Talent Management
Tenet Healthcare | September 25, 2023
Tenet Healthcare adopts Oracle Cloud HCM to modernize HR and payroll, enhancing the employee experience by automating tasks and optimizing workflows.
Oracle Cloud HCM streamlines HR processes with AI, reducing manual workloads, enhancing efficiency, and improving decision-making.
While promising, challenges include complex implementation, data security concerns, and cost considerations. However, the benefits include error reduction, AI-driven insights, and improved employee productivity for better patient care.
Tenet Healthcare, a prominent player in the health system and services sector, has opted for Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to modernize and streamline its HR and payroll operations. With over 475 ambulatory and surgical centers, 61 hospitals, and 110 outpatient centers in the United States, Tenet aims to enhance the employee experience by reducing manual tasks and optimizing automated workflows through Oracle Cloud HCM.
Paola Arbour, Executive Vice President and CIO at Tenet Healthcare, reportedly stated,
Combining our systems with Oracle Cloud HCM, we are now able to enhance and automate our processes and improve the capability we deliver to our employees and HR and payroll professionals across our enterprise.
[Source – Cision PR Newswire]
Chris Leone, Executive Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle, emphasized the need for healthcare organizations to be flexible in managing their workforce and highlighted Oracle Cloud HCM's role in automating time-consuming tasks, allowing healthcare professionals to focus more on patient care.
Oracle Cloud HCM is a comprehensive cloud-based solution designed to streamline the entire HR process, from hiring to retirement. It provides HR teams with a single platform for accessing employee data and utilizes AI to offer recommendations, simplify processes, and enhance productivity and the employee experience.
While Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) offers promising solutions for modernizing HR and payroll operations at Tenet Healthcare, there are potential challenges to consider. First, the implementation of such a comprehensive cloud-based system can be complex and time-consuming, potentially causing disruptions during the transition phase. Second, concerns about data security and privacy in the healthcare sector may arise, given the sensitive nature of employee information. Third, the cost of implementing and maintaining this technology can be significant, and it may require ongoing investments in training and support to ensure its optimal use.
The adoption of Oracle Cloud HCM by Tenet Healthcare presents several notable advantages. Firstly, it promises to significantly reduce manual workloads and improve efficiency in HR and payroll processes. This streamlined approach not only saves time but also reduces the risk of errors, ensuring that employees are paid accurately and on time. Secondly, the integration of AI within the system can provide valuable insights and recommendations to HR teams, enabling better decision-making and resource allocation. Thirdly, the enhanced user experience and accessibility for employees and HR professionals can boost morale and productivity across the organization, ultimately leading to improved patient care as healthcare staff can focus more on their primary responsibilities.
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Employee Experience
PR Newswire | October 30, 2023
NFPa leading benefits consultant released new benchmarking data via its 2024 Leave Management and HR Trend Report which includes survey data and HR trends. The report showed ways employers can adopt and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) powered solutions to enable HR data-driven strategy that enhances the employee experience, such as the utilization of AI for leave management. While 22% of respondents are likely to use AI to manage or monitor their employee leave in the future, nearly one-third (32%) are not even aware AI could be used to leverage leave management.
said Maria Trapenasso, head of Human Capital Solutions practice, NFP.
We have an unprecedented five generations in the workforce, each with their own unique needs, so a 'one size fits all' approach to total rewards just doesn't work anymore. Employers of choice are embracing the generational diversity by leveraging insights from AI-powered solutions to create total rewards that help workers improve their mental and physical well-being and stay engaged, while also sending the message 'You are important to this company and your needs matter.
[Source:PR Newswire]
Among a variety of insights and data from the report was the finding that, despite its limited adoption, employers that use AI-powered solutions can retrieve previously inaccessible paid time off (PTO) insights that facilitate better benefits design. These analytics can detect PTO usage patterns across the organization and enable HR to optimize policies, better understand trends of diverse work groups and inform programs customized for employees' evolving work-life priorities.
Recognizing the need to support employees in times of crisis, bereavement policies are evolving, just as states (CA, IL, MD, OR, WA) enact bereavement leave laws that include compliance demands on employers. "Recent state bereavement leave mandates are informing proactive HR policymakers, with 25% of survey respondents foreseeing a need to change their bereavement policies, including in states where it's not yet required by law," said Trapenasso.
Increasingly, employers have a heightened awareness of a worker's need for time off around a miscarriage or unsuccessful in vitro fertilization (IVF) attempt. According to survey results, 28% of employers have expanded their bereavement leave policy to include time off to grieve after miscarriages or failed IVF attempts, with 18% offering more than one week of PTO. Additionally, 15% of respondents are offering between one and three weeks of PTO for the death of a beloved pet.
The report revealed many employers think they are satisfying their employees' leave benefits needs, when actually they are not. There is a significant gap between employer and employee perception according to the report, as 56% of employers said their PTO/vacation policies were lacking while also conveying that 73% of their employees were not satisfied with their PTO/vacation benefit. "If you want to attract and retain top talent, employers need to better understand what is meaningful to their workforce when it comes to leave benefits. It's the only way to close this perception gap."
