Because evaluators often discount the contributions of racial and ethnic minorities to their organizations’ success (e g Carton & Rosette, 2011;Greenhaus & Parasuraman, 1993), it is probable that members of these groups may be unjustly perceived as less valuable than their White counterparts [ ]the employer may develop a flextime policy that calls for employees in that position to choose their working hours, requiring only that they work a total of 40 hours per week and are present during core hours [ ]employees experiencing some of the milder symptoms associated with COVID-19 may be inclined to disregard them, particularly when time-off benefits incentivize workers to avoid missing work due to illness Cross-training can help to alleviate the sense of obligation to come to work that employees feel when they believe that no one else is capable of performing their critical job duties [ ]by effectively implementing cross-training programs, organizations can support their employees in making responsible decisions regarding their own health and the health of others during a pandemic
Flexible by design: Developing human resource policies and practices that provide flexibility through the uncertainties created by a pandemic