Workforce planning: one of the most challenging HR compliance issues for 2018
| Published date | 09 April 2018 |
| Date | 09 April 2018 |
| Pages | 105-107 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-01-2018-0001 |
| Author | Beth Zoller |
| Subject Matter | HR & organizational behaviour,Employee behaviour |
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Workforce planning: one of the most
challenging HR compliance issues for 2018
Beth Zoller
Each new year brings changes
in the workplace, government,
society, culture, technology
and the legal landscape thattranslate
into challenges and obstacles for
employers. To gain insightinto these
challenges, XpertHR conducteda
survey in October 2017 soliciting
input from over 1,000 HR
professionals on their view of the most
significant compliance challengesin
2018.
Workforce planning amid an
evolving workforce
With an evolving workforce and
changing societal demographics,
workforce planning appears to be one
of the top challenges for employers.
In today’s increasingly global
environment, twenty-first-century
employers need to respond to both
external and internal factorsthat
shape and impact the recruiting,
hiring and retention of workers.
The use of technology and mobile
devices allows workers to
communicate in more effective and
productive ways with employers,
managers, coworkers, clientsand
customers. Brick-and-mortaroffices
and the traditional 9 to 5 workday is
quickly fading, and we continue to
see an increase in flexible working
arrangements, remote workingand a
focus on achieving a greater work-life
balance. Employers are witnessing
the rise of the gig economy and
alternative work arrangements,as
workers are no longer swayed by the
promise of a steady paycheck and
benefits and crave freedom and
flexibility. Notions of automation,
smart devices, robotics and artificial
intelligence are beginningto disrupt
the workforce and challenge
traditional workers.
Hiring today is challenging and
complex amidst the many laws that
restrict an employer’s ability to gain
valuable and insightful information
into job candidates. Additionally,
there also may be a disconnect
between the skill sets of individuals
seeking jobs and the positions an
employer needs to fill.
Generationally, millennialsand
Generation Z have joined the
workforce in record numbers and are
seeking new ways of working and
have different expectations of their
employers. Further, employersmust
confront and account for an aging
Baby Boomer population, increased
health-care costs and making plans
for succession and retirement.
XpertHR’s survey confirmed
workforce planning amid the evolving
workforce as a top challenge:
nalmost 50 per cent of respondents
said this was among their top three
workplace challenges;
n52 per cent of respondents
viewed increasing employee
engagement, morale and
satisfaction as very or extremely
challenging;
Beth Zoller is based at XpertHR, New
Providence, New Jersey, USA.
DOI 10.1108/SHR-01-2018-0001 VOL. 17 NO. 2 2018, pp. 105-107, ©Emerald Publishing Limited, ISSN 1475-4398 jSTRATEGIC HR REVIEW jPAGE 105
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