Marianne David
An award-winning journalist and editor with over 25 years of experience in mainstream media, she has written extensively on business, technology, social issues, and corporate leadership. At MiHCM, Marianne translates complex HR technology and workplace trends into engaging, actionable insights for global audiences.
Articles by Marianne David
- Tax deduction at source on salary in Bangladesh: The employer’s guide
- From payroll data to workforce decisions: People analytics for Malaysian enterprises
- Governance and change management in HR digital transformation
- Human at the core: what AI agents actually change for Malaysian HR teams
- When AI goes off script: Why incident disclosure is now a board-level question
- What is agentic AI and why does it matter in 2026?
- Labour market 2026: What BFSI, manufacturing and telecom tell us about the year ahead in HR tech
- Mandatory EPF for non-Malaysian employees: What Malaysian payroll teams must have in place
- Payroll for the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh: Managing complexity at scale
- The HR strategy playbook for 2026: From managing people to designing the workforce
- GenAI and ethics in HR: What HR tech leaders must know
- The Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2026: What changed and what HR must do now
- One region, many rules: The new reality of HR and payroll compliance across ASEAN and South Asia
- AI in HR needs more than intelligence: A practical guide to ethics and governance
- GenAI in HR ops: What’s practical today vs future possibilities
- Beyond one-size-fits-all: How AI can personalise learning and career growth paths
- Talent strategy vs. talent management: what HR needs to know
- The changing role of HR leaders in hybrid and remote workplaces
- How to build an HR strategy that aligns with business goals
- HR data security and compliance: What ASEAN businesses need to know
- Building a Skills-Based Workforce: The Practical Playbook for HR Leaders
- Employee Self-Service in 2026: What employees expect and what HR must deliver
- HR software implementation: What successful ASEAN companies do differently
- The hidden cost of payroll errors and how to eliminate them
- From data to decisions: Building an HR analytics culture
- Predictive analytics in HR: From headcount planning to succession risk
- Manufacturing HR and workforce management: Challenges and solutions
- HR software for conglomerates: managing multi-entity, multi-country complexity
- Banking and financial services HR compliance: What your HR system must handle
- Shift management and payroll in hospitality: A complete guide
- Payroll for the garment and apparel industry: Managing complexity at scale
- How MiA ONE is redefining the HR assistant for Enterprise teams
- Workforce Intelligence in the Boardroom: turning people data into strategic decisions
- MiHCM and Microsoft: how our Data and AI Solutions Partner status shapes your HR
- Strategic workforce planning: AI enabled guide
- 11 real-world examples of AI in performance management
- Predictive analytics models for HR and performance
- AI in performance management: Pillar guide for HR leaders
- What candidates really think about AI resume screening – and how employers should respond
- Fair hiring in the age of AI: How to reduce bias in resume screening
- Beyond HR tech: Unpacking the future of HR transformation with Vindya Cumaratunga
- Resume screening in 2026: A guide to AI-powered screening, ATS integration & bias governance
- IWD 2026: How empowerment, trust, and safety shape women’s leadership at MiHCM
- AI for performance management: Scaling coaching, automating reviews & driving measurable growth
- AI for employee engagement in 2026: From chatbots to predictive retention
- How to use AI to improve team performance: The manager playbook
- Here’s how to use AI for performance reviews
- Performance management automation: Tools and best practices
- AI in performance management: The complete guide 2026
- AI for employee engagement: The complete guide
- Agentic AI for employee experience: Risks and responsible use
- MiHCM’s MiA ONE: The unified AI employee experience app
- Conversational AI: The key to a more engaged and empowered workforce
- Here’s how virtual employee assistant services can empower SMEs
- How to choose a virtual HR assistant (buyer’s guide)
- A personal AI assistant for employees: Definition, use-cases and pilot checklist
- When people come first: Lessons in HR leadership from Manjula Kulathunga
- A guide to skill gap analysis and assessment
- AI in HR: A practical guide to adoption, analytics and ROI
- Employee data privacy: HR compliance and best practices
- A guide to Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) analytics
- Real-time workforce optimisation strategies that scale
- Predictive hiring analytics for SMEs
- Ensuring employee data privacy: Best practices and policy
- Employee data management: The complete guide
- The ultimate guide to workforce planning and analytics in 2026
