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Deel Report Reveals How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of HR
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🚀 HR Trend Spotlight: Deel Report Reveals How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of HR
A new report from Deel highlights how artificial intelligence is transforming HR from a conservative, people-driven discipline into a globally connected, data-powered function. Once limited by local laws, payroll systems, and cultural differences, HR is now leveraging AI to unify processes across 150 countries while maintaining local compliance. Deel’s platform, which supports more than 35,000 companies, integrates contracts, payroll, benefits, and compliance into a single AI-driven system—turning what was once administrative complexity into scalable efficiency. Read more.
🎧 HR Insights: Payroll Manager Charged in $50,000 Fraud Scheme
Authorities in Pennsylvania have accused Heather Dietz, a 37-year-old HR employee, of stealing nearly $50,000 through a payroll fraud scheme at the Greater Pittsburgh Police Federal Credit Union. Investigators say Dietz kept her niece on the payroll after the intern left for college, forged her signature, and withdrew funds for personal use. She now faces several charges, including forgery and identity theft, highlighting once again how access control and oversight remain weak points in payroll management—even within trusted HR departments.
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💡 HR Tips & Tricks
Tip of the Day: Before launching any large-scale HR change (policy, structure, system), build a defined “Wait-Zone” of 72 hours where the draft decision is visible across stakeholders. Use this period to surface concerns, suggestions, and silent dissent. The delay often identifies hidden risks and improves adoption.
Trick of the Day: Select one HR process each quarter (onboarding, offboarding, performance review) and have team members role-play it from the employee’s viewpoint. Record the full experience from their perspective, note pain points or confusion, then redesign the process accordingly. This trick finds friction before it becomes systemic.
🧾 HR Case Files - Payroll Phishing Scam Hits US Universities: HR Systems Under Siege
Universities in the United States have become targets for a cyber-crime campaign dubbed “payroll pirates.” Attackers infiltrated HR- and payroll-platform accounts at multiple institutions, used phishing to gain credentials, hacked employee email inboxes, disabled notifications and redirected salary payments to fraudster accounts. The breach underscores how HR systems are a major vulnerability.
Key Takeaways
HR systems hold high-value targets: payroll and personal data are major risk vectors.
Phishing and social engineering pose equal or greater threat than technical vulnerabilities.
HR must partner with IT and cybersecurity teams to protect processes and systems.
🧰 HR Toolbox
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Resource of the Day
A new report obtained by News 13 reveals how a Florida school district’s HR department investigated nine employees over social media posts linked to the death of political commentator Charlie Kirk. Not all posts were directly tied to Kirk’s death, yet seven of the nine staff members received identical letters of professional guidance. One teacher, who continued posting after being warned, was referred to the Office of Professional Practices. The case took a legal turn when six employees hired the same attorney, who refused HR’s request for copies of their posts, citing employee rights under district policy.
Event of the Day
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