{"id":960,"date":"2020-02-05T10:52:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T23:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sage-people-scraping-ca.local\/?p=960"},"modified":"2026-02-05T20:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:11:16","slug":"what-are-the-top-issues-in-hr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/what-are-the-top-issues-in-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the top issues in HR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat are the top issues in HR?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \">Published <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2020-02-05T10:52:57+11:00\">February 5, 2020<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What are the top issues in HR?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/what-are-the-top-issues-in-hr\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/author\/jessicafuhl\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/Jess-fuhl.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Jessica Leyshon<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top HR issues range from long-standing challenges such as recruitment and retention to topical, market-led issues like the gig economy and data security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many organisations conduct surveys annually to find out about the top People and HR issues. There\u2019s no definitive list: different research reveals different perspectives and priorities, depending on who\u2019s being asked and what the questions are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some common issues that crop up both in current research and in our latest experience working with HR leaders and their teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Recruitment:<\/strong> Finding and hiring the right people in a competitive employment marketplace \u2013 sometimes called \u2018the war for talent\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Retention:<\/strong> Keeping your talented staff once you\u2019ve hired and trained them. High staff turnover leads to low productivity and erodes profits and reputation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reward and recognition:<\/strong> Setting pay that\u2019s competitive but affordable and motivating employees through a range of attractive and relevant rewards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flexible working:<\/strong> Many workers have higher expectations of employer flexibility in terms of when, where and how they work, to support their work-life balance. Companies that don\u2019t adapt may not be able to access the best pool of candidates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data security:<\/strong> Companies need robust policies to protect employee data and make sure they have permission to hold it. Once they have it, they need to make good use of it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The move from HR to People:<\/strong> In an era of employee engagement, \u2018People Companies\u2019 recognise that their success depends on their peoples\u2019 motivation, engagement and efforts. Therefore, they focus on creating the optimal environment for their talented employees to thrive and prosper rather than on HR admin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Evidence-based HR:<\/strong> Data-driven insights can help organisations make better business decisions. Performance and People data combined with external market and benchmarking data create insight into how to nurture and get the most from a workforce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Employee engagement:<\/strong> In a competitive labor market, savvy employers seek to engage their employees not just with pay and rewards but through principles, policies and ways of working that chime with people\u2019s own values and lifestyles. Respect, trust, two-way communication and maintaining an employer brand that will attract talented employees are part of this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Discrimination:<\/strong> Recent publicity about gender pay gaps have focused employers on pay equality. The #MeToo campaign has focused attention on sexual harassment in the workplace. Employers need clear policies and processes to spot and correct intended or unintended anti-equality behavior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The gig economy:<\/strong> Workers seek freedom and variety in their work, and new opportunities are emerging to work freelance. Traditional employers need to compete for staff who now have more options. Gig employers need to make sure they\u2019re supporting workers fairly, to avoid accusations of exploitation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Productivity: <\/strong>Industry surveys regularly reveal that workers are productive for far less than 100% of the time they are paid. This impacts organisations\u2019 profitability. Employers need to tackle the causes of this, from lack of motivation to poor facilities, bias against flexible working and outdated digital infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Compliance and regulations: <\/strong>From recruiting to retirement, HR and People leaders handle a variety of compliance issues. Organisations face ever-changing regulation and compliance requirements and legal developments such as GDPR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta gated-content\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner on-scroll-highlight__target\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Free research report: The changing face of HR<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Seismic shifts in the way organisations operate, work, and manage their people are occurring. 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