Sat.Jul 18, 2020 - Fri.Jul 24, 2020

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Gig Economy: California Plans to Force Uber and Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees

https://www.hcmworks.com/blog

The gig economy dispute continues in California, with attorneys for the US state planning on asking a judge to order Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees rather than contractors, as reported by Reuters. In their filing on June 24, lawyers for California’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra, asked a state judge in San Francisco to issue a preliminary injunction ordering the two ride-hailing companies to immediately classify their drivers as employees rather than independent contract

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Beyond COVID-19: Risk Operations Center

Neo Group

COVID-19 will go down in history as an epochal event: a pivotal point after which business will probably never operate or function quite the same again. For risk professionals, Covid-19 is requiring a sustained effort to monitor and manage all risk actions and is laying bare the need for all enterprises to have a sustainable rapid risk response mechanism.

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Help Desk Outsourcing in 2020

Magellan Solutions

Help desk outsourcing has long been seen as an important factor to boost customer experience while keeping cost at bay. Higher first contact resolution is a customer service metric indicating how to resolve an issue in a single phone call or response. It’s challenging for any business to improve customer satisfaction without the support of help desk services.

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Permanent establishment risk: How to protect your organization when operating abroad

Safeguard Global

Global business expansion is on the rise, with an estimated $7 trillion to $9 trillion in global trade being attributed to multinationals. With such a substantial amount of taxable revenue, it’s no wonder foreign governments are eager to apply their corporate tax laws to companies operating within their borders. That’s where the concept of permanent establishment (PE) risk comes into play—and why it’s so important for companies operating in foreign countries to be aware o

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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The Best Technology Tools for Remote Teams

Velocity Global

Remote work is the new standard around the world. Some companies transitioned to remote offices as a result of safety precautions due to COVID-19. Other businesses offer telecommuting as an attractive benefit for employees wanting more flexibility. Either way, remote work is gaining popularity, and in the United States alone, the number of remote employees increased by 159% between 2005 and 2017.

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Did COVID-19 Kill Globalization?

Velocity Global

Business leaders across the globe continue to guide their organizations through the financial rollercoaster brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to worldwide government shutdowns, a pause in international business and global supply chains struck a hard blow to globalization. Foreign direct investment is projected to decline between 30-40% in 2020 through 2021.