5 Trends That Will Shape HR In 2024
HRDIVE, Monday, January 8th, 2024
Artificial intelligence and the return-to-office debate will persist, but so will more understated storylines - like the dreaded 'panini squeeze' faced by middle managers.
For HR teams and the workforces they manage, 2023 may have felt like a Super Mario Bros. level - a winding, scrolling road filled with gaps and obstacles to navigate on the way to achieving end goals.
Take, for example, the macroeconomic environment, which produced uncertainty in the form of massive layoffs and persistent, though stabilizing, inflation. Compliance with state, federal and local laws grew more complex with new pay transparency requirements, enhanced protections for pregnant and nursing employees and a revitalized labor movement. Generative artificial intelligence shook up jobs of all shapes and sizes.