The HR Investigations Podcast17 Feb 2025

HR Insights: The Data Speaks

Ep: 44: HR Insights: The Data Speaks

In this episode, podcast host Natalie Ivey discusses some of the data from the 8thannual employee relations benchmark study provided by software company, HR Acuity.

Natalie shares important information regarding the trends noted in the benchmark study such as organizations seeing sharp increases in allegations of policy violations, behavioral issues, discrimination, harassment, and retaliation allegations.

Key topics:

Examining 3 Key Trends from the 8th Annual Employee Relations Benchmark Study:
- Policy violations, behavioral issues, discrimination, harassment or retaliation allegations and EEOC charges reached their highest levels since 2018
- Mental health issues continued to be the primary factor behind case volumes, with 70% of organizations attributing increases to mental health-related challenges
- Organizations are starting to respond to continually growing case volumes by examining data to identify patterns and predict and prevent future issues
Reviewing strategies on how to address the increase in allegations and increasing employee relations’ case volumes
Examining the importance of using data and analytics to drive meaningful organizational change
Examining the increase in mental health issues to more clearly define root causes and develop action plans to reduce employee complaints

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Check out Natalie's book How to Conduct Internal Investigations: A Practical Guide for Human Resource Professionals here: https://tinyurl.com/y39s7n77

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