- AI in HR decision making: Tools, use cases and future trends
- Predictive HR analytics: The ultimate guide
- HR analytics dashboard: Best practices and examples
- Digital HR transformation case studies and success stories
- HR automation: Tools, examples, and best practices
- Digital HR transformation: The ultimate guide
- Benchmarking HR metrics: Compare your HR performance to industry standards
- HR KPIs: The essential guide for HR leaders
- Key HR metrics and formulas and why they matter
- Diversity and inclusion metrics: Tracking DEI progress
- Talent management metrics that drive organisational success
- Leading with empathy: Ken Vijayakumar on building careers not just jobs at Baurs
- Employee wellness metrics: Tracking wellbeing in the workplace
- Top metrics to measure employee satisfaction
- Essential employee retention metrics for your workforce
- Key employee engagement metrics and benchmarks
- Top employee performance metrics to track
- The ultimate guide to people analytics metrics
- Forecast your workforce needs with MiHCM Data & AI
- 7 advantages of HR analytics for modern businesses
- Workforce analytics examples for HR leaders
- A complete guide for HR leaders on employee turnover analysis
- The ultimate guide to forecasting HR needs
- AI in HR analytics: Real-world case studies
- Smarter HR decisions: How machine learning is revolutionising HR
- From data to decisions: The ultimate guide to AI-powered HR analytics
- A complete guide to mobile HR applications
- Strategy and roadmap guide to digital HR transformation
- The digital employee experience: A guide for HR leaders
- Boosting hiring efficiency with talent acquisition analytics
- The complete guide to workforce demand forecasting
- Machine Learning in HR analytics: A guide to AI-powered HR insights
- Workplace monitoring policy example: Best practices
- Talent acquisition analytics: Metrics, tools and templates
- Forecast and prevent employee turnover with predictive analytics
- Employee engagement analytics: Tools, metrics and best practices
- A guide to employee lifecycle management and analytics
- The ultimate guide to labour market analysis
- Compliance reporting software: The ultimate guide
- The complete guide to HR reporting and metrics
- Enterprise HR automation solutions: Transforming with AI and analytics
- The best HR automation software for 2025
- The complete guide to automated HR systems
- HR data visualisation: The ultimate guide
- Best real-time dashboard tools for HR teams
- Real-time HR dashboards: The ultimate guide
- Implementing HR data privacy: Best practices and compliance checklist
- Employee Privacy Act of 1974: What HR managers need to know
- Understanding employee surveillance laws
- Ethical issues with employee monitoring: Best practices and compliance
- Unlocking workforce insights with predictive analytics tools
- HR analytics tools: Ultimate guide for 2025
- HR reporting metrics: How to measure and improve HR performance
- HR reporting automation: The ultimate guide
- Performance appraisal software: The ultimate guide to performance management
- Workforce management solutions: Workforce and time management
- Employee onboarding solutions: A guide to streamline HR onboarding
- Top HR analytics tools and metrics to track
- The best HR automation tools for 2025
- Best HR software for small business
- The ultimate guide to cloud-based HRIS
- HR software: Choosing, implementing and maximising ROI
- Pros and cons of free and open source HRIS solutions
- HCM software examples: Top use cases and benefits
- HCM software: The complete guide
- HRMS login troubleshooting: Common issues and solutions
- HRMS Employee Self-Service implementation guide
- HRMS software solutions for your business
- Cloud HRIS software training: A complete learning path
- How to choose the best cloud-based HRIS software solution
- Cloud-based HRIS software: The complete guide
- HRIS training: Courses and resources for HR professionals
- Here’s why you need an HRIS for business growth
- HRIS login: What employers and employees need to know
- HRIS certification: What you need to know and how to get certified
- Cloud HRIS vs. on-premise HRIS: Making the right choice
- How HRIS drives efficiency and insights
- Functions of Human Resource Information Systems
- Human Resources Information Systems: A comprehensive guide
- Empower employees with a self-service leave management app
- Staying mobile: Mobile-first attendance management
- GPS for the win: Geolocation-based attendance tracking
- Mobile time tracking app – Self-service attendance guide
- Open-source shift scheduling software: A comprehensive guide
- Attendance improvement: Harnessing predictive analytics to reduce absenteeism
- Proven strategies to curb absenteeism
- Cloud-based biometric attendance system: The ultimate guide
- How AI-powered scheduling transforms workforce management
- Five steps to plan employee annual leave
- A complete guide to leave and holiday management software
- What is remote attendance tracking – and why does it matter?
