- Personal and Professional Impacts* – 60 points (1-2pages): Share how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected you, your family, friends and neighbors, both personally and professionally;
- Current & Future Impacts on the ER/EE Relationship and the Workplace – 60 points (1-2 pages): Leveraging your learnings in this class, as well as additional research, identify both the current and likely future issues and challenges resulting from the pandemic which you envision impacting the employer/employee relationship and the workplace, considering some or all of the following elements of the employee lifecycle: recruitment and hiring, performance management, training and development, career advancement, remote or flexible work arrangements, and compensation and benefits; also consider the potential legal implications related to discrimination in employment practices, including but not limited to hiring, termination, worker’s compensation and disability.
- Critical Analysis & Conclusions – 60 points (1-2 pages): Offer your well-reasoned and informed analysis and opinions on the most significant negative and potentially positive outcomes of the pandemic, as it relates to the employer/employee relationship and the workplace of the near future – what will the “new normal” in the workplace look like!