Separately, Roper this month implemented a new work schedule for assembly roles and supporting departments that allows employees to work 10-hour shifts and then enjoy three-day weekends. That’s more flexibility than most salaried workers in other industries get.
Flexible scheduling is just one prong of GE Appliances’ many efforts to adapt its workforce practices for the available labor pool. GE Appliances used to require a high school diploma or a General Educational Development (GED) test, but the company relaxed that hiring condition during the pandemic and hasn’t reinstated it, Good said. The company also used to require English language skills for workers on the factory floor so that employees could read signs with operational and safety information. Investing in translators and posting information in multiple languages allowed it to drop that barrier as well, which provided a particular boost to the number of Latin American and Hispanic workers in its factories,
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