Pay-for-performance plans

More organizations are replacing their annual salary increases and holiday bonuses with pay-for-performance plans. According to HR consulting firm Hewitt Associates, 78% of American companies use some form of variable pay plan to reward employees based on performance with the main incentive of aligning employee actions with corporate goals and objectives.
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HR services outsourcing

According to a Yankee Group study, the rate of HR services outsourcing will continue to grow by ten percent annually. The most commonly cited reasons for outsourcing HR activities include: to gain access to outside expertise; to improve service quality; a desire to focus on core business; and the opportunity to recognize cost savings.
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Chief Learning Officer

The Chief Learning Officer is a relatively new executive level position. The CLO is in charge of employee training, education, and learning structures across the enterprise, as well as providing the expertise to ensure everyone has access to the intellectual tools, information and data they need. The primary success factor of the CLO is to translate learning into a strategic business asset.
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Situational job interviews

Situational job interviews use situation-specific questions based on the job requirements to look at hypothetical performance of a job candidate. Job candidates are assessed on how they would react in theoretical situations. Situational interviews tend to reduce the chance of discrimination as they offer all candidates the same scenarios and evaluate them against the same criteria.
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The Employment Standards Administration

The Employment Standards Administration (ESA) is the largest agency within the U.S. Department of Labor. The ESA enforces and administers a wide array of employment and labor laws, such as wages and working conditions, child labor, overtime and family and medical leave, equal employment opportunity, workers' compensation, labor unions, and employment standards and practices.
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The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. The law prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. In the workplace, employers must provide reasonable accommodation for the physical or mental limitations of a qualified individual to enable him or her to perform the essential functions of a job.
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Health, safety, and security

Human resources professionals are assuming health, safety, and security responsibilities within organizations. Such responsibilities include the identification of hazardous conditions and practices, exposure control and mitigation strategies, legal compliance, development of a safety culture, and measurement of health, safety and security program effectiveness.
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