HR Addict

09/10/2025

Understanding employee engagement goes beyond surveys — it’s about the metrics that truly reflect your workforce’s experience and motivation.

💡 Our latest article explores key employee engagement metrics every HR leader should track — from retention rates to pulse survey insights — uncovering what drives performance, culture, and satisfaction.

Read the article: https://www.hraddict.com/engagement-metrics

Uncover the top 5 HR metrics that help identify, track, and turn around employee dissatisfaction at work.

08/10/2025

It’s National — time to swap buzzwords for benchmarks. Let’s talk about metrics that actually matter (and not just the ones that look good on a slide).

On today’s agenda:

📌 DEI metrics that matter (today's spotlight!)

📘 50+ HR policy template bundle by HR Addict

📈 Incoming hiring surge KPMG study - via HRD America

🩺 Women’s health law update - via

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07/10/2025

🌊 5 Key Regulatory Updates for October.

October’s bringing more than cool breezes — new regs are rolling in too. Stay sharp this National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with updates to keep your HR playbook compliant and secure.

On the agenda (from yesterday's newsletter):

🌊 5 key regulatory updates...

🧠 Workplace knowledge transfer (via iSpring Solutions)

😬 Ill-prepared employers (via BenefitsPRO + Littler)

🌟 Review of Cezanne HR

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https://newsletter.hraddict.com/p/regulatory-updates-100625

How to ride the October compliance wave, your knowledge transfer template, ill-prepared employers caught off-guard, and a bunch more updates...

06/10/2025

Microlearning is reshaping workplace learning in 2025 — fast, focused, and flexible.

💡 From bite-sized learning bursts to AI-powered personalization and gamified learning journeys — discover how organizations are making learning stick.

Huge thanks to Ksenia Melnychenko and Headway Growth Club for the expert insights on this!

Read the full guide: https://www.hraddict.com/microlearning-trends

Microlearning is changing the way employees learn—see the top trends powering skill growth and business success.

26/09/2025

HR professionals are reporting higher stress and burnout levels than most other professions, with 76% saying they’ve experienced burnout (thanks to Oak Engage for highlighting this!). 😓

Our latest newsletter provides some needed wellness reset tips 🌿 to help you re-energize.

Plus:

⚙️ A useful HR software selection tool by SelectSoftware Reviews (today's sponsors)

💬 Employee feedback template - FREEBIE on us!

🚪 HR leaders leaving jobs according to a Ciphr poll (via HRD America)

If you’re leading HR, this Friday edition is packed with actionable strategies to reset, recharge, and re-engage.

📬 Read the full newsletter here: https://newsletter.hraddict.com/p/hr-wellness-reset-092625

5 essential self-care tips for HR pros, your employee feedback template, why HR leaders are leaving, and more updates you shouldn't miss...

24/09/2025

As AI audits move from novelty to inevitability, being audit-ready isn’t just smart — it’s survival in HR’s next act. Let’s get your policies, data, and ethics squared up before compliance comes knocking.

On today’s agenda:

🔎 readiness check - In 2025 alone, over 400 AI-related bills were introduced across 41 states (via Hunton).

🚨 5.3M graduate - A report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce forecasts a shortage of 5.3 million U.S. workers with postsecondary education by 2032 — including 4.5 million needing at least a bachelor’s degree.

👀 Undervalued employees - A survey by Perkbox finds that 42％ of UK employees feel undervalued or “overlooked” at (via HR Magazine).

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Your guide to an audit-ready AI system, future shortage in graduate workers, choosing an HR system [workbook], plus more takeaways you can't miss...

23/09/2025

🆘 Helpline Calls Spike: Workplace Sexual Harassment Concerns & Awareness

Digesting the data: Recent research from Nockolds shows that calls to the UK’s Acas helpline about workplace sexual harassment jumped ~39％ in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

There were 5,583 calls between January–June 2025 vs. 4,001 during that stretch in 2024. The surge coincides with the new legal duty under the UK’s Workers Protection Act 2023 (in force since October 2024), which requires employers to take proactive steps to prevent harassment—not just respond after a complaint.

Outlook for HR: HR teams should expect more awareness and scrutiny—employees are now more confident (or nervous) about using helplines, which means organizations must ensure prevention policies aren’t just on paper.

Training for all staff, clear reporting channels, and auditing how harassment prevention is embedded in daily procedures will soon be non-negotiable. HR must also keep leadership informed: being reactive will no longer cut it when legal obligations demand proactive safeguarding.

🔖 Curious to read the full report and what this could mean for your compliance-game? See the details at HR Grapevine » https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2025-09-18-sexual-harassment-helpline-calls-jump-by-a-third

📬 This story was featured first in the HRAddict newsletter:
https://newsletter.hraddict.com/p/ai-pink-slips-092225

22/09/2025

🕵️‍♀️ AI Pink Slips – When Gets the Blame...

