Know What's Happening in Human Resources
Know What's Happening in Human Resources
UK government rolls out sweeping workers‑rights reforms
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced day‑one statutory sick pay and paternity leave, raised the state pension and scrapped the two‑child benefit cap. The changes are projected to lift about half a million children out of poverty.
Gen Z will comprise roughly 30% of the U.S. workforce by 2030, and they prioritize authenticity in leadership above all else. The article outlines five actionable habits for leaders: admitting uncertainty, showing empathy, owning mistakes, acting on feedback, and increasing transparency. These behaviors align with Gen Z’s demand for humility, emotional stability, and a sense of being heard. Implementing them can strengthen trust and engagement among younger employees.
Senior learning strategist Lori Niles‑Hofmann predicts that 2026 will see a sharp decline in generic, one‑size‑fits‑all training programs, replaced by AI‑driven tutors and performance‑support tools that deliver personalized, contextual learning experiences. She cautions against over‑hyping generative AI, emphasizing the need...
Deel’s survey of 500 UK HR leaders shows AI‑generated applications are eroding trust in traditional hiring. Forty percent of employers have already extended probation periods, and 77 % say assessing authenticity before hire is harder. CVs and cover letters are now...
In the digital era, leadership is moving from command‑and‑control to orchestrating a trustworthy ecosystem of people, machines, and processes. The article outlines an "agentic" model that distributes decision rights, adopts policy‑first delegation, and embeds transparency and ethical guardrails. Structural changes...
Elly launched an AI-native hiring platform and closed an $8 million funding round led by Sorenson Capital, with Atomic and Next Wave Capital participating. The platform consolidates sourcing, interviewing, and applicant tracking into a single AI-driven system, automatically capturing interview insights...
Daily standups often balloon to 25‑30 minutes, costing teams up to 100 hours of deep work per quarter for a five‑person group. The article proposes a blocker‑first format, a visible 90‑second timer, and pre‑meeting async updates to shrink meetings to...
Bullhorn’s 16th annual GRID report, based on a survey of nearly 2,300 recruitment professionals worldwide, finds that staffing firms that adopt artificial intelligence experience markedly stronger revenue growth and faster candidate placements. Top‑performing agencies are four times more likely to...
One of the most overlooked career skills: Being pleasant to work with. Many people assume success comes from being the most talented person in the room. In practice, opportunities go to people others trust, respect, and enjoy collaborating with. “Pleasant to work...
AI’s most powerful economic effect is lowering the cost of translating disparate data and workflows, not merely automating prediction or creation. By extracting structure from unstructured sources, AI creates a shared, real‑time view that lets teams coordinate without agreeing on...
Regulators worldwide are tightening oversight of employee leave, and companies that stumble risk fines and reputational harm. A recent Pulpstream study shows only one‑fifth of organizations feel very confident in their leave‑management compliance, while roughly 70 % rate audit readiness at...
New research from Pulpstream reveals that only one‑fifth of organizations feel very confident in their leave‑management compliance, while roughly 70% rate audit readiness at three out of five or lower. HR leaders face rising leave volumes driven by expanding state...
CIPD’s 2026 Reward Survey reveals that 22% of UK employers offer employee benefits without any defined objectives, hampering their ability to gauge impact. While 77% link benefits to at least one goal—most often retention (44%) and engagement (37%)—only 31% connect...
UKG Pro Workforce Management (WFM) offers a structured, data‑driven approach to healthcare scheduling, tackling the sector’s chronic staffing volatility. By enabling early offers of open shifts through advanced scheduling, organizations can pre‑empt gaps, lower overtime, and align skill sets with patient...
In this HBR IdeaCast episode, psychologist Jamil Zaki explains how cynicism—viewing others as selfish and untrustworthy—differs from healthy skepticism and why it spreads in organizations, harming individual well‑being, relationships, and efficiency. He outlines the personal costs (stress, depression, higher mortality)...
