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Invest in HRMS to simplify business processes – Experts Observe

This week we came across two reports: 1) Simplifying the Future of Work Survey by Experts from Wharton and SAP and 2) Simplification of work: The coming revolution by Deloitte University Press. Both reports surprisingly have similar findings. They observe that majority of HR leaders and practitioners find ‘business simplification’ as the biggest bottleneck of … Read more

Employee Engagement helps in Profitability

Employee Engagement – A Profitable Business Proposition

In unfavorable economic times, accelerating or optimizing productivity of workforce is more important than ever. In adverse situations, HR department (powered-by an advanced HRMS) holds the key to success because HR is uniquely positioned in organizations to build and nurture a more engaged workforce. In this blog, you will find some success stories which demonstrate … Read more

Weekly Wrap Top HR Articles in the past 7 days

HR Impact on Company Profitability

In our previous posts, we strongly urged companies to completely re-structure their HR departments such that they are better aligned with their business strategy. In addition, we observed that companies who restructured their HR units, yielded measurable profits. HR departments are now professional service units within their organizations. In this new avatar, they are effectively … Read more

‘Sharing Economy’ vis-à-vis Labor Laws

“In the new wave of ‘SHARING ECONOMY’, how much liberty you can take if you have a new business model that may not come under existing LABOR LAWS? Can a start-up play with fundamental HR principals?” We recently discovered an important HR LESSON that can be found in the lawsuits against Uber and Lyft. [Tweet “Can … Read more

Technology and Data-Driven HR: Impact on the Women Workforce

We often hear that women can’t do maths! Does it impact their ability to handle Analytics based HR Tools? Though we DON’T BUY THIS LOGIC, we decided to investigate more and came across a public Google spreadsheet created by Tracy Chou, a software engineer at Pinterest. This spreadsheet contains information about women employees in technology … Read more

Is Your HR Department Overworked?

HR department is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of employee data – what we call the transactional role of HR. They manage employee personal files, leave and attendance, salary data, promotions, travel and expenses, benefits enrollments, timesheets and performance records. All this data has to be combined together in various ways, queries answered, reports … Read more

Does Your HR Policy Support ‘Same-Sex Marriage’?

Did you hear about ‘Celebrate Pride’ tool – a photo editing tool by Facebook? Many of you (including HR managers) may have even used this tool, without reading the fine print in your own HR policy (whether it is pro or against LGBT). Facebook’s idea was to turn your profile picture into rainbow flag (with … Read more