At Barrierbreak, our accessibility experts assist you in creating VPATs and ACR for your HR Products & Solutions. We make HR tools & software accessible to ensure they are compliant to Section 508 & ADA.

HR Tech Market

The rapidly changing market dynamics have forced Human Resource in organizations to adopt new ways to respond strategically to the needs of the employees. Post pandemic, companies are most likely to make huge investments in HR Tech to deliver satisfactory employee experience. As per the report by the Fortune Business Insights – The HR Tech Market is expected to grow from $24.04 billion in 2021 to $35.68 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 5.8% in forecast period.

HR is the department that handles employee recruitments, benefits, compensation, growth and development, and other employee issues. Meeting the needs of an increasingly diverse workforce is a challenge for many businesses. The number of workers with disabilities in the US is expected to double by 2020, according to a study by the National Organization on Disability (NOD). Businesses that want to attract and retain talent may need to rethink their hiring process and consider how they can accommodate employees with disabilities.

HR Tech products are designed to make the HR process more transparent and easier for companies but often this does not happen. HR Tech products are not restricted to a particular department but consumed by every staff in an organization. If a company wants their HR tech to be successful, then they need to make sure that it’s accessible to all their employees.

With expertise in WCAG, Section 508 and ADA testing, our team of accessibility testers at BarrierBreak supports organizations to ensure accessibility of HR Tech tools and solutions used for employee payroll and compensation, talent acquisition and management, workforce analytics, performance management, benefits administration, training and development.

Why Accessible HR Tech?

A lot of companies are thinking about accessibility in the procurement process. It is important to start making a roadmap if you want to be considered. Your HR tools become a differentiator if it is accessible.

1. Accessibility of HR tech ensures that the design is useful and accommodates a wide range of people with diverse abilities.
2. Accessible HR tech ensures support to your customers in delivering on DEI initiatives & mandates
3. Employee information is confidential, and it is critical to make it easier to access confidential information independently, irrespective of disabilities.
4. Incorporating Accessibility into HR Tech products is not only the right thing to do but also makes great business sense.
5. There are many federal and state laws that require HR Tech products to be accessible to people with disabilities.

The Gist

There are a lot of tech solutions that are meant to help you be more efficient in your HR department. Some of these solutions can streamline your processes, while others can add more insight into your employees.

HR tech should be more user centric. It is also essential to have a VPAT for your HRMS, HRIS and HCM solutions and ensure that they are accessible to all including people with disabilities.

Get in touch with us at sales@barrierbreak.com to know how you can incorporate accessibility in your HR Tech product.

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Why HRMs Solutions?

Human Resource Management (aka Human Capital Management) is focused on the strategic approach to effective management of people in an organization to gain a competitive advantage.

HRM platforms are an essential part of an employee’s day, especially considering the remote working practices in place currently. Work from Home seems like it is here to stay and that means an average employee would use their HRM platform about 5-6 times a day, from signing in & out to payroll, benefits and learning. Therefore, it is more important than ever to ensure the complete accessibility of your platforms. Allowing all users of your platform to completely access all the information available to them is essential from a Legal, Inclusionary and Business standpoint

3 Key benefits of making your HRM platform accessible

1. Legal:

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of life, especially Electronic and Information Technology. This is applicable to all businesses, non-profits & governmental agencies and would see fines upon violations. Section 508 requires accessible Technology and Information but specifically for Federal Organizations.

Making your HRM platform accessible would help avoid these legal challenges and allow you to work with Governmental Organizations and organizations with Federal funding.

Ensure your HRMS product conforms to Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) 2.1 – Level AA.

2. Inclusionary:

Having a completely accessible HRM platform would allow employees to access all the information that they would need to work productively. This would enable people with disabilities to be better equipped to deal with the work expected of them and help them be better motivated to work by not causing them unnecessary difficulties.

Did you know that the 15% of the world population experiences some form of disability! A significant customer base that you shouldn’t ignore.

3. Business:

Having more inclusionary practices in place by making your platform  accessible would also improve business for you as a platform. Executives would be more likely to invest in your platform for their organization if it meets accessibility requirements for their employees. Making your platform accessible would also be beneficial in terms of improving customer satisfaction for your current users and would lead to improved brand loyalty.

According to an Accenture Study – “Getting to Equal: The Disability Inclusion Advantage”, companies that have worked on improving inclusionary practices are twice as likely as peers to have increased shareholder returns. Having an accessible platform would benefit your brand by cultivating a brand image as an organization that is focused on diversity and inclusion and being honest about where you stand is an essential first step in this endeavour.

Do you have a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for sharing the accessibility of your platform?

So if you have an HRM platform, it makes business sense to work on accessibility. Some HRMS platforms like Workday and Ultimate Software are now working on the accessibility of their solutions. Don’t wait to lose business to start working on Accessibility of your HRMs platform!

If you need any support to get your HRMS tested for accessibility, drop us a line at sales@barriebreak.com and we will be happy to connect.

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