HR Pain Points? Nah, We're Taking the Power Back 💪

HAPPY JULY 🏖🍉🌊🌞⛵

July is #DisabilityPride month so we wanted to take the time to remind everyone that regardless of if you live life with a disability YOU matter, and you deserve a seat at the table. As we see almost everyday here in the leave of absence management world, a life-altering event can happen without warning, meaning anyone can become disabled, or a baby can be born with a disability, at any time.

Don't wait until a disability affects you or someone you love to recognize people with disabilities as valuable humans. Start today.

At Tilt we will be celebrating #DisabilityPrideMonth by fostering a space of inclusivity, learning, and love around those with a disability, especially in the workplace.

And, we also hope everyone has a happy and safe Independence Day. Today at Tilt, we recognize and celebrate that as citizens of the USA, we are able to advocate for human rights, stand up for what we believe in, and have the opportunity to make a difference every day. #Happy4thofJuly

Now, let's talk about YOU 👇

How often do you stop to think about why you got into HR and People Ops in the first place?

Recognizing the disconnect between why you got into this profession and what you do on the daily is the first step for unleashing your best self in the workplace.

Your purpose was the internal energy that lit your fire every morning🔥, and yet over the years, lost in all the monotony of repetitive tasks, inefficient processes and boring Zoom calls, the purpose for most HR leaders today likely feels more like an administrative turnstile than it does an engine to support and elevate a workforce.⚙

Identifying your HR pain points 🗯

So how do we fix this? In order to unleash your power of purpose and spend more time doing the work you love, it’s important to regularly take stock of what you’re doing today that feels like sandbags around your ankles.

Once you’ve identified the administrative and process burdens that are the biggest drain on your time and energy, you can then explore opportunities to improve those areas of your workflow and improve your efficiency while reducing your headaches.

While there are countless pain points likely causing you frustrations and hindering your own happiness and success at work...

Here are a few you might be able to relate to:

🕑 Outdated HR technology and systems: You’re trying to produce high-quality work with clunky, rusty equipment that breaks down and ends up causing you more work in the end. Spending even a small amount of time to research the latest tech platforms and solutions can bring to light opportunities to go easy on your budget.

📖 Employee data management and record keeping: Maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records can be a significant administrative burden on your day-to-day. Look for ways to consolidate data management systems where you can so you can ensure your employee data is being collected properly, you’re wasting less time running down said data and cross-referencing across systems to ensure accuracy, and you’re operating compliantly.

💰 Payroll management: Making sure your organization is adhering to the various tax laws and regulations at the local, state, and federal levels is vital, and ensuring payroll data is accurate while dealing with overtime, bonuses, commissions, deductions, and leaves of absence can be time-consuming and challenging for HR leaders. Start monitoring where your breakdowns are occurring most frequently and look to streamline and shore up processes that are holding you back.

🏖 Leave of absence management: One pain point tied to all three above is leave of absence management. Most HR teams are either manually managing their leaves in a web of spreadsheets and email threads, or are relying on insufficient support from insurance carriers to help alleviate some of the load (like state benefits) while manually managing the rest…and that includes fielding questions and supporting the employees themselves.

How to remove your HR Pain points and focus on purpose 🌟

Better processes and better systems won’t materialize out of thin air, and identifying which pain points to tackle first is often organization-specific. Doing a tech stack audit is a great way to start. To do so identify all the systems currently in your tech stack and list out the following:

• Does anyone on the team actually use the solution?
• Does the solution do what we need it to do?
• Are there cheaper alternatives that can do a better job?
• Does the solution scale?
• Is the solution considered innovative anymore?
• Does it align with business goals?

From there, take a look at your processes:

• Are we being compliant with laws and regulations?
• Are we efficiently and securely documenting and storing employee data?
• Are we manually doing labor-intensive work that can be handled with tech or automated now?

By identifying what pain points you have, you can then evaluate how leveraging modern tech solutions can remedy those pain points and free you up for more purpose-driven work. With more time and money for your department, just think of what passion projects you could finally move to from the back burner to the spotlight.

About Tilt

Tilt is leading the charge in all things leave of absence management through easy-to-use tech and human touch. Since 2017, our proprietary platform and Empathy Warriors have been helping customers make leave not suck by eliminating administrative burdens, keeping companies compliant, and providing a truly positive and supportive leave of absence experience for their people. 

Come back next week for more!!