Labor Market Focus: Employment Prospects and Participation Improving for Disabled Workers – But Challenges Remain
One of the notable labor market developments of the pandemic era was the increase in employment participation and opportunities for people with disabilities. Understanding these communities is an opportunity for organizations who continue to deal with persistently tight labor market conditions. In 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 22.5 percent of people…
Read MoreNavigating the HR Technology Buying Process: Why HR Professionals Must Stay Informed
by Trish Steed In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, Human Resources (HR) professionals play a pivotal role in shaping the technological infrastructure of organizations. As businesses increasingly rely on innovative solutions to streamline operations and enhance employee experiences, understanding the HR technology buying process has become imperative for HR professionals. Here’s why: HR Technology as…
Read MoreThe Surprisingly High Costs of Manual HR and Payroll Processes
For HR and Payroll organizations, it’s clear that many administrative processes are required and necessary for their teams to fulfill their duties and responsibilities to the organization and its employees. No matter how much we might not care for these administrative tasks, they remain necessary for the organization to remain in compliance, to carry out…
Read MoreLabor Market Focus: Labor Unions Had a Big 2023 but Face an Uncertain Future
Recent high-profile organized labor wins at odds with the overall decline in union membership – with implications for the labor market in 2024 and beyond. By the mid-1950s, unions in the US had successfully organized approximately one out of every three non-farm workers. This period represented the height of organized labor’s power, as the numbers…
Read MoreLabor Market Focus: Older Workers Increasing in Numbers and in Earnings
While most of the news reporting and analysis of the US Labor Market tends to focus on the “headline” numbers like the unemployment rate, monthly gains/losses in total jobs, Labor Force Participation rates, and aggregate US job openings, there are probably hundred of other interesting and important labor market data points that are worth our…
Read MoreBest of the HR Happy Hour Media Network 2024
Wow, I can’t believe it’s the end of 2024! This year was a kind of whirlwind in many respects, and while it was fantastic to get out on the road meeting with our clients, attending many industry events, and even finding a little bit of downtime, 2024 was a busy, productive, exciting, and at times…
Read MoreBest of the HR Happy Hour Media Network 2023
Wow, I can’t believe it’s the end of 2023! The “return to normal” year was a kind of whirlwind in many respects, and while it was fantastic to resume business travel, office meetings, and large events, it made for a crazy, exciting, and at times exhausting year. For us at H3 HR Advisors, 2023 marked…
Read MoreHR Technology News: Paycom’s GONE™ Time Off Request Automation Empowers Employees and Supports Managers
Since the publication of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink in 2009, the concept of autonomy as a key factor in sustaining employee motivation has been popularized and generally accepted by HR leaders. The importance of autonomy can perhaps be best understood by examining the opposite of employee autonomy –…
Read MoreInsights from Oracle CloudWorld 2023: HR Strategies for the Future
In a rapidly evolving world where businesses must adapt to ever-changing circumstances, HR practitioners, managers, and executives continually seek strategies that will lead to long-term success. At Oracle CloudWorld, Yvette Cameron’s session “5 Critical Strategies for a Decade of Success” provided invaluable insights for navigating the complex landscape of the next decade. These strategies offer…
Read MoreFirst Look at New HR Tech: Benchmarking and People Analytics Solutions from Paychex
One of the highlights of the annual HR Technology Conference each year is the opportunity to get hands-on demonstrations of the very latest innovations in HR tech from the industry’s leading providers. New ideas, solutions, and categories are constantly on display in HR tech, (small “t”) and at HR Tech, (capital “T”). And it is…
Read MoreOracle CloudWorld 2023: Continued Innovation, Momentum and Leadership in HCM Technology
The team from H3 HR Advisors spent some time with the Oracle team at the recent Oracle CloudWorld event in Las Vegas. CloudWorld is kind of a whirlwind, with tens of thousands of attendees descending for three days of technology, innovation, networking and more – and in 2023 the size and scope of the event…
Read MoreExecutives Want Employees Back in the Office, But Don’t Really Know Why
Returning to the office has been a topic of great interest, debate, and in many cases, tension between the average worker and their manager, leaders, and C-suite executives. But while many of these execs are losing patience with remote work, they don’t usually have a good reason why. Recently, Mike Hopkins, Amazon’s senior vice president…
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