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Safe Harbor Rules – Part 2

Last week, we started looking at Safe Harbor data privacy principles and the purpose they serve in helping U.S. employers comply with EU privacy laws. The principles themselves are fairly straightforward as they apply to the workforce. They include the following: Notice & Choice – Employers must notify job candidates, new hires, and employees when [...]

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South Carolina Penalizes Employers Who Hire Undocumented Workers

We’ve talked a lot about what ICE is doing to increase compliance levels with form I-9 processing for U.S. employers. But the fact is that even steep monetary penalties levied by USCIS pale in comparison to the hard line approach state governments can take. Recently, the South Carolina Department of Labor took the drastic step [...]

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Why Buying Specialized HR Software Makes Sense

Attorney Kevin Troutman recently posted an article over at laborlawyers.com that highlights the increasingly complex world of healthcare employment. The triple threat of new laws, court rulings, and administrative changes is placing additional pitfalls in the way of hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Troutman investigates the top 10 hazards in his informative article. Here are [...]

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U.S. Workplace Privacy Laws

The United States has no legislation that’s really comparable to the EU Privacy Directive. Instead, various aspects of privacy are covered by separate rules. For example, the healthcare industry is bound to comply with HIPAA. Information collected by federal agencies is subject to the Privacy Act of 1974. Financial institutions are each governed by different [...]

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Transactional Onboarding Challenges for Multinationals

Emerald CEO and HR Product Evangelist Daisy McCarty have published a new article at ERE.net on the challenges of transactional onboarding for multinationals.

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Onboarding Compliance Specialist

Keeping up with what’s going on in onboarding compliance always brings up some interesting search results on Google. Right now, there are some employers specifically seeking to hire onboarding compliance specialists. Let’s take a look at what these HR professionals do. Here’s an excerpt from one employer’s recent job posting: “This position supports the new [...]

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How to Eat an Elephant

Just over 2 years ago, I had a very aggressive client project manager inform me that his organization was going to go live with a new ATS, onboarding application, an HRMS solution, and several interfaces flying between all systems by January 1st. � The only problem with this schedule was that it was early October when [...]

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How Pending OSHA Program Updates May Impact Employers

OSHA is gearing up to create a new program for preventing injury and illness in the workplace. This I2P2 (Injury & Illness Protection Program) is still in the development and discussion stage, but employers should be aware that significant changes are probably on the way. The updated rules are likely to be based on common [...]

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AICPA Introduces New Data Center Standards

Effective in June of 2011, the old SAS 70 auditing standards are being replaced with the SSAE 16. This new standard has been developed to closely align with the international version (ISAE 3402) that is being rolled out concurrently. Why the change now? Old Standards Created Too Many Loopholes One reason is that the previous [...]

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Why Internal HR Compliance Matters

At Emerald Software Group, we place a high value on ensuring our products support compliance with external regulations at both the state and federal level. However, that's not the only area where you should be concerned about consistency in your HR processes. What Might Happen If Steps are Skipped? KPA, a risk management and compliance [...]

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Customization Matters in Hiring Software Tools

Although many businesses within a given industry have similar requirements for hiring and onboarding software, there's something to be said for having the ability to fine tune an application to precisely meet your company's needs. Workforce.com has an interesting article available about a major manufacturing and retail firm that discovered every cent spent on customized [...]

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Determining the Breakeven Point for SaaS

Emerald CEO and HR Product Evangelist Daisy McCarty have published a new article at ERE.net on determining the breakeven point of SaaS systems.

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Overview of Strategic Workforce Planning Part 1

Last week, we talked a little about Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) and how it is changing the way HR does business. Today, let's take a look at one institution that has been using workforce planning for quite some time. The state of Texas requires that all state agencies (except for educational facilities) must use strategic [...]

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Misclassification During Onboarding May Invalidate Agreements

The IRS and DOL have some pretty steep penalties in store for employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors when they are actually employees. But there are peripheral legal issues involved as well. A recent court case in Pennsylvania demonstrates what can happen in litigation. Categorization Impacts Enforceability A company that hired an independent sales [...]

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Onboarding: It's Not Just for new Hires

Emerald CEO and HR Product Evangelist Daisy McCarty have published a new article at ERE.net on the types of onboarding beyond new hires.

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Compliance Costs Presentation

A presentation version of Emerald's popular article, "The Hidden Costs of Non-Compliance in Hiring" is now available on Slideshare.net

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