Alpine Group announced the hiring of former White House special assistant Taylor LaJoie as vice president, bringing deep legislative liaison experience to its client advisory team. The Aleo Network Foundation appointed Kyle Zink, a veteran marketer from Google and Square, as chief...
The podcast episode argues that the traditional contingent, multi‑listed permanent recruitment model is collapsing under AI pressure. AI shortlisting tools only achieve a 14% overlap, exposing resume inflation and inefficiencies. Retained and executive search models, which sell decision‑making rather than...
Recruiters are increasingly treating hiring as a performance‑marketing channel, where visual appeal and brand perception dictate candidate interest. Traditional text‑only job ads are losing to platform‑driven, image‑rich campaigns, creating a visibility gap for top talent. Chatly’s AI image generator and...
The 2026 Slalom AI Research Report shows a paradox: 68 % of leaders feel they can keep pace with AI, yet 93 % cite underdeveloped skills and inadequate training as major barriers. Deploying AI tools alone isn’t delivering results; the capability gap...
Jivaro, an 18‑year‑old executive recruitment firm, focuses exclusively on retail and consumer goods, serving 227 corporate clients across Australia and Europe. Its vertical sourcing model assigns functional specialists to each role, leveraging a 150,000‑plus candidate database and AI‑driven tools. In...
Oracle Recruiting Cloud is integrating AI‑driven agents to streamline the hiring journey. The agents automate tasks such as interview scheduling, resume parsing, and real‑time candidate communication. By delivering faster, personalized interactions, the platform aims to improve candidate engagement and brand...
The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre has partnered with Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust to pilot an AI‑driven staff scheduling platform. The system automatically creates balanced on‑call rotas by factoring in leave, skills and working patterns, replacing...
Cezanne HR has introduced Cezanne Expenses, an integrated expense‑management module that promises up to three hours saved per claim. The solution combines mobile OCR receipt capture, mileage calculation and real‑time dashboards within the existing HR platform. Powered by Webexpenses, it...
Electric‑vehicle salary sacrifice in the UK surged 51% in 2024, now covering 40% of new EV registrations. While employees enjoy tax‑free vehicle costs, many still face high public‑charging fees, especially renters without home chargers. Extending salary‑sacrifice to cover charging can...
Axis Bank has teamed up with a job‑focused edtech firm to launch a Hire‑Train‑Deploy (HTD) programme aimed at creating a specialised cadre of relationship managers for its Commercial Banking Group. The curriculum blends real‑world simulations, product knowledge and regulatory training...
Job architecture redesign has long been a multi‑year, document‑heavy effort that leaves organizations lagging behind fast‑moving business needs. The article argues that the bottleneck is the outdated, sequential method rather than resistance to change. By swapping manual workshops for AI‑driven...
Recent research of 2,000 UK employees shows that nearly one‑third are dissatisfied and equally disengaged, with 20% having contemplated quitting in the past year. Productivity and wellbeing have slipped, as more than a third report stress or burnout. The study...
Employee turnover spikes in the first quarter as workers seek change, but many firms cannot dramatically increase pay or flexibility. A recent Uber for Business‑commissioned study shows that 25% of employees value expanded perks when making job decisions. Offering free...
IIM Lucknow wrapped up its 2026 placement season with 559 students receiving more than 580 offers. The highest domestic package hit Rs 1 crore per year, while the top international offer was Rs 65 lakh. Average compensation stood at Rs 33.2 lakh and median at Rs 32.9 lakh,...
The Fair Work Commission ruled that a Hansen Corporation database manager was fairly dismissed after falsifying timesheets. The employee, employed since 2019, claimed manager approval and a long‑standing pattern excused the false entries, but the Commission called his explanation wholly...
New Zealand will overhaul open work visa rules on 20 April 2026, dividing them into two streams: unrestricted visas that allow any employment, self‑employment or business activity, and employer‑only visas that limit holders to a single employer. The change targets visas such as...
WiseTech Global announced the elimination of roughly 2,000 coding positions, representing more than a quarter of its 7,000‑strong workforce, as it pivots toward artificial‑intelligence‑driven solutions. The company posted a 76% surge in first‑half revenue to US$672 million, while net profit slipped...
