The main HR challenges for 2022 are all about valuing people. This is how you can make a meaningful impact on employees and restore their zest for work.

Towards people-first digital HR

Improving the employee experience, nailing operational efficiency and gaining digital maturity are all among the most important HR challenges for today and tomorrow. Well, there’s a way to hit all three objectives in one go: by building a people-first digital ecosystem for core HR. Download our first e-book in the series Ride Smarter, not harder to find out how to get started. 

By December 17, 2021, Belgium will need to have implemented the European Whistleblower Directive. From then on, organisations and companies must have a workable internal reporting channel in place for whistleblowers who expose abuses. Belgium is still lagging behind, but we are already taking steps to move forward.

From SaaS to fully managed services, payroll outsourcing exists in many shapes and forms. But whichever formula you go for, handing over some or all of your payroll duties to a third party is a big call to make. Before you get into which payroll tasks to outsource, getting all the intel on possible pros and cons seems a logical first step.

Payroll partners are like domestiques in professional cycling: riders that work for the benefit of the team and do much of the hard, unpleasant work. They shelter their team leaders from headwinds, provide them with energy supplies and help in case of complications during the race. Download our e-book to take a look behind the scenes.

Hybrid work is hot. Companies realise that workplace (and worktime) flexibility has become an important differentiator in a tight labour market. Hybrid working, however, has a lot of implications for HR. For example, it greatly affects payroll delivery. We’ve summarised the key challenges (global) companies face on this front.

An employer survey by SD Worx shows that digital HR is hot. More and more companies are setting up projects to get ahead of the digital transformation curve. Selecting a made-to-measure core HR management system (HRMS) is obviously a real gamechanger. But how do you choose the right HR software? This is how you separate contenders from pretenders.

Expanding the reach of your business and taking your operations international is an exciting time for any organisation. But with new opportunities come new challenges – and HR is no exception to that rule. Businesses that are upscaling, and even businesses that already have global employees, need to evolve internal systems and processes to ensure HR practices suit multiple cultures, compliance requirements and regulations.

As we emerge from almost two years of lockdowns, travel bans, and working from home, the new normal looks a lot like the old one – only more so. In the HR arena, Covid has accelerated existing trends, putting growing pressure on HR leaders to support their companies’ business objectives.

SD Worx payroll guru Simon Parsons on how you should interpret the rise of the gig economy as an employer or HR professional.

Optimising your payroll process is no luxury in times of economic turmoil. The first step: mapping out the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your payroll. This allows you to make good use of your resources, lend focused support to your team, streamline your operations and generate transparency in complex times.