Employees Speak: Reasons Employees Leave
19 September, 2022
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes

The employer/employee dynamic has changed dramatically over the last few years. The scales have tipped and employees have more options than ever. While recruitment is top of mind for human resource professionals (HR), retention is something that employers are taking notice of as well. The key...
Why Should Businesses Make Work Tech a Priority?
14 December, 2020
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds

When businesses commit to digital transformation, investment decisions are typically prioritized for revenue-generating departments like development, sales and marketing. This oftentimes leaves human resources (HR) as the last frontier for technology upgrades. The pandemic, however, has led t...
The Right Way for Scaling Company Culture As You Grow
07 May, 2019
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 45 seconds

Workplace culture has never been more important. It drives your employee engagement, retention and success. And it ultimately determines how your customers will receive you. But as companies grow, how can they ensure their culture continues to advance in positive directions? A recent Inc. article,...
APA and Others Tell Congress: “Don’t SOC it to us!”
25 August, 2015
Estimated time to read: 1 minute
The American Payroll Association (APA) joined 60 other organizations in a letter formally objecting to new employer reporting requirements being considered by Congress. Dated June 9, 2015, the letter was delivered by the Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers’ Compensation (UWC) to the Cha...
Employers Stuck Between A Rock And A High Deductible Health Plan
20 October, 2015 | 1 Comments
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 15 seconds
Health insurance deductibles are a fairly common practice in the world that we live in. An employer offers a specific health care plan to employees, in which the employee will pay a certain amount of money out of pocket for health care before their coverage can officially begin. However, the recent...
Does your time and attendance system have you trapped in a maze?
22 July, 2015
Estimated time to read: 45 seconds
There’s no argument that data drives your business. If you were to share a diagram of the numerous systems your data is entered, housed and retrieved, would it look clean and precise or more like maze with no exit in sight? Numerous interfaces make data collection time-consuming, difficult to coll...
ACA compliance: it’s your move, employers!
06 January, 2015 | 2 Comments
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Despite a controversial past and an uncertain future, the national health care law referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) demands immediate attention and action by most businesses, especially those of specific sizes and structures. Employers cannot afford to risk waiting to see what potential...
How great company culture organically creates brand ambassadors
23 October, 2019
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes

Your reach only goes so far. Maybe you have a couple thousand LinkedIn followers and hundreds of Facebook posts no one engages with. Maybe your HR department has grand ideas on how to revolutionize company culture to mirror the glitz and glam of Silicon Valley startups. One way to improve your...
What is Servant Leadership and How Can it Impact Your Team?
19 February, 2019
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds
It's likely you've heard of other types of leadership – authoritarian, democratic, transformational – and while they are all quite different, they do have one thing in common. They all have a massive impact on company culture. Determining the style of leader that you would like t...
Three Year-End Strategies to Maximize Health Benefits
01 December, 2015
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 30 seconds
As the year comes to an end, many people are considering how they can maximize their health benefits before a new plan year begins. Schedule a Dental Check-Up If you have avoided seeing your dentist all year, the final months mark a good time to make that happen. Many dental plans work differently...
Paid Sick Days – What’s the Magic Number?
23 December, 2014
Estimated time to read: 1 minute
The US DOL found that employees with at least one year experience receive an average of eight paid sick days per year. That number jumps to eleven days for employees with over 25 years of service. While providing paid sick days for employees might seem costly to employers, not having sick leave av...
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...
Four-Day Thanksgiving Holiday Is Workplace Tradition, Survey Finds
20 November, 2018
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, has been an American tradition since before the nation was founded. The first settlers feasted on various dates in the fall to celebrate the harvest before buckling down for the hard winters. George Washington proclaimed there should be a National T...
The isolved Partner Award Goes To….
27 September, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 30 seconds

isolved Connect 2021 may have ended, but we are still reflecting on the spectacular highlights from this year’s conference – including recognitions for some of our top Network partners. isolved’s Partner Awards were presented on the first day of isolved Connect to show our wonderful partners just ho...
3 Considerations for the Future of Work
21 June, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes, 15 seconds

There are many lessons that business leaders have gleaned from the pandemic, but perhaps the most important is the need for their enterprises to be prepared for the future – even when the future is uncertain. To prepare for the future, today, it is essential to invest in technology that is ag...
Where’s the Process? ACA-style
30 June, 2015 | 2 Comments
Estimated time to read: 1 minute, 45 seconds
You remember the question from the Wendy’s commercial in the 80’s, don’t you? Where’s the beef? It has been stuck in our head for decades. Now that the deadline for the ACA IRS reporting is looming, everyone seems to be asking “Where’s the process?” It may or may not have occurred to the IRS tha...
No Doubt FLSA Lawsuits are on the Rise – What to Watch for in 2015
10 February, 2015
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes
Prior to the year 2000, the average number of Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuits hovered near 1,500 cases annually. Since that time, we have seen a fairly dramatic increase to over 7,000 lawsuits in 2012 alone. The millions of dollars in penalties continue to pile up, and the list of...
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-...
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Court Granted Preliminary Injunction on FLSA Overtime Rule
23 November, 2016
Estimated time to read: 30 seconds
Less than two weeks before the FLSA overtime new rule was slated to go into effect, a federal judge at the U.S. District Court in Texas blocked the policy. Judge Amos L. Mazzant III issued the surprising decision on Tuesday after 21 states and a long list of businesses filed lawsuits that would chal...
3 Ways HR Consultants Can Meet Client Expectations
24 March, 2021
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes

Client retention is a top priority for human resources (HR) and financial consultants, brokers and advisors. After all, it is almost always more cost effective to protect one’s current book of business rather than acquiring an entirely new client base. But what is the best way to retain client...
HIPAA Certificates Requirement Ending
16 December, 2014
Estimated time to read: 45 seconds
HIPAA certificates of creditable coverage have served workers well to prove they have had health coverage and may be exempt from exclusions when changing health coverage. But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) proposed eliminating these certifica...
Compliance Corner: Q&A on COVID-19 Vaccines and What HR Should Know
30 April, 2021
Estimated time to read: 4 minutes

With all U.S. adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, many employers are getting ready for a new normal but are still unsure of what the future of work will look like. In this month’s Compliance Corner blog, isolved People Services HR Consultant Rachel Barr is answering common questions...
Compliance Corner: Addressing Dobbs v. Jackson with Your Workforce
31 August, 2022
Estimated time to read: 4 minutes, 45 seconds

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization impacts many, including employers who provide health benefits to their workforces. This month’s Compliance Corner blog offers insight and recommendations for some common questions that employers may have. Find out more by...
Compliance Corner: How HR & Employees Can Help Each Other to Combat Workplace Burnout
24 July, 2023
Estimated time to read: 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Over the past few years, rates of more severe stress, anxiety, and depression have skyrocketed, contributing further to the ongoing workplace crisis of employee burnout. In fact, we found that 69% of employees have experienced burnout over the last year. With such an increase in severe burnout sympt...
How Employee Experience Priorities Have Shifted During COVID-19
11 November, 2020
Estimated time to read: 2 minutes

Nearly 7 in 10 organizational leaders believe the coronavirus pandemic will change the employee experience (EX) to a high or very high extent, according to the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp). In fact, 56 percent of full-time employees state that employee experience will be more importan...