Comp Time in the Private Sector: Work-Life Enhancement Opportunity
27 June, 2017
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
On May 2, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Working Families Flexibility Act, a bill that would allow employers to offer workers compensatory time off instead of time-and-a-half wages for overtime hours. The legislation would amend Section 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, allowing pr...
Why Employee Engagement Should Be Your Top Priority
05 February, 2019
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
There's a lot of responsibilities to juggle as a manager – you have to think about deadlines, incentives, and bottom lines, all while trying to coordinate a team of unique personalities and skill sets to push toward a common goal. While it isn't recommended to let any one of those thin...
5 Top Payroll Challenges for Home Health Care
12 July, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
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Payroll is something that every business – regardless of size or industry – manages. Despite it being a recurring task, there are still many challenges human resources (HR) departments face that can make the process time consuming and inefficient. In isolved’s Transforming Employe...
Improving Your Webinars for Better Results
05 May, 2020
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
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Webinars have always been a good way to get information to a group in a quick, efficient manner. In fact, over 60% of marketers use webinars as part of their strategy for content marketing.* In the current atmosphere, webinars are even more crucial as in-person meetings and events have been cancel...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on FMLA
28 May, 2021
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes
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There are many employee-specific laws and regulations that employers need to be aware of – ranging in scope from EEO-1 reporting to processing I-9 forms and much more. Every month, isolved’s People Services team tackles topics like these in a Compliance Corner Q&A. This month, HR Bu...
5 Business Benefits of Social-Good Programs
15 June, 2021
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
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Efforts to boost employee experience are at an all-time high for the majority of organizations. After all, a better experience can lead to a better culture, which can have a ripple effect throughout an organization. To improve experience, it is important for business leaders to be aware of what the...
What the 100% COBRA Subsidy Means to SMBs
25 March, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
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The pandemic has taken a toll on businesses across the country – and both employers and employees are feeling the impact. According to isolved data, 55 percent of employers have laid off or furloughed employees over the last year. What’s more, many employees who didn’t lose their j...
Holidays 2021: Greater Job, Travel Confidence Despite Working Longer Hours and For Less This Year
15 November, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
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Tis’ the season for holiday togetherness and travel…or is it? isolved surveyed over 1,000 full-time employees (FTEs) in the United States to understand how employees and employers view end-of-year parties and paid time off. To provide context to these findings, however, we wanted to know how 2...
Evaluating Tech Needs for 2021? isolved Recognized for Best Employee Scheduling Software
23 December, 2020
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Just two months after being recognized for its payroll software, isolved has been named to Digital.com’s “Best Employee Scheduling Software of 2021” list. Digital.com reviewed more than 90 software providers, sourcing authentic user reviews from across the web and analyzing commen...
What to Do When Cloud Security Is Compromised
22 November, 2016
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
A compromised network is a stressful event for any organization. It can feel like a complete loss of control, causing feelings of uncertainty about what to do next. Prepare now for what you’ll do if your company experiences a cloud security breach. Don’t Panic It can be easy to get swept up in the...
4 Tips for Filling Your Referral Funnel
24 February, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
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Eighty-seven percent of recruiters say that the top way to boost referrals is through better employee engagement. But in many cases, there’s a referral gap. A survey by isolved found 30 percent of employees are unaware of open positions to refer candidates to, and 30 percent aren’t incen...
Developing the Ideal HR Internship at Your Company
27 October, 2020
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
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Many successful human resources professionals got their start in the industry by participating in an internship program. For students and entry-level professionals, an HR internship can be a formative experience. It’s often a first step into the working world, a time to quickly gain hands-on e...
Where Are Your HR Tech Dollars Going? Invest in Vetted HCM.
15 December, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
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It’s important that human resources (HR) leaders have a seat at the table as 2022 budgets are being finalized – particularly so business leaders know where budget dollars are needed the most. In 2021, more than half of HR departments received budget increases and the majority of those dollars were e...
Prioritizing the Employee Experience for Gig Workers
12 May, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
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Employee experience (EX) is a priority for 92 percent of organizations this year, and there’s good reason. Research shows that businesses that invest in EX have more than four times the profit and two times the revenue than companies that don’t. When prioritizing EX, many business leade...
Should You Assign Interview Projects to Candidates?
03 March, 2022
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
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A recent post on LinkedIn from a copywriter struck a nerve with jobseekers and recruiters, garnering more than 5,000 reactions in two weeks. The topic? Whether projects should be assigned to candidates during the interview process. Her post opens with, “Please don’t ask copywriters to carry out task...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan
13 September, 2021
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 15 seconds
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Last week President Biden made headlines with the announcement of an action plan for the COVID-19 pandemic. The action plan includes proposals for vaccine mandates and COVID-19 testing that directly impact employers and employees. To provide some insight into the action plan, we reached out to the i...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on HR Outsourcing
25 June, 2021
Estimated time to read: 5 minutes, 15 seconds
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Human resources (HR) teams have a lot of responsibilities – from talent acquisition and onboarding to benefit enrollment and payroll (and much more). With so many administrative tasks and deadlines, sometimes businesses look to outsourcing for assistance. In this month’s Compliance Corn...
Creating the Perfect Job Posting
29 August, 2017
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
When your company has an open position, the recruiting and hiring team has to act quickly to get the job posted to start getting applicants. Many recruiters end up using job templates that they’ve used for years, simply because it’s the quickest and simplest way to get the posting online. But before...
Do You Have the People Insights You Need? Perhaps Your Workplace Should Be Intelligently Connected.
13 July, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
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As consumers, we have little patience for experiences that don’t work the way we expect them to, that aren’t instinctively intuitive. As employees, we’ve always been conditioned to accept the way things are at work – systems that are often outdated, siloed approaches, broken...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on Internships
27 August, 2021
Estimated time to read: 5 minutes, 15 seconds
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Have you ever thought about implementing an internship program within your organization? These programs can have many benefits, from helping your organization obtain a pipeline of fresh talent to strengthening its reputation and ties within the community. In this month’s Compliance Corner blo...
3 Ways Benefits Can Help You Land (and Keep) Top Talent
07 July, 2022
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
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Benefits are an important factor in attracting and retaining employees. Oftentimes, benefits packages include health insurance, retirement plans like 401(k)s and paid time off (PTO). Perks like tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and employee lifestyle discounts, however, can give employers...
Employee engagement as a content marketing strategy
05 November, 2019
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
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How are the cold calls, templated email pitches and paid LinkedIn ads working for you as a marketing strategy? Not so hot, huh? That’s because prospects are sick of stale, generic corporate messaging. Consumers employ ad blockers, adjust their social media feed settings and create email in...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on Commonly Outsourced HR Tasks
29 April, 2022
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 15 seconds
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Twenty-five percent of HR leaders say they plan to outsource human resource (HR) tasks this year, with organizations that have 500-1,500 employees being the most probable to turn to third parties for assistance. In this month’s Compliance Corner Q&A, People Services’ HR Business Partner Casey Wa...
Compliance Corner: Year-End HR Planning
29 October, 2021
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 45 seconds
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It’s a busy time of year for human resources (HR) departments, with many tasks that need to be completed before the end of the year – including planning for 2022. In this month’s Compliance Corner, isolved People Services Manager Stephanie Lewerke is answering common questions about important year-e...
Q&A: PPP Loans and Investing in HCM Technology
25 February, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
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At the end of 2020, Congress passed a COVID-19 relief package that included $284 billion in additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) along with new provisions allowing businesses to utilize PPP funds for technology improvements.* This provides a big opportunity for business owne...