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Safe Harbor Rules Help Employers Manage Multinational HR Data

As with many areas of government regulation, the European Union has more stringent rules than the U.S. regarding the privacy of personal data. The EU Directive on Data Protection includes privacy principles that are similar in many ways to the GAPP we’ve discussed in previous posts. However, they are backed by the law in the [...]

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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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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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Onboarding at Kelly Services

A Case Study discussing the success of Universal Onboarding at the 3rd largest staffing company in the world.

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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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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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Scott Williams Quote

Scott Williams, former VP of HR for Coca-Cola and now President of The Stonehaven Group, recently said some pretty nice things about us.

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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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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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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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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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DOL and Puerto Rico Join Forces

The Wage and Hour Division of the DOL has begun collaboration with the Department of Labor and Human Resources in Puerto Rico to boost employer compliance on the island. Although not a state, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico is subject to the same federal laws that govern the rest of the U.S. This means that [...]

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Employer Use of Private Employee Information

We’ve been looking at a lot of data privacy standards over the last few weeks. These various principles and guidelines offer a broad overview of industry best practices that can often be applied to workforce data. But the fact is that the employer/employee relationship remains fraught with boundary issues when it comes to collecting and [...]

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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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Is HR Ready for Strategic Workforce Planning?

Over the next few months, we'll be taking a close look at the concept of strategic workforce planning (SWP). This is an emerging area in HR and there's a lot to learn. At the most basic level, this type of planning has always played a role in the employment sphere. For example, HR has traditionally [...]

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