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HR Future is a human capital magazine featuring strategic yet practical content for Executives, HR Directors, HR Managers and Line Managers. Multimedia content is delivered via a digital magazine, a web site (www.hrfuture.net) and live events. In an independent survey, HR Future was rated as the number one source for human capital content by HR Directors in South Africa.
29/12/2025
How Virtual Assistants Free You to Focus on Growth: As a business owner or manager, your most valuable asset is your time. Every moment spent on administrative tasks, repetitive emails, or scheduling is a moment not spent on strategic planning, innovation, and driving growth. Many entrepreneurs wear the badge of “doing it all” with honor, but the hidden cost of this approach can be ... Read more
29/12/2025
How Automation Tools Can Shrink Your Employee Turnover Rates as More Highly Skilled Talent Leaves UK Roles: All companies want to keep their best employees, but it seems increasingly likely that talent won’t just leave your business; they may leave the UK entirely. The British Council recently reported that 72% of 18-30-year-olds consider leaving the United Kingdom to live and work. If more young workers are willing to leave the UK, companies ... Read more
Learn how automation tools can reduce employee turnover and help UK employers retain highly skilled talent amid rising attrition.
26/12/2025
HR Strategies for Employees With Focus Challenges: Focus challenges show up in many ways at work. Some employees struggle to start tasks, others lose track midstream, and some find noise or context switching exhausting. The good news is that small, clear changes to policy and workflow can lift performance for everyone, not just those who ask for help. Understanding Focus Challenges At ... Read more
Discover effective HR strategies to support employees with focus challenges and improve productivity, inclusion, and wellbeing.
24/12/2025
Rethinking Mobility Benefits: Cars, Comfort, And The Future Of Employee Experience: For many employees, work still begins and ends in a car. Long commutes, site visits, client meetings, and late drives home are part of daily life, even in a hybrid world. Yet when HR teams talk about employee experience, cars and mobility often sit in the background behind wellness apps and office perks. If you ... Read more
Explore how modern mobility benefits—from cars to comfort—are reshaping employee experience and workplace value.
23/12/2025
Should My Company Conduct Background Checks When Hiring?: Background checks have become a common part of the hiring process, but many employers still see them as extraneous. Indeed, not all roles warrant the seriousness of a background check, but neglecting to perform one when necessary can open the door to risks and liabilities. This article will look at when and why background checks ... Read more
22/12/2025
How To Stay Stress-Free In Your Workplace Using Self-Care Techniques: Being in the workplace can get very intense at times. There is pressure all around you from your colleagues, supervisors, bosses, and clients. Emails, phone calls, messages from work forums, deadlines, and those impromptu meetings can overwhelm you while compromising your emotional wellbeing and mental health. The major challenge today is that we cannot avoid ... Read more
Discover practical self-care techniques to reduce workplace stress and support wellbeing, focus, and performance.
22/12/2025
The Rise of Ethical Productivity Intelligence: Why Companies Are Rejecting Heavy Surveillance Tools: For years, the workplace technology market has pushed one narrative: monitor more, track more, capture more. Screenshots every five minutes, keystroke logs, we**am activation, GPS movement trails, all sold as productivity “solutions.” But a quiet rebellion is underway inside HR, IT, and executive teams. And it’s gaining momentum faster than most leaders realize. Driven by ... Read more
Why companies are rejecting heavy surveillance and embracing ethical productivity intelligence to build trust and performance.
22/12/2025
7 Practical HR Approaches for Supporting Staff During Land Acquisition Events: Land acquisition disrupts routines, shakes trust, and creates a lot of questions. HR can steady the ship with clear steps that respect both the law and the people. The goal is simple but demanding: protect well-being, preserve talent, and keep operations moving with empathy and structure. Read on to learn all about it. Partner With ... Read more
Explore 7 practical HR approaches to support employees during land acquisition events with clarity, care, and compliance.
19/12/2025
How Do AI-Driven HR Tools Support Better Policy Compliance?: Modern HR teams face complex policy demands as labour laws, data regulations, and company standards evolve across multiple regions. Manual processes can no longer keep up with the pace of change. AI-driven HR tools support better policy compliance by automating rule checks, detecting risks early, and guiding employees and managers toward correct actions in real ... Read more
Discover how AI-driven HR tools improve policy compliance, reduce risk, and support consistent decision-making.
19/12/2025
How HR Teams Are Using Digital Signage to Close the Communication Gap With Frontline Workers: The numbers paint a troubling picture. According to research from Staffbase, only 10 percent of non-desk employees in the U.S. say they’re very satisfied with internal communication at their workplaces. Nearly 60 percent of employees who are thinking about leaving their jobs cite poor internal communication as a factor in that decision. For HR professionals ... Read more
Learn how HR teams use digital signage to reach frontline workers, close communication gaps, and boost engagement.
18/12/2025
Working with a Chronic Illness: Practical Survival Tips HR Should be Sharing: Chronic illness is far more common in the workforce than many organizations realize. For employees, working while managing a chronic illness can feel like a daily balancing act. For HR leaders, it’s an opportunity to move beyond compliance and create systems that support sustainable performance. Here are practical, real-world tips that HR teams should actively ... Read more
Practical tips HR should share to support employees working with chronic illness, improving wellbeing, inclusion, and performance.
17/12/2025
How to Return to Work After Illness: A 5-Step Guide: Returning to work after a serious illness can be both exciting and nerve-wracking. You’ll undoubtedly be pleased that your life is starting to return to normal, but nervous if you’ve been away for a long time and didn’t think you’d be able to return any time soon. As tempting as it can be to jump ... Read more
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