Investing in HCM? Consider Peer Reviews During Tech Evaluations.
07 April, 2022
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
Forty-five percent of human resources (HR) leaders are receiving budget increases this year, and it’s likely that many of those dollars are earmarked for technology investments. There are numerous factors to consider when evaluating vendors – not only does the technology need to check all the boxes...
isolved Hire Brings New Opportunities to the Recruitment Process
03 July, 2018
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 15 seconds
Successful businesses are always expanding, and as a business owner, you need the right skills and resources at your disposal. A strong team of employees is important to your success – especially as you're working to grow your business and achieve your goals. According to research from the...
3 Principles of Strategic Recruitment
18 December, 2018
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 30 seconds
One of the primary goals of any human resource management team is to discover and acquire new talent to fill openings and complement the existing company culture. As with all other areas of HR management, technology has drastically changed the way we recruit new talent. Gone are the days of publishi...
New FLSA Overtime Rules Make Accurate Time Tracking More Important Than Ever
31 May, 2016 | 1 Comments
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
Just last week, On May 18, 2016, Secretary Perez and President Obama announced that the Department of Labor finalized drastic changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which update overtime regulations. These new changes will go into effect on December 1, 2016, giving employers some time to up...
Three things to consider in FLSA and ACA Compliance
03 February, 2015
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
“Because I said so!” Who hasn’t heard that in their lifetime? When we’re kids, it may work, but for people in HR, Payroll and Benefit roles, it’s a dangerous way to manage a workforce and may cause issues with FLSA and ACA Compliance. In October 2013 when the Marketplace Notice became due, there...
Compliance Corner: OSHA Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Reinstated
20 December, 2021
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 15 seconds
President Biden announced an action plan for the COVID-19 pandemic back in September, which included a vaccine-or-test proposal for employers with 100 or more employees. Although the proposal was temporarily blocked, it is now back in effect after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals “lifted the st...
ACA Subsidies Upheld by Supreme Court
26 June, 2015
Estimated time to read: 15 seconds
The wait is over. On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court released its opinion on the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax subsidies. At issue in the case of King vs. Burwell, was whether subsidies should be provided only for exchanges available in states “established by the State” or if credits should a...
How to Use Assessments for Better Talent Acquisition
21 August, 2018
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes
When you hear the phrase "hiring assessment," what comes to mind? More than likely, you're thinking of long, boring multiple-choice questionnaires that all seem to ask relatively useful questions but never really give you the right answers. For many years, that's exactly what an asse...
Best Practices for Welcoming New Employees
02 May, 2017
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
At one time or another, many companies have struggled with employee satisfaction and retention. It is all too easy to focus on the goals of production and the needs of the client, leaving employees to feel undervalued and unmotivated. Without setting priorities to cultivate a healthy work environmen...
How Good Writing Skills Will Benefit Your Career
09 August, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
Even if you’ve been a diligent member of the workforce for a while, you probably still have some room for improvement. One area you may be overlooking in your professional development could be one of the most important: improving your writing skills. Becoming a skilled writer is valuable in just ab...
What HCM Tech Satisfies HR Leaders’ Expectations? The Results Are In.
29 September, 2022
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
Fall is here and that means it’s traditionally the time of year when companies seek out new human capital management (HCM) solutions for a January start. What are HR leaders looking for when vetting new HCM technology? According to a recent survey, the top two expectations are that it’s a full, end-...
How to Create an Employee Engagement Roadmap
19 June, 2018
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
By now, you've probably realized that employee engagement is one of the number one priorities of business growth and development in any industry. Without it, you are likely to find yourself with a team of unmotivated, underappreciated, and dissatisfied employees who may be spending their free ti...
The minimum wage fight is already being waged at the state (and city) level
24 May, 2016
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
The federal hourly minimum wage has remained at $7.25 since 2009. For several years, the Obama administration has asked Congress to increase the federal minimum wage, to no avail. However, the federal minimum wage is just that: the least that employers must legally pay their employees. If a state w...
3 Tips for Maximizing Cloud Security in the Office
27 September, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 15 seconds
Cloud-based software is everywhere. However, so are cloud-based security issues. Unfortunately for most businesses, security breaches occur on a regular basis, and a surprising number of breaches go unnoticed. Many are caused by employee carelessness or as the result of a lack of knowledge. Here are...
Five years in the making, controversial ‘persuader’ rule stopped just four days short of finish line
26 July, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
On June 27, a federal district court judge in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Labor Department’s controversial “persuader” rule that was scheduled to take effect July 1. This eleventh-hour stoppage was a major victory for the many states, business groups and employers th...
Where Should Benefits Brokers Focus in 2021?
28 December, 2020
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
Although there are high hopes for 2021, business leaders should be prepared for a slow transition back to some sense of normalcy as the year progresses. After all, the pandemic isn’t going to end when the clock hits midnight on January 1st. For benefits brokers, this means embracing the...
Be Aware of Compliance Audits: Employers Paid Out More Than $400 Million in Fiscal Year 2015
22 March, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
The risk of being audited. Every company has to deal with it, and smart organizations know how to take steps to diminish that risk. But even the best-prepared business leaders are wrong if they think that getting their tax practices in order will eliminate that risk entirely. That’s because audits a...
Why HR Technology Has Never Made More Sense
28 April, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
Raise your hand if you feel both exhausted and optimistic. You’re not alone. The pandemic wreaked havoc on the business world. By upending strategic plans and the concept of business strategy, the resilience of organizations was repeatedly tested. To maintain some semblance of well, organizat...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on Salary History Bans
29 July, 2022
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 30 seconds
Some employers use salary history as a way to set or negotiate compensation, but this tactic can have unintended consequences - including causing salary inequities and gaps. Salary history bans are one way to attempt to close those gaps. But for states and localities that don’t have any salary ban l...
7 Ways to Energize Your Afternoon
15 March, 2016
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes
It’s no secret that mornings are more productive than afternoons. When employees begin their workdays feeling refreshed from a night’s sleep, they typically have better productivity than when they return to work after lunch. Follow these seven tips to help energize your afternoons so that productivi...
How to Avoid Workplace Burnout
18 April, 2017
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes
No matter how much you enjoy your job, it can’t be denied that workplace burnout happens. We spend over half of our waking hours at work, which can become taxing on our minds and bodies. When you’re dedicated to your job, it’s sometimes all too easy to put your own needs aside in order to succeed at...
Compliance Corner (Update): OSHA Withdraws Vaccine-or-Test Mandate
28 January, 2022
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
President Biden’s action plan for the Covid-19 pandemic, released in September of 2021, included a mandate that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) develop vaccine-or-test regulations for employers with 100 or more employees. Following this order, OSHA prepared an Emergency Temp...
Why Employee Empowerment is a Winning Strategy for Benefits Enrollment
14 July, 2022
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
It may sound absurd, but according to 2016 survey, 48 percent of employees would rather walk across hot coals than complete their annual benefits enrollment! Surely employees’ perception of open enrollment has improved over the years, considering the increasing number of tools and technology on the...
Is Leadership More Important Than Company Culture?
12 September, 2018
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
By now, if you haven't read about, heard about or thought about the impact of leadership and culture on the success of a company, then you may quite possibly be living in the dark ages. Leadership and company culture are the current buzzwords of HR management blogs, and for good reason. Both can...
4 Things Great Managers Never Ask Their Employees to Do
24 July, 2018
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
As a manager you ask a lot of your employees. You set goals for them to work towards and guidelines for them to work by. But as a manager, there are just some things you should never ask your employees to do. Here are four things that belong on that "Do Not" list that would not only b...