Particularly now when data security is such a salient issue, privacy has become a huge concern for businesses of all types, from small operations to large enterprise organizations. Consumers need to be able to trust businesses with their private information, and if that trust isn’t established – or even worse, if it’s breached – people will take their business elsewhere.

The value of consumer privacy, then, is very well understood. But have you ever considered employee privacy? It is equally as important to the well-being of an organization as is consumer privacy, and having an employee privacy policy in place is an important way to guide the infrastructure of privacy throughout your organization. Here are 6 reasons why you should be talking about employee privacy policies if it’s not on your radar.

The primary argument forwarded to make a case about why HR automation software is a prudent business decision is efficiency: such a system improves manual, time-intensive processes and ultimately saves organizations money. Less commonly discussed, but equally important, is that these systems allow businesses to adhere to regulatory and organizational requirements. Boosting profitability is obviously a valid goal, but if a company or its employees fail to adhere to legislative or organizational rules, they many find themselves in hot water.

Human Resource management is a multi-faceted organizational challenge. Along with talent acquisition and retention, HR departments are faced with the tasks of electronic HR records management, meeting government regulated compliance standards, as well as meeting time sensitive payroll processes.

With so many responsibilities falling onto the HR department, inefficiencies tend to surface, particularly in regards to paperwork and administrative burdens, delayed payment, review and approval processes, and even in the hiring process itself. These inefficiencies stem primarily from a common underlying issue: outdated HR records management.

For organizations wishing to curtail their HR records management challenges, the following advice is a step in the right direction. Here is our unconventional guide to electronic records management for HR.