Today's Human Resources Pulse
Fragmented HR systems drive costly payroll errors
EY research shows a single payroll input mistake averages $291 and 20% of annual payrolls contain errors. Forrester finds 77% of organizations still rely on multiple, non‑integrated HCM platforms, fueling these mistakes. Paycom claims its unified, single‑database solution can reduce processing time by 75%, underscoring the need for integration.
Folks Unveils Survey Revealing 70% of HR Time in Canadian SMBs Spent on Administrative Tasks
Folks’ 2026 State of HR survey of 450+ Canadian SMB HR professionals shows 70% of their time is consumed by administrative and operational tasks, with employee‑file management, recruiting and internal communication topping the list. Only 18% of surveyed firms have a fully integrated HRIS, while 8 in 10 still operate in siloed systems. The study estimates that implementing an HRIS can free more than 800 hours per year—roughly $25,000 in salary value—allowing HR teams to focus on culture and development priorities.
EHRC Amends Code of Practice Ready for Approval
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has amended its updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations and resubmitted it to the government for approval after receiving feedback from women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson. The revised...
AI‑exposed Early‑career Jobs Drop 16% versus Peers
A graph of headcount trends in high AI-exposure jobs for early in career (age 22-25) annotated with big AI model releases. Among workers age 22-25, employment in the most AI-exposed occupations has fallen roughly 16% relative to the least-exposed (after...
WPP Appoints Chief People Officer as Part of Elevate28 Strategy
WPP announced two senior HR appointments as part of its Elevate28 transformation plan. Mark Taylor has been named chief people officer, while Marie‑Claire Barker takes a senior talent leadership role. The moves are designed to foster a collective culture across...
Brace Promotes Wheeler and Davis as Regional Heads of Underwriting for US and London
Brace Underwriting Limited, backed by Octave Specialty Group, promoted Richard Wheeler to Head of Underwriting for the United States and Michael Davis to Head of Brace London Underwriting. Both previously served as senior underwriters, and their new roles complete a...
GLP-1s Are Getting Cheaper: Now Is the Time to Act
Novo Nordisk announced it will halve the list price of its GLP‑1 drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, to about $675 per month starting early 2025. The price cut, combined with strong employee demand, is prompting more employers to add...
Wolseley's CTO on Oracle Fusion and AI - Start with the Easy 80%, and Bring up the Bottom Third
Wolseley Group, the UK’s largest specialist trade merchant with roughly $3.2 billion in annual revenue, is modernising its 700‑branch network using Oracle Fusion SCM. After eight years on Oracle Cloud for finance and recent supply‑chain upgrades, the company will pilot a...
India Inc Bets on Mid-Level Talent; Expects Moderate Salary Hikes: Report
India Inc is shifting hiring focus to mid‑level talent, with 49% of surveyed firms prioritising these roles for 2026‑27. Salary increases are expected to remain moderate, largely in the 5‑10% range, while 34% of organisations anticipate hikes above 10%. Attrition...
Mentors Boost Career Growth: 10 Essential Benefits
10 Concrete Reasons Why Everyone Needs a Mentor at Work https://t.co/Vk9vERxDp3 #mentoring #career #lifehack #SuccessFormula
Job Seekers Don't Trust AI Hiring Tools. Can Voice-AI Help?
Employers are rapidly adopting AI for resume screening and interview automation, with 80% planning AI resume reviews and 25% already conducting full AI interviews, according to an Aurora University survey. However, candidate trust is eroding—over half say AI screening makes...
How to Double EBITDA in 3 Years The Multi-Unit Retail Playbook
In this episode of the Raw Selection Private Equity Podcast, Jeff Helfgott, CEO of Boardroom Salon, shares his playbook for doubling EBITDA in three years within a multi‑unit retail business. He emphasizes that talent assessment and development are as critical...
CA Update: Minimum Wage Increases for Hotel Employees
California’s major hospitality markets are set to raise minimum wages for hotel staff starting July 1, 2026. Long Beach will climb to $29.50 per hour by 2028, while Los Angeles adds an $8.15 hourly health benefit, pushing total compensation to...
