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HR leaders push for digital tools to cut compliance risk

From The Punch · (Apr 24) English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • Industry leaders are urging faster adoption of digital technologies to mitigate compliance risks and enhance operational efficiency in human resources.
  • A gathering of HR executives and technology experts in Johannesburg highlighted how increasing regulatory pressures are forcing organizations to prioritize HR functions.
  • Companies are leveraging AI and cloud technologies to improve competitiveness and build future innovation, with a focus on attracting, retaining, and empowering employees through advanced human capital management tools.

In Johannesburg, a pivotal gathering of HR executives, business leaders, and technology experts at SAP HR Connect has sounded a clear call for the accelerated adoption of digital technologies. The consensus among industry leaders is that embracing these tools is no longer optional but essential for organizations aiming to reduce compliance risks, streamline operations, and unlock greater strategic value from their workforce.

Public and private sector companies are racing to unlock the power of AI and cloud technologies to improve their competitiveness and build capacity for future innovation.

— Nazia PillayManaging Director for Southern Africa at SAP, highlighting the strategic adoption of technology by businesses.

The discussions underscored a critical turning point in the region's employment landscape, where firms are in a race to stay competitive. Nazia Pillay, Managing Director for Southern Africa at SAP, emphasized that both public and private sector companies are actively exploring the power of AI and cloud technologies. This pursuit is not merely about staying afloat but about building capacity for future innovation and ensuring an active, motivated, and fully enabled workforce is in place to realize the full value of business transformation initiatives.

Every organisation needs an active, motivated and fully enabled workforce to realise full value from business transformation initiatives.

— Nazia PillayEmphasizing the critical role of employees in achieving business goals.

Furthermore, the evolving nature of labor laws and regulatory reforms presents a complex challenge for HR operations. Head of SAP HCM for MEA South, Manishwar Tiwary, issued a stark warning: compliance has transcended periodic checks to become a continuous, data-driven discipline. Organizations clinging to manual systems like spreadsheets are exposing themselves to unnecessary risks and inefficiencies. The message is unequivocal: manual HR systems are unsustainable, consuming valuable HR capacity that could be directed towards higher-value activities such as talent development and enhancing the employee experience. The urgency for integrated, digital HR systems has never been greater.

Compliance is no longer a periodic exercise but a continuous, data-driven discipline.

— Manishwar TiwaryHead of SAP HCM for MEA South, stressing the ongoing nature of compliance management.
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Originally published by The Punch in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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