Current Economic Climate and Impact on 2022
2021 has been a year of surprises in administering employee compensation programs. Among the changes and challenges in 2021 are the following:
These factors has led many to rethink past and current compensation strategies as we move into 2022.
As an employer or HR professional, you’re thinking about how you can improve your employee relationships and boost retention. After all, a higher retention rate can:
Preserve institutional knowledgeHelp your company grow with your employeesMaintain employee moraleSave your organization hiring and onboarding costs
To achieve a higher retention rate, you might improve employee benefits like work-life balance programs and strong compensation and recognition programs.
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives are not entirely new. The recent demand for social justice resulted in DE&I becoming hyper-focused.
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers survey showed that 68% of companies invested in reskilling or upskilling to handle changes within the organization. 65% invested in training employees on new technologies.
Running your small business requires you to wear several hats: key strategist, marketing pro, scheduling master, customer service expert, and, of course, manager.
Currently, 57.3 million people in the United States work in freelance, or the “gig economy.” What is the “gig economy”? How much can it impact the future workforce?
For any business, employee morale is a big deal. Those who feel valued by the company’s leadership and that their contributions are making a positive difference will naturally enjoy coming to work.
By the end of March 2020, businesses around the globe had to make a quick shift to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Around the middle of the calendar year, we here at Astronology® like to reflect on the current and soon to be implemented changes from federal and state governments that impact Human Resources.
Virtual events have skyrocketed in popularity over the past year, due to the restrictions placed on in-person gatherings. Many organizations pivoted their regular meetings and events to virtual platforms, and we can attribute these changes to the availability of interactive virtual event platforms that provide technology to make virtual activities possible.