Trump Tips DoorDash Driver $100 After Oval Office McDonald's Delivery, Touts No‑tax‑on‑tips Policy
President Donald Trump handed DoorDash driver Sharon Simmons a $100 cash tip after she delivered two bags of McDonald’s to the Oval Office. The exchange was framed as a live demonstration of the administration’s “no tax on tips” law, which...
Arevon Energy Elevates Narayanan and Rand to Senior Ops Roles as Portfolio Hits 6 GW
Arevon Energy announced the promotion of Anand Narayanan to senior vice president of Asset Management and Operations and Jeremy Rand to senior vice president of Project Execution, effective April 1, 2026. The moves come as the company’s operating portfolio expands from 2 GW...
Seven Keys to Successful Mentoring – Assessment
Aspen Family Business Group (AFBG) released a free PDF assessment titled “Seven Keys to Successful Mentoring – Assessment.” The tool helps family‑owned firms evaluate the readiness of their mentoring programs, emphasizing planning, standards, and structured interactions between mentors and mentees....
Still No Plans for Statutory Menstrual Leave After Commons Debate
The UK government reiterated it has no plans to introduce statutory menstrual leave for employees with endometriosis or adenomyosis, despite a petition that gathered over 100,000 signatures and prompted a Commons debate led by Labour MP Paul Davis. The debate...
Viral Reddit Post Highlights Early-Career Struggles in NCR
A Reddit post from a Delhi‑NCR software engineer has gone viral, exposing the hardships faced by early‑career professionals in India’s corporate tech sector. The employee earned an annual package of Rs 4.25 lakh (≈$5,100) after an internship, but saw no salary increase...
Bensons for Beds Partners with WorkJam to Drive Digital Transformation for 1,800 Colleagues
Bensons for Beds has selected WorkJam as its new frontline operations platform, linking more than 1,800 colleagues across 178 stores, a manufacturing facility, distribution network, and support centres. The solution consolidates multiple legacy systems into a single, AI‑enabled hub that...
Taiwan Relaxes Incentive Eligibility and Wage Thresholds for Part-Time Workers Aged 55 or Above
Taiwan's Ministry of Labor broadened its women re‑employment programme, allowing any woman out of work for more than 180 days to earn up to NT$60,000 (≈$1,920) in staggered incentives. It also raised employer subsidies to NT$5,000 (≈$160) per month for...
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ATS Adoption: 5 Steps to Get Hiring Teams on Board [+ Free Checklist]
The article outlines a five‑step framework for driving applicant tracking system (ATS) adoption across hiring teams. It stresses that successful adoption hinges on behavior change, clear expectations, and role‑specific training rather than mere technical setup. The guide details mapping current...
43% of Companies Do Not Have a Formal Health & Wellbeing Strategy
Research by Everywhen shows that 43% of UK companies still operate without a formal health and wellbeing strategy, while 51% have documented plans that are regularly refreshed. Only 18% rely on simply offering benefits, and 13% provide support on an...
Respected But Never Selected: The Real Reason You're Not Being Promoted at Work (and 5 Tips to Change That)
Companies are experiencing a promotion recession, with advancement rates at five‑year lows and some firms offering just a 1.3% chance of promotion annually. High‑performing employees may earn respect, but without visibility to senior decision‑makers they are often passed over. The...
Britain and EU Take Different Paths on Pay Transparency
Pay Transparency: Britain and the EU on Divergent Routes @Korn_Ferry https://t.co/OBH49z18YZ #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Why Traditional Benefits Education Fails Employees when It Matters Most
Traditional benefits education delivered during open enrollment often fails to translate into employee understanding when they actually need it. Most workers only realize they are confused after a denied claim, an unexpected bill, or a timing issue with HSAs or...
Nine Out of 10 Firms Have Regretted AI-Led Job Cuts
A Careerminds UK poll of 600 HR leaders reveals that 91% of firms regret AI‑driven redundancies made in the past year. Only 27% reported financial benefits, while 31% are worse off, and many have already begun rehiring. The study highlights...
