HR Quarterly
Summer 2026 issue
Rising costs and tighter budgets are forcing employers to rethink how they design and communicate their employee benefits. This edition of SHRM’s digital magazine explores what’s working, what’s changing, and what’s next in the world of benefits.
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Featured Articles
Here’s how employers are making tough choices and using smarter benefits strategies for this new fiscal reality.
Employees undervalue their benefits, and that disconnect hurts morale and retention. Bringing greater clarity to total rewards can change that.
Why human connection still matters in the age of AI-powered benefits — and how to get that balance right.
Use this practical template throughout the year to promote your benefit offerings to employees.
How movies and TV shows portray workplace perks — from realistic to ridiculous — and the takeaways for HR.
Four HR leaders highlight one recent benefits move that had the most positive impact.
Master the coordination of overlapping compliance obligations under the FMLA, ADA, USERRA, and state leave laws.
10 quotes and takeaways from the world’s largest annual gathering of HR professionals.
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Departments
Employees will stay where they see a future — not just a paycheck.
Answers to SHRM Members’ questions about terminations, interviews, AI, gossip, and more.
The Supreme Court’s landmark Ames decision is forcing HR to apply fresh scrutiny to four key employment actions.
A Q&A with Leanne Caret about how HR leaders can navigate disruption and strengthen their influence.
As more young nonstudents enter work without four-year degrees, employers are changing how they assess skills and readiness.
Healthcare is redefining L&D as an effective engagement strategy. Here’s how HR leaders in every industry can adapt.
Four key data points from new SHRM research on employee compensation.
Six thoughts on how HR should respond to this era of federal scrutiny and legal change.
A Q&A with the former HR leader of the Houston Texans on the one piece of advice that drove her career.
Columnist Steve Browne explains why the ‘plant and pray’ tactic doesn’t work on the farm — or in the workplace.