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The Future of Work study suggests that HR professionals are having a crisis of confidence about their value in the workplace as HR becomes more focused on meeting the needs of individual employees in an era of labor shortages.

While DEI has become a high priority, most HR professionals say that companies are struggling to enact effective programs.

Recent HR research was conducted to help employers understand HR challenges and practices in small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to guide the role of HR, increase automation for manual time-consuming tasks, and improve strategic human resource management.

The research study, Digital Empowerment Today, was conducted to better understand how HR departments and organizations are prioritizing the digital empowerment of the workforce and examining these strategies.

The research study, Creating a More Flexible Employee Mobility Experience, was conducted to better understand how organizations can be more agile and effective with their relocation and employee mobility initiatives.

The Virtual Care Pulse Survey was conducted to better understand how organizations are applying virtual healthcare and telehealth services to ensure workforce wellness.

The study, "The State of Employment Law and Compliance Issues 2021," was conducted to investigate problem areas related to compliance and technology to help HR improve their compliance management initiatives.

The annual study, The State of HR Skills and Education, is conducted to understand and strategize professional development and HR training programs to guide human capital professionals with developing essential competencies.

The research report, How Employees Learn 2021, was conducted to better understand how organizational culture and learning initiatives can best support one another.

Exclusive HR research from HR.com's Research Institute. The study, The Future of Employee Engagement 2021-22, was conducted to better understand the current trends regarding employee engagement practices to give insight to HR professionals as they strive to improve employee experience, worker motivation, productivity, and retention for their organizations.