As we launch the new year, we offer a roundup of HR trends and predictions for 2022 and a brief recap of the year that just closed.
Have there ever been so many challenging issues facing human resource professionals? We’re approaching the third year of a global pandemic, which sparked an array of changes in the workforce. Just some of the issues that HR managers have been coping with include:
- Keeping employees safe through Covid-10 variants
- Complying with a dynamic array of federal and state public health mandates re masking, vaccines,
- Managing a remote workforce and adapting to new tech tools and ways of engaging
- Preparing employees for a return to the physical workplace
- Establishing hybrid workplaces
- Acquiring new talent
- Retaining, motivating, and engaging current employees
- Dealing with the effects of a mental health crisis on the workforce
- Addressing an uptick in incivility, bullying, and anger aimed at public-facing employees.
It’s been tough times. With so many changes, it’s hard to take out a crystal ball to look into the future, but many HR leaders have done just that. We bring you a roundup of HR trends and predictions for the coming year, and offer a brief recap of the year that just closed.
HR trends for 2022
- Human Resource Executive: Employees want more from work in 2022. Here’s how to deliver
- SHRM Blog: 10 Key Talent and Leadership Trends for 2022
- HR Daily Advisor: Overcoming the Great Transition: What’s Next for HR in 2022
- McKinsey: The next normal arrives: Trends that will define 2021—and beyond
- Forbes: Top 10 Issues Facing HR Leaders Heading Into 2022
- HR Daily Advisor: Top Trends Shaping the 2022 Workplace
- HR Dive: 7 staffing trends to watch in 2022
- HR Morning: 5 ways the COVID-19 crisis will transform HR’s role
- EBN: Glassdoor predicts the top 4 workplace trends for 2022
- HR Morning: 2022 workplace trends: What HR needs to know – and do – now
- ADP: 10 Must-Have Policies for 2022
- Business Group on Health: 2022 Trends to Watch
- Human Resource Executive: HSAs, FSAs and 401(k)s: 11 numbers to know for 2022
- HR Daily Advisor: Get Ready, Get Set, Pivot! Soft Benefits Requests on the Rise in 2022
- Human Resource Executive: The 5 biggest HR tech trends coming your way this year
- HR Lineup: Top 10 HR Technology Trends in 2022
Compliance matters for 2022
- US DOL: State Minimum Wage Laws
- HR Daily Advisor: 2022 State Minimum Wage Increases Map
- Littler: Ring in the New Year with Minimum Wage, Tipped and Exempt Employee Pay Increases
- ADP: New Minimum Wages for 2022
- ADP: Exempt Employees: Minimum Salary Requirements for 2022
- SHRM: Pandemic Will Influence Legal Trends in 2022
- Zenefits: 2022 Rings in New Compliance Requirements for Employers
- Bernie Portal: 7 HR Compliance Best Practices for 2022
- ADP: New Year’s Checklist: Posters and Forms to Review Now
Looking back at 2021
- HR Morning: Top 10 HR stories of 2021
- Human Resource Executive: The 5 biggest benefit trends of 2021
- Human Resource Executive: 3 CHROs share their greatest lessons of 2021
- Google: Year in search / 2021 trends
- Gallup: Top U.S. Insights From Gallup in 2021
- Washington Post: Dave Barry’s 2021 Year in Review
- Atlantic 2021 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded; A Look at the Middle Months; and Wrapping Up the Year
