These Top 10 Trends in Human Resources, as detailed by The Society of Human Resource Management in its SHRM 2004-2005 Workplace Forecast: A Strategic Outlook, were reported today by Susan Whitcomb, executive director of Career Masters Institute. 1. Rise in health care costs Related Employment Trends … Linked to the above are these developments: 1. Rise in health care costs 2. Lower HR-to-staff-to-employee ratios 3. Employee demand for flexible work schedules 4. Managing talent 5. Workplace privacy concerns of employees 6. Continued linking of pay to performance 7. Telecommuting 8. Employee demands for customized employment relationships 9. Greater demand for time off 10. Backlash against managed care – Jan Melnik, MRW, CCM, CPRW, President, Absolute Advantage
2. Focus on domestic safety and security
3. Use of technology to communicate with employees
4. Growing complexity of legal compliance
5. Use of technology to perform transactional HR functions
6. Focus on global security
7. Preparing for the next wave of retirement and labor shortage
8. Use and development of e-learning
9. Exporting of US manufacturing jobs to developing countries
10. Changing definition of family