Should HR Centralize Employee Relations?

Centralized employee relations structures can save HR resources, Debbie Muller, CEO and founder of HR Acuity told Bloomberg BNA Jan. 17.

Companies could see a “25 percent reduction in HR staff compared to the other models,” she said. HR Acuity, based in Summit, N.J., specializes in employee relations and workplace investigations.

Increasing numbers of human resources departments are shifting their employee relations function to a centralized or mixed structure, according to an HR Acuity report.

Six in 10 large employers “reported using a centralized ‘Center of Expertise,’ with another 27 percent utilizing a hybrid mixed model ...