HR insights from the People HR blog – September 2019

by John Crowley

October 2, 2019

I thought I’d try something different this week. So I’ve made a quick video, to talk you through some of the key HR insights I discovered over the last month on the People HR blog.

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Workforce planning. In this article, I talk about the reasons workforce planning is a Top 10 HR issue for 2019. And I provide 7 important considerations for your workforce planning strategy. Read more here: https://www.peoplehr.com/blog/2019/09/04/workforce-planning-is-one-of-the-10-biggest-hr-issues-in-2019/
The wellbeing of your contract workforce. Have you ever thought about including your contract workforce in your wellbeing and engagement initiatives? Maybe you should. Read more here: https://www.peoplehr.com/blog/2019/09/18/keeping-your-contract-workforce-healthy-and-engaged/
Employee assistance programmes. I looked into whether these programmes are worth considering – and it seems that they are. But you’ve got to avoid filing them under ‘done and dusted’, lest they become a box-ticking exercise. Read more here: https://www.peoplehr.com/blog/2019/09/25/is-an-employee-assistance-programme-worthwhile/

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