GSK Elevates Vasudevan Lakshmanan as Malaysia Country HR Head
GlaxoSmithKline has appointed Vasudevan Lakshmanan as country HR head for Malaysia. He will steer the HR function, aligning talent priorities with commercial objectives and fostering a performance‑driven culture. Lakshmanan brings experience across more than 30 markets in Asia, the Middle...
Wall Street Bankers’ Bonuses Leapfrog City in ‘Less Impressive’ Year
Wall Street bankers saw their average 2025 bonus rise to $154,344, a 5.85% increase that outpaced the City of London’s 3.5% growth to $154,215. Despite record‑high profits at major U.S. banks, the payout boost fell short of the 50% rise...
Coaching and Co-Learning — Coach as Mirror
The Management Brief’s second installment spotlights a coaching partnership at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, where senior leader Desh Edirisuriya works with LEI coach Jim Luckman. Their co‑learning relationship functions as a “mirror,” helping Desh identify gaps, experiment with social‑connection initiatives,...
Case Study | Why Virgin Group Ditched Traditional CVs in Favour of 'Vizzy' Digital Profiles
Virgin Group, facing an average of 230 CVs per vacancy, turned to Vizzy, a digital profiling platform, to modernize its recruitment process. Vizzy, founded in 2020, lets candidates build multimedia “Vizzy” profiles that combine video, social‑media links, and psychometric insights,...
How to Improve Remote Engagement in Hybrid Work
Remote engagement problems stem from underlying structural and cultural gaps rather than remote work itself. Dr. Kinga Mnich outlines a practical framework that uses six levers—belonging, operating system, autonomy, equity, growth, and well‑being—to diagnose and fix disengagement in hybrid teams....
4th Circuit Rules Agreements Can’t Shorten Time to File Antidiscrimination Claims
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that employers cannot require employees to sign agreements that shorten the filing deadlines for Title VII or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act claims. The decision arose from a case where a former...
Employment Negotiations: To Poach or Not to Poach?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally courting OpenAI engineers for his new Meta Superintelligence Labs, reportedly extending compensation packages as high as $300 million over four years. OpenAI has responded with counteroffers, including signing bonuses up to $100 million and expanded responsibilities,...
AI Isn’t Taking Jobs yet; It Is Quietly Stopping Entry-Level Jobs From Being Created
Adoption of AI is not triggering headline‑making layoffs but is sharply curtailing entry‑level hiring. A SignalFire analysis shows positions for workers with less than a year of experience have dropped nearly 50% between 2019 and 2024, while firms like Salesforce...
DoT Forms Committee to Resolve BSNL’s HR Grievances
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has set up a high‑level committee to resolve the persistent human‑resources grievances at state‑run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Chaired by the DoT Additional Secretary, the panel includes senior DoT officials, BSNL’s top management and...
Public Sector Pay Outpaces Private Sector Awards
And yet public sector pay awards are well above those in the private sector - make it make sense
HR Has Forgotten Where Work Happens: How to Reunite HR and Real Estate Around Work Experiences
HR leaders are increasingly focused on AI, skills‑based hiring and hybrid models, often neglecting the physical spaces where work happens. The article argues that corporate real‑estate, the second‑largest cost after compensation, remains siloed and rarely influences people‑strategy decisions. Lloyds Banking...
Regulatory Compliance and the Battle for Talent Emerge as Top Business Challenges Since 2020
A new Alliance Manchester Business School survey of 500 UK senior managers reveals that regulatory compliance and talent retention have become the most challenging business issues since 2020. 59% of respondents say navigating policy and legislation is harder, while 56%...
How My Visa Source Is Navigating the New Reality of Canada-U.S. Workforce Mobility
My Visa Source, a cross‑border immigration firm, says the once‑predictable Canada‑U.S. talent pipeline has unraveled. Canada cut its permanent‑resident target by roughly 20% for 2025, slashing Provincial Nominee allocations and shifting Express Entry to a narrow, occupation‑based model. Meanwhile, the...
