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Workplace of the Future: How are HR Teams Using Data and Technology to Transform the Employee Experience?

Sponsored by OpenText
Tuesday 30 March 2021, 12:30
Zoom

2021 is set to be another challenging year for human resources teams. Businesses are braced for changes to furlough and the ongoing impact of the pandemic on everything from recruitment to redundancies and remote working.  Many of these cost and personnel pressures are exacerbated by the fact that a significant amount of HR data, from tax documents to contracts and medical records, remain paper-based and out of reach to staff and employees when they need it most. 

As a result, many businesses which have been slow to adopt data-driven technologies risk losing top performing staff to large tech firms that can offer seamless digital onboarding and greater control over their own HR data, including personalised access to holiday, pay, contracts, and career development information.  And as these challenges mount, HR and IT leaders are struggling to equip their teams with the data and technology they need to survive in the digital world of work.  

To turn the tide, some companies are deploying automated platforms, which digitise datasets and ensure compliance with data privacy and employment regulations for staff working across business areas and geographies, while freeing up valuable HR time to focus on more strategic and judgement-based tasks. 

This digital roundtable with industry peers will focus on the key challenges and opportunities for HR teams and IT leaders as they attempt to take control of their data, digitise systems and build the digital workplace of the future. 

Topics for discussion

• What impact has the pandemic had on the digitisation of the HR function, and are organisations ready for the digital workplace of the future and the shift away from paper-based processes?
  
  
• How have companies reinvented HR processes and documentation to manage recruitment, furlough, onboarding, remote working and other pandemic-related changes to employment?
  
  
• What are the main challenges for HR teams in managing data governance, data privacy and access? 
  
  
• What role can technology play in maintaining compliance with data privacy rules such as GDPR and employment laws covering staff in different countries - and is Brexit likely to have an impact? 
  
  
• How is rising awareness of data privacy changing employees’ demands of access to and control over their own HR data and documentation?
  
  
• Has there been a shift in employee expectations and can self-service and digital onboarding improve  engagement and help stop brain drain of talent to digital disruptors?
  
  
• Which stages of the HR pipeline are best suited to automation and where does human oversight add the most value?
  
  
• How can technology help to bring down costs and improve operational performance while freeing up HR resources for more value-add activities?
  
  
• What skills will be critical in supporting digital HR and driving business impact through technology?

Timings:

12:30 – 12:40   Editor’s Welcome
12:40 – 14:00   Topic Discussion

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