Tracy Ellison is a CHRO with 20+ years in HR across various sectors. She is currently serving as President-Elect for Palm Beach County SHRM. As a seasoned human resources professional, I often find ...

Human Resources (HR) departments play a critical role in managing an organization's most valuable asset — its people. From recruiting new talent to managing employee benefits and compensation, HR ...

Traditional human resources management reacts to employees; when workers make requests or cause problems, HR steps in and takes care of it. Strategic HR involves planning. A strategic HR department ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

HR staffers are overworked, SHRM’s recently released 2025 State of the Workplace report showed: 62% of professionals said they’d been working beyond their capacity last year, and 57% said their ...

When Susan Fowler found herself on the receiving end of inappropriate chats from her male manager, she documented the exchange and reported him to the company’s human resource department. Fowler, who ...

Workplace issues, or human resources incidents, generally are handled by an HR staff member or an employee relations specialist who is trained to investigate employee complaints. Details about ...