How the New Employer-Employee Social Contract Impacts HR

The relationship between employers and their people has been tested in ways that could never have been imagined just a few short years ago. The pandemic turned the world upside-down and with it, what employees needed — and expected — from their employers and vice versa. These seismic shifts have impacted the social contract between employers and their people, which defines what each expects from their relationship. Every organization will need to decide how this impacts them, their HR and employee benefit strategies, and what they should (or shouldn’t) do about it.