After a year of addressing the skills gap, quiet quitting and the spread of hybrid work models, HR leaders need to remain focused on HR technology trends and employee demands in the coming year. After all, innovation and the demand for new policies and solutions never stops, even as HR professionals and the IT teams that support them continue to address the challenges around talent acquisition and retention, employee experience, DEI and the ethical use of AI-powered tools, among other issues.

What are some of the latest and hottest trends and tools in the HR Tech space today and in the coming years?

In this episode of Spilling The Tea on HR Tech, host Stacey Harris, together with her colleagues, breaks down the hottest trends and tools they discovered during HR Tech.

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) is about to launch its next startup program focused on the future of work at SAP.iO Foundry Berlin. After months of scouting and evaluating more than 90 startups from 22 countries with 25 experts from within and outside of SAP, seven startups made it into the program.

Layoffs can be a scary prospect for employees. Discover how to recognize the signs of an impending layoff and what to do if you are laid off.

Performance-improvement plans and mutual separation agreements can help reduce some legal risks associated with firings. HR Brew spoke with a variety of consultants about how HR leaders can protect their employers during the employee-termination process, while also doing right by the worker who’s losing their job.

Unfamiliar with the layoff process, overwhelmed tech firms are flooding experts with requests for help. “HR departments are scrambling,” one CEO said.

Sarah Rodehorst, CEO of Onwards HR, and her client, Jen Bender, Senior VP of People Solutions for Change Healthcare, joined host John Ray to discuss the Onwards HR Separations Platform. Jen shared the improvements in her company’s processes and compliance realized by using Onwards HR.

When forced to make layoffs, consistency is key. Here are some tips to laying off employees fairly, consistently, and in a way that leaves a positive last impression.

Employee separations are often handled manually, which is time-consuming, difficult, and error-prone. New HR technology improves the exit experience.

Onwards HR hopes that not all of what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

Onwards HR recently received its certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Greater Women's Business Council Certification Committee.

Atlanta-based startup ePerkz has announced a new name, Onwards HR.

Onwards HR, formerly ePerkz, announced today the launch of its patent-pending Severance Automation Manager (SAM).