Abstract
Data analytics has been an emerging topic in the past decade. The recent literature has shown that there is a gap in the Human Resources (HR) Data Analytics in general. We intend in this research to address the absence of HR Data Analytics in the government of the UAE. The gap is broader when trying to study the consequences of HR law and policy change using the HR data analytics. In this paper, we are trying to understand how changes in HR policies can affect employees’ performance. The empirical study we are proposing shows how HR analytics could help HR policies maker to investigate the effect of policies changes on employees’ behavior. The study also helps the decision makers to take data driven decisions. The statistical results presented in this research have shown that there is an effect of HR policy change son employees’ behavior. Changing the annual leave balance on a particular set of employees has affected the behavior of employees by extensive usage of other types of alternate leaves that they can avail.
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