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What Is Headcount Planning?

Intoo USA

Understanding these resourcing tradeoffs and interdependencies allows the group to shape balanced plans. Getting ahead of the curve on pipeline development enables faster fulfillment of anticipated roles while accessing higher quality and more diverse talent and enabling career development and growth for your workforce.

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Contact Tracing for #COVID19: What HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

Kronos and Ultimate Software have announced the formation of the Equity at Work Council (EWC) , a group of innovators and practitioners working together to understand diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. You can get involved by joining the EWC LinkedIn group. I hope you’ll check it out. Enjoy the article!).

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Walmart walks back some DE&I commitments, stands firm on employee resource groups

HR Brew

Conservatives and politicians have increasingly pushed an anti-DE&I narrative over the last two years in an attempt to convince employers to roll back their diversity programs. Walmart says it’s still committed to a diverse workplace. “We

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Boese: How HR tech is responding to the new emphasis on skills

HRExecutive

Of course, emerging from the pandemic, navigating employee safety and wellbeing , and managing new ways of working are likely still primary concerns. Most organizations are facing similar challenges in the second half of 2021.

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HR’s next big challenge: Ageism in the workplace

HRExecutive

Two years ago, about 19% of Americans age 65 and over were working, a figure that the BLS expects to jump to 21% in the coming years; labor force participation rates are expected to flatline or drop for all other age groups, except the 55-to-64-year-old population. Studies show age-diverse teams are more innovative and productive.”

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Microsoft cuts some of its DE&I staff

HR Brew

Our focus on diversity and inclusion is unwavering and we are holding firm on our expectations, prioritizing accountability, and continuing to focus on this work,” Jeff Jones, senior director of communications at Microsoft, told HR Brew in a statement sent via email. The company has long claimed to be a champion of diversity in tech.

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Tractor Supply and John Deere proclaim they’re done with DE&I

HR Brew

Over the past year, some companies have quietly changed course on their DE&I initiatives. The company, which has 80,000 global employees, said it made the move after “ongoing conversations,” and will refocus its business resource groups on “professional development, networking, mentoring,” and recruitment.