Whitepaper - Moving HR Forward with Microsoft .Net Servers

This article, one of a series of articles and whitepapers by Emerald's legacy application modernization team, compares and contrasts the cost and support benefits of HR applications being migrated from mainframes to the .Net platform.

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Onboarding in the Restaurant Industry

At Emerald Software Group, we have the privilege of partnering with many other forward thinking software providers in related industries to bring our clients a full service experience. One of those strategic partnerships is with Restaurant Magic Software, a company that specializes in SaaS data management solutions for food service industry clients. Steve Roberts, founder [...]

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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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Evaluating Onboarding Podcast 2



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Easy Mondays, Part 3



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Onboarding Part Time Workers

Part time workers make up a large part of the workforce, but they are often marginalized when it comes to the benefits that full time employees enjoy. This goes beyond just health insurance and paid holidays. Part timers usually don't have access to the same training and advancement tools that are offered to other workers. [...]

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Interview - Scott Williams

We interview Scott Williams, founder of The Stonehaven Group and former VP of HR for Coca-Cola, about the state of the industry and the future of HR.

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Easy Mondays, Part 1



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Forms Automation vs. Fillable PDFs

The difference between taking a process online and truly automating that process is one that a lot of HR clients don't realize until they see it in action. Just the relief of going paperless can mask the fact that getting new hire forms filled out and distributed is tedious and time consuming – even if [...]

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Can an RPO Handle Your New Hire Onboarding?

Recruiting is an HR function that is often regarded as necessary but time consuming and costly. It's easy for HR to get bogged down with searching through countless resumes and reviewing hundreds of applications to find the few qualified candidates for a position. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is a service option that many companies turn [...]

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Been Offline...

Sorry I’ve been offline for a while, I’ve had some personal business to take care of.   On July 5th, my Dad had kidney failure and spent a week in the ICU.   My Mom had been having some challenges due to her dementia, so we were very fortunate that we were there to take care of [...]

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Onboarding Accommodations

Are You Making Onboarding Accommodations? According to a recent article from USA Today, claims related to violation of the ADA are on the upswing. In 2009, over 21,000 charges were filed against U.S. employers by workers with disabilities. The accusations include unlawful firing, discrimination in promotions, and lack of reasonable accommodations. About 20% of these [...]

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Open Source HR Software

Is Open Source Onboarding In Your Future? Workforce.com has a new article up about open-source software in the HR field. A couple of vendors are now offering HRIS products based on this type of non-proprietary code. As you would expect, there are pros and cons of open source solutions. Let’s take a look at a [...]

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Business is Booming for HR SaaS – and We Couldn't Be Happier

According to the latest Workforce.com report, the battle between legacy software and SaaS is in full swing – and customers are benefiting. No longer a newcomer or an outlier in the fight for HR client dollars, the Software as a Service model is coming into its own as a cost effective and highly versatile solution. [...]

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PEO Problems – Who's the Employer?

Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs)  have always been a subject of confusion in the HR field. With the outsourcing of the employer/employee relationship, the lines get blurred very easily. This is never more evident than when a lawsuit brings a problem to the attention of the court system and no one wants to take responsibility. Attorney John [...]

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Emerald Software Accepted as Member of Advanced Technology Development Center

Emerald Software Group announces today that the company has been accepted as a member in the Georgia Tech sponsored ATDC

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Onboarding at Inflection HR

A Case Study discussing the success of implementing our Universal Onboarding system at leading PEO Inflection HR

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Is Your Onboarding Good Enough

Is Your Onboarding Good Enough? In July, Workforce.com ran a story on “good enough HR“. This is a play on the idea of “good enough” parenting. Basically, some moms and dads are rejecting the idea that they have to be super-parents. Their kids will turn out just fine with plenty of love, a decent education, [...]

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Emerald Software Now Offers Canadian Onboarding

Close on the heels of adding form W11 to our Universal Onboarding library, we've expanded our document list again. This time, we're including our neighbors "North of the Border" by making the TD-1 form available in electronic format. Both the national and provincial versions are in our universal forms library, so all Canadian employees are [...]

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Is e-Verify For All Federal Contractors?

Workforce.com has once again hit one out of the park with an insightful article about e-Verify and how mandates regarding its use impact federal contractors. Author Eric Ledbetter walks step by step through the situations in which a contractor must use the e-Verify system, when it is advisable to do so voluntarily, and when it [...]

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