Reinventing the Employee Experience

Learn how to minimize company-wide liability by ensuring your employees are receiving mandatory breaks. In 2019, employers are facing an unfettered number of wage and hour claims, on an individual and company-wide basis. Many of these claims arise from an employer's duty to provide breaks under various employment laws. This topic will provide an overview of break requirements and then delve into best practices for the most cutting-edge break policies available to employers, including a compliance and reporting program for violations.

There is a real opportunity to be claimed in a recession. While many are letting go of some of their top talent in layoffs, there is plenty of room to recruit what others have let go. But it’s still a tight labor marketplace. With nearly two job openings for every unemployed American, companies are struggling to find workers and retain the ones they have. The tight job market is keeping upward pressure on wages, which feeds into inflation.

When, where, and how we work is fundamentally changing. As both a technology leader and employer, Microsoft is in a unique position to understand the secular trends that are reshaping the future of work today, and for decades to come. This session will empower you in navigating and thriving in digital transformation, with focus on people, culture and latest technology.

As the labour market presents employers with a dearth of suitable candidates, HR professionals have made upskilling their workforces the priority to ensure they meet future challenges. No business is immune to the transformations that are taking place. A changing economic climate combined with the impact of technology on job roles is forcing organisations to accelerate their digitalisation to build a more agile and adaptable workforce.