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2026 HR Trends: Planning for Business Impact
Explore the seven HR trends set to redefine 2026 — from the real impact of AI and personalized coaching, to the reinvention of recruitment, upskilling, and workforce structure. With SHRM, you receive the foresight, tools, and community every HR leader needs to keep up and thrive in 2026 and beyond.
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UKG's Gretchen Alarcon sat down with SHRM to discuss giving frontline managers clarity to act, document, or escalate with confidence and consistency.
Clean workforce data is essential for accurate analytics and better decisions. HR leaders can improve decision-making by making data hygiene an ongoing priority.
Labor shortages persist due to occupational mismatches in Q3 2026. Explore the labor demand trends, regional variations, and skill shifts in the evolving market.
Leveraging consumer-driven health plans, promoting in-network care, and improving employees’ health literacy are some ways employers can address rising costs.
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Understand key compliance rules for employer-sponsored wellness programs to design and implement effective employee well-being initiatives.
Learn how AI can help turn HR notes into clear, consistent communications while preserving your organization’s voice and avoiding invented details.
Learn how AI can help sharpen performance goals by adding clear measures, targets and timelines while flagging vague goals, job duties and missing information.
Learn how AI can help identify duplicate candidate records, assess matching patterns and create a review queue for human-led ATS cleanup.
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Civility at Work
Discover how workplace and societal incivility have a negative impact on employees’ mental health — and steps SHRM leaders say organizations should take.
Learn how RTO mandates are contributing to increased incivility among workers, according to SHRM’s latest Civility Index, and explore what employers can do to help.
Political differences are fueling record-high rates of incivility, according to SHRM’s Q4 Civility Index.
Promoting workplace civility following the election is “HR’s opportunity to make a difference in America,” SHRM President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, said at SHRM INCLUSION 2024.
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AI in the Workplace
A sweeping provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could block states from creating or enforcing AI regulations for the next 10 years.
HR leaders are navigating the early stages of AI integration, balancing innovation with responsibility, and transforming the HR function into a strategic, data-driven partner.
As AI becomes more integrated into the workplace, HR will play a critical role in building trust in its use.
Compensation and Benefits
The impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are starting to be felt, with annual inflation ticking up in May after three months of declines.
Find out what one expert says will be the big total rewards changes in the next decade — including more technology, personalization, and responsibilities.
As GLP-1 interest and coverage rises, find out how much the drugs are costing employers in terms of annual claims — and how employers are holding down costs.
Inclusion and Diversity
EO Impact Zone: A Guide for HR Leaders
Inclusion and diversity are essential for creating thriving workplaces and communities. These principles drive innovation, foster collaboration, and ensure every individual feels valued and empowered.
Explore how recent executive orders impact I&D initiatives and discover SHRM’s BEAM framework—a practical, merit-based approach to creating truly inclusive workplaces.
Although there has been movement in the workplace to support working parents, there is ample room for improvement, one HR leader said at SHRM INCLUSION 2024.
Talent Acquisition
The Class of 2025 faces a challenging job market. Grads must navigate economic uncertainty, fewer internship opportunities, and evolving employer expectations.
The U.S. labor market continued to soften in May as employers navigated the Trump administration’s shifting tariffs policy and downbeat consumer sentiment.
The U.S. State Department’s pause on visa interviews for foreign students and exchange visitors may end soon, but experts warn of delays at consulates worldwide.
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