Sofico Awarded ‘Investors in People’ Silver Accreditation
Sofico, global automotive finance, leasing, fleet and mobility management software provider, has been awarded Investors in People (IIP) Silver level accreditation, thanks to initiatives rolled out as part of the company’s ‘Learning Organization’ philosophy.
Sofico’s HR manager, Corinne Martens, said: “We are very proud to achieve IIP Silver accreditation which provides us with guidelines for the continuous improvement of our HR processes.
"The idea behind the learning organization is to encourage people to grow in their job role through continuous learning and to put people in control of their career by focusing them on future goals through their personal development plan."
NHTSA: Traffic Deaths Down Last Year for Third Year in a Row. But What Does It Mean?
By Mark Boada, Executive Editor
Eclipsed this month by wall-to-wall coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic was an encouraging bright spot of news about U.S. traffic fatalities.
In an early May report, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that, according to an “early estimate,” in 2019 the number of highway deaths was down for the third straight year.
Specifically, NHTSA reported that data from the Federal Highway Administration shows a decline of 1.2 percent over the count for 2018. The 36,120 killed is still – what? – 36,120 too many, but marks a hopeful trend, or “trendlet,” if you will, since the end of 2016, when 37,806 people died on our roadways. That represented a stunning 6.5 percent over the number recorded in 2015 which, in turn, was a staggering 8.4 percent more than the 35,484 killed in 2014.
The prime suspect in that two-year increase was out-of-control growth in distracted driving, the focus being not just the normal daydreaming, eating, or fiddling with the A/C or radio, but talking and texting while behind the wheel. And you could also chalk the increase to the fact that we were nicely recovered from the Great Recession, which artificially deflated the highway fatality tolls by more than 9 percent each in 2008 and 2009, because so many people were unemployed and off the roads.
Remote Workers Before and After COVID-19
Challenges,Benefits, Statistics and Predictions for Remote Workers
According to Motus’ recently released report, Remote Work: A New Advantage, more than 90 million people in the U.S. have a job that could be performed at least partially from a remote location. Here are a few more interesting statistics:
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- In 2019, 54% of all U.S. workers worked remotely at least 1 day a month
- As of April 2020, there were approximately, 330 million people living in the U.S.
- As of mid-March, an estimated 16 million workers in the U.S. started working remotely due to COVID-19
- It is estimated that 30-40% of workers will continue to work remotely full-time after the pandemic ends
How can organizations benefit if they choose to keep some or all their employees working remotely? Chief Technology Officer of Motus Rick Blaisdell answers: READ MORE
LeasePlan: In Europe, EVs Have Lower Total Cost of Ownership On Average
A major Dutch leasing company, LeasePlan, has thought a lot about the total cost of ownership of a vehicle and is getting more and more bullish about electric vehicles.
Last year LeasePlan released a white paper on the topic, after conducting nearly 1000 vehicle ownership scenarios in 13 European countries.
LeasePlan shared some of the takeaway results for head-to-head comparisons. The Nissan LEAF did very well against the Volkswagen Golf and the Audi e-tron did very well against the Mercedes GLE. The one that should surprise you is the Tesla Model 3 versus the BMW 3 Series. But there are reasons for the results. It also had one somewhat surprising conclusion.
Read the article at Clean Technica.
Future Air Travel: Four-Hour Process, Self Check-In, Disinfection, Immunity Passes
With much of the world closed for business, and no widely available vaccine in sight, it may be months, if not years, before airlines operate as many flights as they did before the crisis.
Among the steps under consideration: no cabin bags, no lounges, no automatic upgrades, face masks, surgical gloves, self-check-in, self-bag-drop-off, immunity passports, on-the-spot blood tests and sanitation disinfection tunnels.
As for food, the tendency is to stop serving altogether on short-haul flights, while the airlines consider ‘light refreshments’ for long-haul flights. Hong Kong Airlines has decided to stop offering food altogether.
Read the article at Forbes.
