Below are some predicted trends in labor and employment environment. Read each trend and list some ideas on the impact of each trend on major Human Resource Functions discussed in Chapter 1.
Specifically, pick one trend and identify two ways that some Human Resource functions will change as a result of that trend. Please include a discussion of why you think that change will take place.
Trends
Increasing government regulation of healthcare
Aging of the workforce
Increasing diversity of the workforce
Multigenerational workforce (babyboomers, generation X, Millenials
Increasing use of social networks
Increasing number of foreign-born employees
Increasing government regulation of healthcare
Global warming and growing environmental awareness.