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Article originally published by Training Industry Magazine on 3/24/2021. Access the original published article here. 

Managers already had a lot on their plates before the COVID-19 pandemic. After the lockdown started and the nature of work fundamentally — and possibly, perhaps, permanently — changed, their job became more complex.

In today’s workplace, prioritizing diversity and inclusion (D&I) isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s also quite valuable for the company’s bottom line - but how do companies go beyond the “D&I statement and make inclusivity a part of culture?

We’re all about data at True Office Learning, and that extends to the data generated by the millions of people across a wide range of industries who have taken our courses over the years. The decisions users make in response to our real-world scenarios reveal concrete trends regarding what knowledge employees bring to the course and where the universal gaps are.

COVID-19 has changed so many things about our lives, both personally and professionally. Many of us are acclimating to a new normal of remote work and virtual meetings amongst competing priorities like family and finances. One thing that it hasn’t changed, is the importance of doing the right thing.

In these unprecedented times, more employees than ever are working remotely and feeling their way through staying engaged, staying sane, and staying productive.  At True Office Learning, our mission is to help employees learn through technology, so we pulled together thoughts from our learning experts on how to stay engaged as well as some advice from our veteran remote workers to help you adjust to today’s new normal.

We’re living in a time of uncertainty and are hanging on daily news cycles to hear the latest information. Most of us are hunkering down at home, putting an entirely new meaning to work-life balance. Like, literally, some of our “offices” may be in our bedroom (I see that laptop propped up on your pillows!)

But your job isn’t business as usual. In fact, it’s business and compliance risk on steroids.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released updated compliance assistance tools as part of its ongoing efforts to modernize materials for employers and workers and to provide easily accessible, plain-language information that will guide them to compliance. These updated tools provide a more streamlined format and link to numerous additional resources and related information.