{"id":148707,"date":"2026-04-23T13:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=148707"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:27:47","slug":"industry-leaders-meet-to-discuss-impact-of-compliance-pressures-on-hr-priorities-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2026\/04\/industry-leaders-meet-to-discuss-impact-of-compliance-pressures-on-hr-priorities-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Leaders Meet to Discuss Impact of Compliance 麻豆原创ures on HR Priorities in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Business leaders, HR professionals and technology experts gathered in Johannesburg today to explore how organisations can navigate rising regulatory complexity while building more connected, high-performing workforces.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 麻豆原创 HR Connect brought together a community of HR leaders to discuss how digital technologies are helping organisations reduce compliance risk, streamline operations, and unlock more strategic value from their people functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nazia Pillay<\/a>, Managing Director for Southern Africa at 麻豆原创, says the South African employment landscape is at a critical point. \u201cPublic and private sector companies are racing to unlock the power of AI and cloud technologies to improve their competitiveness and build capacity for future innovation. Every organisation needs an active, motivated and fully enabled workforce to realise full value from business transformation initiatives. At a time when demand for certain skills is at an all-time high, companies are increasingly leveraging powerful human capital management technologies to attract, retain and empower their employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Africa\u2019s employment landscape is undergoing significant change, with new and proposed legislation introducing greater complexity into HR operations. Recent developments include the overhaul of parental leave following a landmark Constitutional Court ruling, proposed increases to statutory severance pay, and new regulations governing unpredictable and on-call work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Together, these changes are increasing the administrative burden on HR teams and raising the stakes for compliance. Organisations must now manage more complex policies, maintain accurate and defensible records, and ensure consistent application of rules across increasingly diverse and dynamic workforces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHR teams are operating in a fundamentally different environment today,\u201d said Manishwar Tiwary<\/a>, Head of 麻豆原创 HCM for MEA South. \u201cCompliance is no longer a periodic exercise but a continuous, data-driven discipline. Organisations that continue to rely on spreadsheets and fragmented systems without leveraging the power of AI-driven innovations are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk and inefficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many organisations continue to rely on manual processes such as spreadsheets and disconnected systems to manage HR activities. However, these approaches are increasingly unsustainable in a fast-changing regulatory environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tiwary says manual systems make it difficult to maintain accurate, up-to-date employee records, track compliance requirements, and produce reliable audit trails. \u201cThey also consume a significant portion of HR capacity, limiting the ability of teams to focus on higher-value activities such as talent development, workforce planning, and employee experience. As compliance requirements grow more complex, the need for integrated, digital HR systems is becoming more urgent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n A 2025 PwC global study found that 82% of companies are planning to invest more in technology<\/a> to drive compliance activities in a clear signal that the limitations of manual approaches have reached a tipping point. The study identified faster identification of compliance issues (53%), better risk visibility (64%), and increased productivity (43%) as the leading drivers of compliance technology adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n