- How to choose the best remote attendance tracking software
- Remote employee time tracking: Ultimate productivity and compliance guide
- Who is exempt from overtime pay? Your rights explained
- Overtime calculation formula: A practical guide
- Overtime calculator tools: The complete HR guide
- Best free shift scheduling software: 2025 comparison
- Shift scheduling software: The ultimate guide to efficient workforce management
- Best free time tracking apps for freelancers and small teams
- Biometric employee attendance systems: Features and benefits
- Cloud-based biometric attendance system software
- Biometric attendance system price in 2025: How much does it cost?
- Fingerprint vs. face. vs iris: Choosing the right biometric attendance system
- Biometric attendance machine: What it is and how to choose one
- Biometric attendance systems: The ultimate guide
- Student attendance management system: Best practices and tools
- Integrating ZKTeco devices with attendance management software
- Attendance management system project: Steps to success
- Attendance management: Download, install, and implement guide
- Attendance manager app: Mobile time tracking for your workforce
- Complete guide to attendance management systems
- Machine learning in recruitment: Revolutionising hiring with AI-driven insights
- AI recruiting chatbots for candidate engagement
- Predictive analytics in recruitment: Transforming hiring with data-driven insights
- AI resume parser: Enhance applicant data accuracy
- Top automated hiring solutions to speed up recruitment
- Streamline your hiring with automated candidate sourcing tools
- How AI resume screening is transforming candidate selection
- The ultimate guide to AI recruitment solutions and automation
- AI recruitment software for SMBs
- Ultimate guide to AI recruitment tools
- Using AI in hiring and what it means for talent acquisition
- AI and recruitment jobs: New roles in the AI-enabled hiring market
- AI in recruitment: Whitepaper for HR leaders
- Successful AI implementation in recruitment: Case studies
- AI in talent acquisition: Best practices for 2025
- Ultimate guide to AI and recruitment: Strategies, tools, and best practices
- Driving HR transformation and efficiency with AI recruitment software
- HR digital transformation roadmap: A customised step-by-step guide
- Drive digital transformation with AI recruitment software and HR Analytics
- Enhancing employee onboarding through digital transformation
- Exploring HR cloud solutions for modern workforce management
- Leveraging automated payroll systems in HR
- Here’s how to select the best HR management software
- Ultimate guide to online HR management software
- Employee engagement software: The ultimate guide
- Leveraging analytics for improving employee lifecycle management
- Optimising employee onboarding for maximum engagement
- Employee lifecycle management for HR success
- HR technology landscape: A comprehensive guide
- Technology in HR management: Transforming HR operations
- The ultimate guide to HR compliance software
- Boost employee engagement with HR performance management tools
- Unlock data-driven HR decisions with HR analytics tools
- Empower your workforce with Employee Self-Service software
- Employee Onboarding Software | Benefits, Features & Best Practices
- What is employee onboarding software?
- Why digital HR transformation courses matter
- A guide to digital HR transformation case studies
- HR automation benefits | Boost ROI with digital transformation
- Benefits of digital transformation in HR: Strategy, ROI, best practices
- Digital HR transformation job description: Roles, responsibilities, and tools
- The ultimate guide to digital HR transformation
- Harnessing HR data analytics for seamless workforce management
- Enhance your workforce with HR data and payroll software
- Transforming workforce management by mastering HR analytics
- Employee lifecycle management for small businesses
- Employee attendance management systems: A comprehensive guide
- Employee lifecycle management: A comprehensive guide
- HR workflow automation for small business payroll
- Best cloud payroll software for small businesses
- The ultimate guide to cloud payroll solutions
- Moving to an online payroll system in the Philippines
- Cloud Payroll Software in the Philippines | MiHCM
- Free AI in HR courses: A comprehensive guide
- AI in HR case studies and research
- AI hiring bias: Addressing ethical challenges in HR
- How AR, VR and AI are revolutionising HR and recruitment
- Addressing bias in AI-driven HR recruitment
- How VR and AI are transforming HR
- Case studies: How AI transforms HR operations
- Personalised AI HR solutions for SMEs
- Implementing AI-powered chatbots in your HR department
- HR chatbot case studies: How leading companies leverage AI
- Will HR be replaced by AI?
