Employee data privacy: HR compliance and best practices
Employee data privacy covers how organisations collect, use, store and dispose of worker personal information — payroll, HR records, benefits, medical records, background checks and biometrics. HR handles the majority of these records and therefore must lead operationalising privacy controls that differ from consumer privacy programs because employment data often triggers sectoral rules (for example, […]
A guide to Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) analytics
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) is a single-question metric that asks employees how likely they are to recommend their organisation as a place to work on a 0–10 scale. The simplicity makes it ideal for regular pulse measurement and trend tracking within HR dashboards. Quick definitions: Promoters: respondents scoring 9–10. Passives: respondents scoring 7–8 (excluded […]
Real-time workforce optimisation strategies that scale
Workforce optimisation strategies now include real-time optimisation: continuous forecasting, adherence monitoring and automated interventions that extend traditional workforce management (WFM) beyond weekly cycles. Real-time workforce optimisation ingests live attendance and demand signals to update schedules, trigger shift-fill workflows and surface coaching opportunities within the same operating day. What ‘real-time’ means for scheduling, analytics and HR […]
Predictive hiring analytics for SMEs
Predictive hiring analytics uses historical HR and recruitment data to generate candidate-fit signals that help recruiters prioritise applicants, shorten hiring cycles, and reduce early churn. For Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), these methods offer a practical path to higher quality-of-hire without large analytics teams. SMEs typically hold useful HRIS and ATS records (applications, interview ratings, […]
Ensuring employee data privacy: Best practices and policy
Employee data privacy is the set of policies, processes and technical measures that govern how an organisation collects, stores, uses and disposes of employee personal information. For HR teams, employee data privacy is operational: HR typically controls recruiting, payroll, benefits and performance records, and therefore owns much of both the risk and the practical controls […]
Employee data management: The complete guide
Employee data management defines how organisations collect, store, secure, and use workforce information across the employee lifecycle. Employee data includes personal identifiers and contact details, payroll and bank details, benefits enrolment, performance reviews, health and disability records, DEI attributes, and legal documentation such as tax forms. Centralising employee data into a single HRIS reduces duplication, […]
The ultimate guide to workforce planning and analytics in 2026
Workforce planning and analytics is the combined discipline that links demand-and-supply forecasting for people with data-driven HR analytics (from descriptive through prescriptive) to align talent to strategy and cost. This guide shows how to move from raw HR, payroll and timesheet data to validated forecasts, scenario simulations and operational actions that shorten vacancy time, reduce […]
AI in HR decision making: Tools, use cases and future trends
AI in HR decision making refers to using Artificial Intelligence to convert HR data into actionable recommendations and automated services that support—and never fully replace—human judgment. The distinction matters: decision support provides ranked evidence, context and guardrails for managers; decision replacement uses automated outputs to drive final, high-impact actions without human sign-off. Market momentum for […]
Predictive HR analytics: The ultimate guide
Predictive HR analytics uses historical HR, payroll, performance and engagement data plus statistical and machine-learning models to forecast workforce outcomes – for example, turnover risk, absenteeism spikes, hiring demand and likely performance. Why it matters in 2026: hiring costs and skills shortages remain high, hybrid work adds complexity to workforce planning, and organisations need to […]
HR analytics dashboard: Best practices and examples
An HR analytics dashboard is a single visual surface that combines HRIS, payroll, time & attendance and engagement data to surface decision-ready KPIs for leaders and analysts. Dashboards are interactive and show current-state and trend signals so stakeholders can act quickly. Why you need one: Faster, data-informed decisions: surface at-risk teams and prioritise retention interventions […]