Things have been tough all around with the economy leading to record layoffs and unemployment. Businesses focused on the bottom line are more interested than ever in retaining highly motivated quality employees while quietly disposing of dead weight in an attempt to come out the other end of the down turn with an albeit smaller, stronger workforce and a more profitable business model.
Human Resources data is more important than ever in achieving these goals. A comprehensive HRIS will allow you to document both positive and negative employee performance allowing managers to better make those tough decisions about who will stay and who will go. Just as getting rid of dead weight can be important, rewarding and showing gratitude for positive performance can be just as important leading to a highly motivated team. While giving raises may be difficult in tough times, sometimes a positive attitude and a “Thank you” go a long way toward employee job satisfaction. An HRIS will also help you to keep compliant with a number of government regulations helping to avoid potential fines and costly litigation. When contemplating layoffs, you need to make sure your employee data is well documented as some of those who are laid off may seek retribution, regardless of how justified the decision was. In addition to the benefits to the work force as a whole, an HRIS will help you to streamline the HR Department allowing them to concentrate less on the tedious management of data and more on the employees themselves.
The bottom line is that an HRIS will help your organization to create a happier work force and provide well documented, defensible data to support the decisions made by HR and Management on a day to day basis.
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