Hear From Trish McFarlane: Opportunities, Challenges and HR Priorities for 2023

In Personnel Today’s new One-HR webinar format, Kevin Charles, consulting barrister at Crossland Employment Solicitors, scrutinises the latest developments in employment law keeping HR professionals abreast of the most important legal cases and risks. Hosted by Personnel Today editor Rob Moss, this webinar will look primarily at case law, around a diverse range of employment topics. Uber, Pimlico Plumbers, Deliveroo there’s been numerous challenges in the courts around employment status and the gig economy, but where do employers currently stand when engaging with contractors and at what point should people be treated as workers.

In a recent survey from PayScale, business leaders identified retention as one of their top concerns, with 24 percent of respondents saying it will be their biggest HR challenge in 2019. With the job market as competitive as it is, and cost of turnover as high as it is, it’s no wonder improving retention is at the top of the priority list for many organizations. Yet not all of these organizations know what retention techniques to use when it comes down to actually moving the needle.

People are at a premium today. The ‘war for talent’ might be a cliché but as skills gaps continue to increase and engagement remains a real challenge that HR has yet to solve, ‘employee development’, an emerging and increasingly important category in the talent management space, has become the central pillar in the employee lifecycle of every organisation. How do you help your people develop and grow in a way that truly motivates them and really increases their impact in the business.

Managing reward in a multi-national or global company has many additional complexities to that of a single country instance. These include sourcing accurate benchmark data, budgeting (given the differences in the various economies involved) workflows, policies and governance, time zone differences, cultures, currencies, languages, and communication. Technology plays a key role in ensuring centralized control blended with an appropriate amount of decentralized decision making. Data integrity is also critical and as is integration with adjacent HRIS, payroll and other platforms supporting the reward function. This panel will share their experiences within their own organizations and their key learns from managing such programs over many years.