Many respondents said they recognize the impact menopause has on their workforce. While only 4% of respondents offer some type of accommodation for menopause, 32% said they hadn't considered it but would be open to offering this benefit within the next five years. "Contrasting the cost of replacing employees who are going through menopause versus supporting them, it becomes clear money spent on adopting initiatives for employees going through this life change is prudent," said Trapenasso.
Forward looking employers can offer unique benefits to retain different generations of workers. The sandwich generation, individuals simultaneously caring for both aging parents and young children, would benefit from expanded family caregiver leave — which is currently offered by only 29% of respondents. Additionally, some employers (8%) are also offering grandparental leave, while more than one-third (35%) said they had not considered it but are open to offering it within the next five years to retain older talent.
"We are encouraging HR leaders and decision-makers to take a candid look at whether their leave offerings are truly working to attract and retain the best talent," said Trapenasso. "If there's room for improvement, now is the time to enhance programs to meet the diverse needs of today's workforce, especially as they review their policies for 2024."
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Employee Engagement
Oracle | September 22, 2023
Oracle introduces new employee recognition and rewards capabilities within Oracle ME, enhancing the employee experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management.
Oracle Celebrate, a unique recognition and rewards offering, aims to improve performance, engagement, and retention by personalizing the employee experience.
Features of Oracle Celebrate include peer-to-peer recognition, AI assistance, nomination and event-based awards, redeemable points, recognition insights, real-time data, and a recognition-based social feed.
Oracle has unveiled its latest enhancement to the Oracle ME employee experience platform, embedded within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM). This development, Oracle Celebrate, stands out as a groundbreaking recognition and rewards solution designed to elevate performance, engagement, and staff retention by delivering a more customized and meaningful experience for employees.
Yvette Cameron, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy at Oracle Cloud HCM, emphasized the significance of acknowledging employees and said,
Employees are the foundation of any successful organization, and leaders need to ensure that their people feel celebrated and valued or risk losing both talent and productivity.
[Source - Cision PR Newswire]
Cameron stated that with Oracle Celebrate, organizations could now utilize a comprehensive and unified employee experience platform. She explained that this platform aligned recognition with company values to nurture a culture of appreciation and acknowledgment. Furthermore, she emphasized that it encouraged more impactful peer-to-peer interactions. Cameron highlighted that these newly introduced capabilities simplified employee recognition, made it meaningful and inclusive, and empowered HR and business leaders to give precedence to employee appreciation. She added that it also served to enhance engagement and motivation within the workforce.
Key features of Oracle Celebrate include:
Peer-to-peer recognition: This feature enables employees and leaders to acknowledge their colleagues across the organization in real time, with personalized recognition linked to business values. It seamlessly incorporates peer recognition into an employee's daily routine and work processes.
Generative AI assistant: Employees can enhance peer-to-peer recognition by receiving suggested improvements for their submissions, facilitating the creation of more impactful recognition notes for peers.
Recognition insights dashboard: Managers can access detailed insights about the recognition patterns within their teams, highlight individuals who may require additional support, and identify top contributors.
Nomination and event-based awards: This feature permits employees to recognize their peers for significant events such as promotions and work anniversaries, as well as nominations made by managers and peers, such as the ‘Employee of the Month’. These recognitions are initiated by updates to employee profiles in Oracle Cloud HCM.
Real-time recognition and engagement data: Organizations can continually update and monitor recognition programs with precise data, enabling administrators to measure their effectiveness and correlate recognition efforts with business outcomes.
Redeemable points: Employees can accumulate points when recognized by team members, which can later be exchanged for rewards integrated into the system by the organization.
Recognition-based social feed: Employers can create a real-time stream of organization-wide and team-wide awards and accolades, promoting camaraderie and increasing visibility for daily accomplishments.
Zachary Chertok, the research manager for employee experience at IDC, mentioned that the applications and value of recognition are expanding and evolving as organizations rethink how they connect into and uplevel employee success. He also noted that building an ecosystem for recognition assists in sourcing the roots of achievement, moving the needle on best practices as success occurs, stimulating cultural acceptance around process innovation, and fostering belonging through community acknowledgement and appreciation.
Ushaan Abeywickrema, the director of human resources at MAS Capital, noted that many organizations find it challenging to establish a straightforward system for ensuring that employees receive the praise and recognition they deserve. He pointed out that this represents a significant gap in the HR software market, especially considering the well-known importance of fostering a strong sense of value and accomplishment to enhance employee engagement and workforce efficiency.
Abeywickrema also conveyed excitement about Oracle Celebrate and its potential to introduce innovative capabilities that could revolutionize how they personalize the employee journey. He expressed hope that Oracle Celebrate would make it easier to acknowledge the dedication and hard work of their team members, all while reinforcing their commitment to their organizational culture and productivity. He believed that by recognizing their contributions, their employees would feel more seen, supported, and empowered to perform at their best and deliver their finest work.
Oracle Cloud HCM, a cloud-native solution, offers a comprehensive platform connecting all HR processes from hiring to retirement. It provides HR teams with a unified source of truth and leverages built-in AI to analyze workforce data, offering recommendations to enhance business operations.
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