Gig Economy Forces Talent Acquisition to Rethink Hiring
The Invisible Workforce: How the Gig Economy Is Reshaping Talent Acquisition https://t.co/498lrfSDM9 The workforce is not disappearing. It is disengaging from traditional hiring systems.
827 Days | Employee Wins £400k After Firm Refused to Honour Decades of Unused Holidays
A Commercial Manager at Sabtina Ltd accrued 827.25 days of unused leave over a 37‑year tenure, equivalent to about 2.26 years. An employment tribunal in Watford ruled the firm failed to honor the entitlement and also found the employee unfairly...
HSE Launches Wide-Ranging RIDDOR Consultation
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on updating the 2013 Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), running until 30 June 2026. The proposals seek to clarify ambiguous terminology, refresh the list of dangerous occurrences,...
Noida Protest: Fresh Clashes Erupt as Workers 'Unhappy' With Wage Hike
The Uttar Pradesh government announced a 21% minimum‑wage increase for workers in the Noida‑Ghaziabad belt, setting monthly pay at ₹13,690 for unskilled, ₹15,059 for semi‑skilled and ₹16,868 for skilled labor. Despite the hike, workers staged fresh protests in Noida’s Phase 2,...
Mentoring II: A Mentoring Program for Your Family Business
Family-owned enterprises can accelerate growth by implementing a structured mentoring program, as outlined by Donnel Nunes and Shelley Taylor. The guide details practical steps for pairing mentors with mentees, selecting meeting formats, and establishing feedback mechanisms to monitor progress. By...
Why Did Resident Doctors Go on Strike and How Much Are They Paid?
Resident doctors in England, who earn roughly $51,000 to $97,000 a year, returned to work after a six‑day, 15th strike over pay and training concerns. The British Medical Association (BMA) argues that despite 33% pay rises since 2023, salaries remain...
Why You Need to to Rewild Your Organisation
The article contends that the Taylorist, machine‑mindset still governing most organizations is obsolete, contributing to dismal employee engagement—23% globally in Gallup’s 2024 report and a further drop to 21% in 2025. It introduces a “rewilding” lens drawn from ecology, urging...
Recruit for Attitude, Train for Skill: Are We Ready to Take This Seriously?
The article argues that rapid AI‑driven change makes traditional, experience‑focused hiring obsolete. Companies should prioritize attitude traits—curiosity, adaptability, resilience—and learning agility over static technical skills. This shift requires recruiters to redesign interview questions and managers to adopt coaching‑style leadership. Without...
Talentbank Announces Winners of Graduates’ Choice Award 2026: Malaysia’s Most-Voted Graduate Employers Revealed
Talentbank unveiled the 2026 Graduates’ Choice Award winners, identifying Malaysia’s most‑voted graduate employers across finance, technology, FMCG, healthcare, telecom, energy, professional services and digital platforms. More than 740,000 votes were cast by students from over 100 universities, making it the...
Indian Startup ESOP Buybacks in Q1 2026 Beat 2024 and 2025: $2 Bn Liquidity Since 2020
Indian startup ESOP buybacks surged in Q1 2026, reaching roughly $220 million across seven firms—already exceeding the full‑year totals of 2024 ($190 million) and 2025 ($75 million). Since 2020, cumulative buybacks have approached $2 billion, underscoring a renewed liquidity push after a dip post‑2022. Leading...
Ai Is Hastening the Resume’s Demise. Good Riddance.
Artificial intelligence now lets anyone craft a polished resume with a few prompts, eroding the document’s credibility. Employers have responded by using AI to automatically parse and rank submissions, exposing long‑standing resume padding and embellishment. The article traces the resume’s...
Workers Want Training but Employers Don’t Always Deliver. Can Policy Help?
A new Hiring Lab survey across eight advanced economies finds workers view skill development as a personal priority, yet many perceive their employers place lower importance on training. Access to employer‑provided training is uneven, with degree‑holders far more likely to...