HR roles are still missing from the C-suite — and it could cost companies in the future

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If the last two years have made anything clear, it’s that without a functioning HR department, employees’ needs tend to fall through the cracks.  

The role of CHRO is now a top-tier executive role, yet still, one in four Fortune 100 companies have no people leader in the C-suite, according to a recent report from software company BambooHR, and only 35% of startups have any kind of HR support at all. Apple, a major employer with nearly 164,000 employees, just announced the hiring of their first-ever chief people officer.

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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