 42% denied a raise or promotion without a valid reason
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