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The best-performing organisations categorise their workforce costs in three key ways, enabling them to avoid reactive cuts and continue investing where it matters most, even during leaner times, an HR strategy expert says.

Currently, according to Robin Boomer, senior director analyst in Gartner's HR practice, there are plenty of organisations "doing the right things" in response to macroeconomic conditions.

These things include looking at their total workforce costs and the organisation's future requirements; and ensuring a strong partnership between finance and HR to determine the right level of resourcing, he says in a new HR Daily Premium webcast.

Other employers are freezing hiring or cutting headcount – often with the expectation that they'll be able to do more with their existing staff because of AI investments, and in many cases based on productivity benefits that have yet to appear, Boomer says...