Human Resource Executive

Founded in 1987, Human Resource Executive® remains the leading publication dedicated to strategic human resources topics. Aimed mainly at vice presidents and directors in HR, this magazine offers valuable insights, featuring news, profiles of influential HR leaders, and success stories from innovative professionals in the field. It addresses a wide range of human resource management aspects, including talent management, employee benefits, healthcare training, HR information systems, relocation, retirement planning, and employment law.

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Microsoft's prediction for HR leaders: Get ready for 'agent bosses'

2 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

As AI tools grow in capability and sophistication, some industry analysts say they’re no longer just assistants. They’re becoming co-workers. AI agents are predicted to transform how work gets done across major HR tech platforms and beyond.
Feeling pressure to apply AI? 3 research-based foundations for success

3 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

HR leaders across industries face mounting pressure to implement AI solutions while demonstrating clear, measurable value. Many CHROs report consistent organizational demands: become more data-driven, show concrete ROI on AI investments, improve cost efficiency and productivity, and keep pace with competitors already leveraging AI technologies. This pressure represents both a challenge and an opportunity.
Federal court to consider AI in hiring as Workday bias case advances

4 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

Artificial intelligence is transforming hiring practices, but a recent lawsuit is highlighting critical questions about how much companies should rely on AI when making employment decisions. The Workday case: A legal test for AI in hiringThe lawsuit against Workday, originally filed by Derek Mobley in 2023, alleges that the company’s AI recommendation system discriminates against applicants based on race, age and disability.
AI derangement syndrome? Yes, it’s really happening in the C-suite

5 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Peter Cappelli

Perhaps because we can see and sometimes touch technology, we seem to be obsessed with imagining how it will transform our lives. Sometimes it does, but it takes a long time to happen. The number of those cases is very small—and many more times, that transformation just does not happen. Remember driverless trucks, which were supposed to take over the highways by 2019?
The new age CHRO: Driving innovation at the intersection of IT and HR

1 week ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

The role of the CHRO is transforming to focus more on shaping organizational culture, fostering innovation and partnering closely with IT in innovative ways. As this critical C-suite position adapts to the demands of an AI-driven, post-pandemic business landscape, executives and industry experts offer guidance on how HR leaders can successfully navigate these changes. “We are not an administrative function,” says Jon-Paul Ales-Barnicoat, CHRO at AliveCor, a health technology start-up.
Expert advice: How to screen and interview candidates who want to use AI tools

1 week ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

Despite a rush to apply emerging tech to HR practices, experts acknowledge important limitations when it comes to candidate use of AI use in the job application and interviewing processes. Recent data shows the urgency of addressing this issue: A March 2025 survey of 1,200 British and American job hunters performed by Adzuna, a search engine for job ads, found that 65% of job seekers have integrated AI into their job search.
‘Quiet cracking’: Is respect the solution to employee disengagement?

1 week ago | hrexecutive.com | Tom Starner

Employee engagement is a persistent and increasingly pressing problem for HR. A recent study, for instance, found that just 31% of U.S. employees say they are currently engaged at work, a red flag for talent leaders that their workforce may be struggling—and perhaps on the way out.
RTO is driving up requests for remote work accommodations—and HR stress

2 weeks ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

With a new federal administration and a swiftly changing economic and political landscape, uncertainty is contributing to a range of workforce management concerns. From the Trump administration’s stance on immigration to an evolving climate for DEI work, business leaders are focused on trying to keep up in a fluid environment, according to the results of Littler’s 13th Annual Employer Survey.
UKG, SAP SuccessFactors join rush to launch AI agents for HR

2 weeks ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

AI agents are rapidly expanding across HR and employee experience technology solutions, with some analysts predicting a 45% annual growth in the market over the next five years. The market is delivering evidence of this mounting trend, as the most recent batch of HR tech updates and announcements reflects an uptick in agentic AI resources for HR leaders.
Despite economic pressure, employers still all in on employee wellbeing investments

2 weeks ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

Employers today are facing “turbulent times”—from economic challenges to growing healthcare costs, tech disruptions and geopolitical challenges—said Jim Winkler, chief strategy officer at Business Group on Health, at a virtual news conference this week. Yet, despite those pressures, investment in employee wellbeing hasn’t waned—with signs that it will actually increase in the coming years.