Lately, there’s been a lot more chatter (and viral video drama) about AI doing the dirty work in layoffs, firing people, or tracking performance… sometimes fairly, but often not. Even when these stories aren’t totally real, they spark real anxiety—for employees and teams.

⚠️ The problem: Perception vs. reality

Viral TikToks & LinkedIn posts are spreading stories about AI avatars terminating employees, or bots deciding dismissals. Many of them turn out to be exaggerated or fabricated. (MarketWatch)

These tensions create anxiety: employees worry AI might be a hidden judge, jury, and executioner. HR leaders face legal, ethical, and reputational risks if perception outruns reality or if there is misuse.

✅ How HR can lead: Clarity, fairness & trust-building

1. Be transparent about AI’s role - Clearly communicate where AI/automation assists decisions (monitoring, flagging, data aggregation), and where humans have the final say.

2. Review & refresh policies - Audit performance, termination, and monitoring policies. Ensure clarity about what data AI systems use, how decisions are made, and how appeals/reviews work.

3. Guard fairness and bias - Regularly test for bias in AI tools. Make sure metrics used don’t unfairly disadvantage any group. Engage diverse stakeholders in tool evaluation.

4. Train leaders & employees - Equip managers to explain AI tools to their teams. Train staff on both how tools work & their limits. Give folks safe space to ask questions.

5. Ethics + legal check-ins - Get legal counsel involved early. Ensure compliance with laws (e.g. data privacy, discrimination). Embed ethical standards—maybe even an AI ethics review process.

If you're steering this ship, you can manage anxiety before it escalates. Clarity + fairness = trust.

📬 This post was first featured in the HRAddict newsletter: https://newsletter.hraddict.com/p/ai-pink-slips-092225

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Is AI automating termination too? Easy performance tracker, helpline calls over workplace harassment, plus more HR updates to kickstart the week...

19/09/2025

HR Leaders & People Ops Pros — Q4 is HERE, and the pressure’s on.

Our latest HR Addict edition delivers what you need to close strong:

🎯 HR’s Q4 Playbook — 10 must-haves for budgets, retention & DEI
🏭 Training ROI — only 35% of manufacturers say it works
⚖️ Illegal Mass Firing? — lessons from 25,000+ federal terminations
🛠️ Free Employee Warning Notice template

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Your employee warning template, perfecting your Q4 planning, ROI-efficient manufacturing training, and more HR insights to wrap up the week...

17/09/2025

The HRAddict midweek edition is out! On the agenda:

⚡ Closing the AI Skills Gap – GenAI skills in non-tech roles have grown 9× since 2022 (Lightcast). Upskilling is no longer optional.

☁️ Positionless HR Tech – titles & rigid roles are fading as AI-driven, task-based workflows take over.

📰 Fired Over Kirk Comments – a reminder: clear social media & conduct policies protect both employees & reputation. (CBS News)

💡 HR Reporting Tools – 20+ Excel templates to streamline analytics, reporting, and smarter workforce decisions.

HR isn’t just managing people — it’s future-proofing your workforce.

🔗 Full insights:

Your AI upskilling game plan, employees fired over Kirk comments, the positionless HR tech shift, and more midweek highlights...

16/09/2025

⭐ Looking to level up your HR stack in 2025? These are some of the top HR tools that are making waves — whether you're a startup, SMB or enterprise, there’s something here for you…

Some of the Top Picks:

ADP Workforce Now — Powerful for payroll + benefits + compliance + talent. A robust all-rounder, especially if you're scaling fast.

BambooHR — Clean interface, mobile friendly, especially great for small-to-mid businesses needing strong employee records, performance reviews & time-off tracking.

Deel — Built for global/remote teams. Handles international payroll, compliance, contractor payments & more. Ideal if you're hiring across borders.

Factorial HR — Simple yet powerful for all-in-one: time tracking, automation & compliance. Scales well without breaking the bank.

Zoho People — Probably the most budget-friendly option of the bunch. Solid feature-set, especially if you already use Zoho apps.

📣 Want to see the full ranked list (25 tools!) + deep dives into what makes each unique?

See HR Addict's list:

https://www.hraddict.com/best-hr-software

Discover the 25 best HR software options for 2025, complete with ratings and key details to help you choose the right solution for your business.

15/09/2025

On today’s agenda:

🌎 Engagement through culture to counter 10-year lows (Gallup)
✏️ Choosing an HR system [workbook by HR Partner]
👥 Friendships > paycheck shows a recent KPMG survey
🌟 Walmart's AI certification making the headlines

A MUST-READ this Monday for all HR professionals:

https://newsletter.hraddict.com/p/engage-through-culture-091525

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Turning cultural awareness into engagement, your free workbook to find the right HR system, the value of workplace friendships, and more HR tidbits inside...