- Legal risks of integrating AI in HR
- Digital HR transformation: Akshat Joshi unpacks the what, why, and how
- Future impact of AI on HR: Ethics and legal implications
- Ethical implications of AI in HR
- Building a data-driven HR strategy with predictive analytics
- Workforce-Planning-with-AI-Tools-and-Best-Practices
- AI workforce management: Revolutionising HR planning and automation
- Pros and cons of implementing robots in HR
- Integrating robotics into HR processes: Best practices
- Top free AI courses for HR professionals
- The ultimate guide to AI HR certification
- Successful and challenging ethical AI implementations in HR
- Comprehensive guide to ethical issues in AI in HR
- Transforming the employee experience with AI-driven innovation
- Integrating AI tools for enhanced employee experience
- Ultimate guide to AI for employee engagement
- AI-enhanced performance management cycle
- HR performance management with AI: The ultimate guide
- The role of human capital analytics in transforming HR
- Ultimate guide to HR people analytics
- Top HR chatbots in 2025
- The ultimate guide to HR chatbots
- Balancing AI and the human touch in recruitment
- Real-life examples of AI-driven candidate screening
- HR turning to AI-enabled recruiting: trends and strategies
- Workforce management or AI and the future of HR
- Ultimate guide to HR predictive analytics for talent and workforce optimisation
- AI in HR: The ultimate guide for HR professionals
- Payroll fraud prevention strategies in Malaysia
- Turbocharge your business with agile workforce planning
- Here’s how to master global payroll in 2025
- The transformative power of paperless payroll
- Implementing deduction management software
- Blockchain payroll management: Securing your payroll processes
- Enhance HR efficiency with HR digital transformation tools
- Automating HR processes for payroll compliance in Malaysia
- Top HRM systems in 2025
- Best HRIS for midsize companies in 2025
- HRIS and payroll software: A comprehensive overview and guide
- Best practices for international payroll processing
- Global payroll integration: The cornerstone for multinational businesses
- Global payroll solutions: Streamline your international payroll operations
- Auditing payroll process: A step-by-step guide
- Payroll risk management strategies for Sri Lankan companies
- Payroll audit checklist template for Sri Lankan businesses
- Payroll audit and risk management: The definitive guide
- Understanding payroll compliance and regulations
- Payroll strategies for small businesses
- Best payroll practices: A comprehensive guide
- Creating an effective performance management process
- Understanding the employee lifecycle for better HR management
- Employee data management: Ensuring compliance and efficiency
- Benefits of onboarding process automation
- Top HR automation tools to streamline your HR processes
- HR automation examples and best practices
- HR automation: What it is and how to automate HR processes
- HR compliance training: A comprehensive guide
- HR compliance training: A comprehensive guide
- HR compliance solutions for small businesses
- The importance of HR compliance for businesses
- HR compliance audits : A complete checklist
- HR compliance checklist: A comprehensive guide
- Top payroll compliance challenges in Malaysia and how to overcome them
- Payroll compliance checklist for Malaysian businesses
- How HR software simplifies payroll compliance in Malaysia
- Preventing payroll fraud in Malaysia
- Payroll risk management strategies for Malaysian businesses
- Minimum wage regulations in Malaysia
- Understanding maternity leave in Malaysia
- A guide to Malaysia’s labour laws
- Employee retention strategies: How to keep your top talent
- ‘Meet the Tech Titans’ features MiHCM CEO Harsha Purasinghe
- How AI agents are revolutionising HR
- Understanding the e-recruitment revolution
- Navigating remote work compliance in Malaysia
- You’re only as good as your data!
- How data can drive smarter decision making
- HR on a budget
- Is your HR data safe?
- How important is AI in HR compliance?
- Boost your business with HR tech best practices in 2025
- Agentic AI, the new breakthrough
- Can AI really make HR more human?
- Why Thailand’s small businesses need MiHCM’s Lite HR tech solution
- Why Sri Lanka’s small businesses need MiHCM’s Lite solution
- Why small businesses in the Maldives need MiHCM Lite
- Why Malaysia’s small businesses need MiHCM’s Lite solution
- Empower your HR and C-suite in 2025 with SmartAssist and SmartInsights
- Why small businesses in the Philippines need MiHCM Lite
- MiHCM’s MiA, a personal workplace assistant for every employee
- Empowering HR with real-time analytics
- Getting rewards and recognition right
- Unlocking talent management for workforce and business success
- Performance management systems and why they matter
- Mastering employee appraisals
- Effective payroll management: A complete guide
- 6 reasons why your business needs a Talent Management System
- How MiHCM and Evia Sign empower digital workspaces with e-signing
- 14 essential HR system features to look for and why
- Calculating (and tackling!) employee turnover effectively
- Here’s how SmartAssist is revolutionising recruitment with responsible AI
- AI is eliminating traditional recruitment by acquiring better talent, faster
- Empower employees and maximise efficiency with Employee Self Service apps
- AI-powered HR innovations SmartAssist and SmartInsights shake up a storm
- HR analytics, the superstar in the digital HR deck
- Why should businesses invest in a digital HR solution?