Paul Fronstin of the Employee Benefit Research Institute expects 2025 will bring continued challenges with rising healthcare and pharmacy costs, along with newer concerns with data integration and AI use.
As business-critical demands on HR's time grow, the drive to remove repetitive and redundant work, also known as "nonvalue-added work," is taking on new urgency.
Although more than 25% of Chief Diversity Officers will see budget increases in 2025, most CDOs also anticipate greater pressure on their initiatives in the new year. experts say.
