New Website for BAHRA

It was time for a change! With all the changes to our community, we thought it was also time for a change to our website. We knew you needed a one stop shop for BAHRA: a place to connect, to find out what’s happening, to join, to sign up for events without jumping between too … Read more

Welcome to BAHRA

BAHRA, The Brookings Area Human Resources Association, is the local professional association dedicated to the topics and practices that make up the HR field. We aim to serve our local business community, which includes large companies with professional HR departments all the way down to small businesses with no HR presence, and everyone in between.  … Read more

How Next-Generation Technology Will Improve Open Enrollment

Employers have experienced mixed results in recent years when using new technologies to improve the benefits open enrollment process. But the arrival of generative artificial intelligence and improved analytics software means 2023 may be the year technology provides a bigger payoff in helping employees make choices about benefits options.

UAE Federal Labor Law Amended

Article 54 of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Labor Law, dealing with employment disputes, has been amended to give greater powers to the Ministry of Human Resource and Emiratization. The amended provision shall take effect Jan. 1, 2024.