Please prove your ACA coverage — you have 20 seconds to comply!
23 June, 2015
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer mandates and deadlines may not be as severe and scary as the famous haywire robot test scene in RoboCop, but aspects of the law are putting plenty of fear into those who have been paying attention to its implementation requirements. Repercussions can be much wo...
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...
Affordable Care Act Resolutions for 2015
27 January, 2015 | 1 Comments
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
Resolutions abound on January 1 each year only to be broken or forgotten in a matter of weeks or months. Since March 23, 2010, employers have continually resolved to keep up with the changes and stay in compliance. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) resolutions for 2015 will be harmful for the weary emp...
Does Your Time and Attendance ROI add up?
10 March, 2015
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
To ROI or not ROI? That is the question. Although return on investment (ROI) is frequently quoted and even the deciding factor in some issues, ROI is poorly understood and often misused. Most ROI calculators ignore the difference between hard and soft dollars and almost none provide a Net Present...
Cadillac Tax Implementation is Full Steam Ahead
05 August, 2015
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 15 seconds
One of the few remaining Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements is a 40 percent excise tax on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage that exceeds specified threshold amounts. Also known as the Cadillac tax, it becomes effective in 2018 and is expected to be a major source of revenue. As a fol...
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...
Six Reasons why HCM Technology is Taking off
02 December, 2014 | 2 Comments
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
Nucleus Research, a company that evaluates technology ROI, recently published some interesting results about HCM technology implementation. The 42 case studies included companies from a wide range of industries and organization sizes. Some findings: For each $1.00 spent, HCM technology returns an...
Coast-to-Coast Tax Developments: Opt-Ins in New York, Deferments in San Francisco
24 May, 2018
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
There are some notable tax changes at the state and local levels for the 2018 tax year, with two historical bellwethers—New York and San Francisco—leading the way. Following the passage of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, New York state responded by making changes to its 2019 budget t...
How to Use Candidate Feedback to Refine Your Hiring Process
27 December, 2018
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
The hiring process can be complicated and frustrating for many human resource departments. You can do your best to make the process as seamless as possible and still find that you’re missing the mark. While there are many resources out there to help you refine the process, the best source of i...
Nucleus Confirms—isolved is the Solution that Pays for Itself!
30 October, 2023
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds

According to isolved’s third annual HR Leaders report, 91 percent of HR decision makers plan to invest in some form of HR technology this year. From benefits enrollment and scheduling to analytics to learning management, organizations look to technology to help boost their employee experience and ge...
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: Workers Opportunity Tax Credits--What Employers Need to Know
31 March, 2023
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

Organizations are constantly looking for ways to boost their bottom lines. Many can find savings through their employees and tax credits. In our latest Compliance Corner, our Senior HR Consultant Lisa Bright answers the top questions about Workers Opportunity Tax Credits. What is the WOTC? The Worke...
People Analytics Technology: Navigating the Market
18 July, 2023
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds

The demand for people analytics is growing. According to our recent survey of HR leaders, 40 percent of organizations plan to invest in HR analytics technology this year—up from 33 percent in 2022. HR departments have access to a treasure trove of employee data. Oftentimes, that data is overlooked b...
4 Steps to Developing Better Leadership Skills
07 March, 2017
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Being in a leadership position can sometimes make you feel like you have a target on your back. Your ability to lead effectively has the power to propel your team to success or drag it down into failure, so it can often feel like the stakes are much higher for only you. But the responsibility should...
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...
Why Applicant Tracking Equals Attracting Better Talent
29 March, 2023
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes

First impressions matter—and there are no do-overs. Conventional wisdom has typically held that the candidate for a job is in the hot seat and needs to dazzle their potential new employer. But, in a tightening job market that places a premium on top talent, the tables have turned. For organiz...
Massachusetts Is the Latest State to Raise Minimum Wage to $15, Enacts Paid Family Leave
08 August, 2018
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
Over the next five years, Massachusetts will incrementally increase its minimum hourly wage from $11 to $15. Legislation signed by Governor Charlie Baker (R) will increase the minimum wage by 75 cents on Jan. 1 of each year from 2019 to 2023. Beginning in 2019, the minimum wage will increase to $12...
Improve Your Time Management Skills in 2016
15 December, 2015
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes
Imagine this...You start your day full of optimism, ready to check things off your to-do list. However, half way through the day you begin to feel stressed and overloaded. The checklist that didn’t seem too bad this morning suddenly seems impossible to accomplish. Sound familiar? You aren’t alone....
Compliance Corner: Baby Boomers Exiting the Workforce: How HR Should Prepare
31 May, 2023
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes

As the Baby Boomer generation begins to head toward retirement, a massive change is heading to workplaces across the country. In this month’s Compliance Corner, we hear from isolved’s HR Services Manager Rachel Barr to discuss the implications of this generational shift. Has the mass workplace exodu...
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...
People Management Must-Haves for Manufacturing
15 March, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds

Fifty-seven percent of human resources (HR) departments in the manufacturing industry are receiving budget increases this year according to data from isolved’s Transforming Employee Experience report. While there is a long list of technology that HR leaders plan to invest in, one thing is clea...
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...
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...
Compliance Corner: Q&A HR Year-End Round-Up and Preparing for 2023
27 December, 2022
Estimated time to read: 4 minutes

The holidays are well under way and before we know it 2023 will be starting. We all want to start fresh and not be playing catch up with 2022 tasks, especially in HR. HR reps maybe thinking about the best ways to finish off those last-minute year-end details in order to have a clean slate in the nea...
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...