The Significance of HR

By Stephanie H. Nelson, Managing Consultant at BlueFire HR by FutureSense

Managing Where do employees go when they need help, motivation, or somewhere to be heard? The answer is Human Resources (HR), or at least it should be. Of the many HR responsibilities, these are often the most difficult for non-HR professionals to fill. HR is the place to go when you aren’t sure where to go.

What should employees expect from HR? 

All HR professionals partially serve to provide a tactical objective. They are there to answer employees’ questions and concerns, maintain benefits and ensure paychecks are received. The goal is to help employees stay focused and productive while balancing their work and lives.

What should a company and its management team expect from an HR Team?

All HR professionals have the ability to mentor and coach managers, executives, and employees in everything from surviving COVID-19 to navigating policies. They are staff advocates. Additionally, HR should be an advocate of the company while achieving success.

What are the responsibilities of an HR Department?

In addition to staff support and relations, all HR teams dedicate their time to improving HR practices, including: 

• Creating robust hiring processes

• Ensuring consistency with onboarding and orientation 

• Continuous training of management in compliance and leadership to include harassment training for all managers and employees

• Updating your employee handbooks and personnel policies

• Tackling compliance with wage and hour obligations

• Creating efficient retention and turnover prevention strategies

• Leveraging and creating performance management and talent optimization strategies

• Appropriately handling employee complaints and issues (to name a few)

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