In this episode of So What from BCG, Georgie Frost talks with Khadija Benhamada, former Chief of Staff and now Chief People Officer at Merck, and Judith Wallenstein, Global Leader of BCG’s CEO Advisory Practice, about how to deliberately build...
India’s MSMEs employ 330 million workers, accounting for 62 % of non‑agricultural jobs and about 30 % of GDP, yet their workers generate only 14 % of the output of large‑firm employees. The productivity gap stems from widespread informality, low formal skill training, and...
Ishita Medhekar, CHRO of Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust, argues that hiring for learning agility outweighs static technical expertise in a sector where assets outlive the technologies they carry. She frames attrition as a lagging indicator of past disengagement, urging firms...
Oak HC/FT partner Vig Chandramouli highlighted four health‑tech trends that startups must address to win investor confidence. First, labor management for nurses and allied professionals—who comprise 70% of the workforce—is a largely untapped market. Second, investors are scrutinizing margins, finding...
The article argues that leaders should stop positioning themselves as the "hero" and instead focus on cultivating other heroes within their organizations. Drawing on Dara Simkin and Tane Hunter’s book *Full Stack Human*, it calls for a rewrite of the...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hiring a senior director for its Digital and Transformation Group, offering a salary of up to £136,000. The role will steer the digital delivery of working‑age services, including Universal Credit, the jobs...
Klook is redefining its people strategy to harness Gen Z as a strategic advantage, shifting from attendance‑based management to outcome‑focused work. The travel tech firm operates a four‑day‑in‑office, one‑day‑remote hybrid model that emphasizes intentional collaboration and deep‑work time. Its "vocation" program...
Scoop: As Bari Weiss works to recruit high-wattage stars to CBS News, she's dangling lucrative contracts in front of potential hires. They're still turning her down. Details in @get_status: https://www.status.news/p/bari-weiss-cbs-news-recruiting-hiring-struggles
Directionally Correct Episode #159 - Tyler Weeks - People Analytics & HR Tech at Marriott https://t.co/xthRKuIoCb #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
A recent Robert Half survey of 138 Canadian legal leaders finds hiring skilled talent is harder than a year ago. Two‑thirds report shortages, especially in legal technology, operations, research, and data privacy. 58% say they must train existing staff, while...
Britain’s #AI Experiment: Down in Jobs So Far @Korn_Ferry https://t.co/6B4p8m9Bgc #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
A complete team needs diverse skills. Avoid only having SAP gurus or ops experts. Mix seasoned pros with fresh perspectives for a successful S/4HANA transformation. #TeamBuilding #SAP #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/hlYw6dVy3X
The American Association of Post‑Acute Care Nursing (AAPACN) unveiled a multi‑year blueprint to tackle nursing‑home workforce burnout, funding volatility, and negative public perception. Its strategy centers on culture change, leadership development, and technology‑driven documentation tools to ease staff burdens. AAPACN...
“Application quality” has improved from 20% to 60% good match. Explanation is either better talent attraction or better customisation from the candidates.
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Effective March 2026, New York’s Secure Choice Savings Program obligates private‑sector employers with ten or more New York employees and at least two years in business to either register for the state‑administered Roth IRA or certify an exemption. Registration requires using a unique...
What #BusinessPsychologists Need to Know When Working with #LLMs @ABPsychologists https://t.co/qeA8OABheB #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator
Workday reported $9.55 billion in total revenue for fiscal 2026, a 13 % year‑over‑year increase, driven primarily by subscription growth. The fourth quarter delivered $2.53 billion in revenue, up 14.5 %, and left the company with $5.4 billion in cash. CEO Aneel Bhusri credited artificial‑intelligence...
Mentoring and Inspiring Women in Radio (MIW) released its 25th annual gender analysis, tracking female leadership in U.S. commercial radio. The study shows women holding 22 % of general‑manager roles nationwide, up from 15 % in 2004, and 24 % in the top‑100...
