If you haven’t heard of the EEO-1 Report and you employ more than 100 employees, then get ready… because there’s about to be another compliance responsibility on your to-do list. The EEO-1 Report is a compliance survey mandated by federal statute that requires company employment data to be categorized by race/ethnicity, gender, and job category. Click here for a sample report The suggested method for collecting this demographic information is via survey, ideally as part of th

An SMB organization’s HCM technology isn’t the problem in many situations; the deployment and buildout are. However, this is not always the case and there are certain times when a switch is needed. According to Business Forward, efficiency gains (particularly those around employee self-service) lead the way as the top reason that employers are looking to change technology vendors. With a changing demographic entering the workforce, mobile technology and self-service are becom

A good health insurance broker is worth its weight in gold. Many small and mid-sized organizations lack internal resources due to budget constraints. This is where the innovative companies win: by rethinking the way they deploy external resources to supplement their teams, keeping overhead low, and running lean. These organizations turn to their brokers. There have been several factors in the last 10 years, led by the Affordable Care Act, that have changed who brokers work wi

THE CHALLENGE Scaling the Operation: Scaling the operation was a mission critical priority but the leadership team was overwhelmed with administrative tasks. Their HR challenges became prohibitive to their ability to serve growing customer demand which included opening a new warehouse closer to the manufacturer. The project was delayed time and time again and the potential to reduce costs in their supply chain was never realized and ultimately this trickled into their sales r

After surveying a leading HCM technology vendor, we found that almost 75% of mid-sized organizations have not completely built out the platform they are paying for. As a result, organizations are using only the most tactical modules such as the payroll processing engine. In fact, the technology that drove the purchasing decision is oftentimes not the one being used. This may lead to another unnecessary RFP process when the answer is already in place. Below is an example of wh

Four Challenges To Be On The Lookout For INTRODUCTION Let’s start with a story that might sound familiar: After many years of running payroll manually you have a conversation with your CPA who suggests a certain HCM (Human Capital Management) vendor as a solution to automate and outsource. Understandably, you’re hesitant because you’ve tried this before only to switch back after the poor experience. You think that maybe this time is different, so you meet with the sales rep a

Most HCM technology sales professionals can put together an ROI calculation using the factors listed below, but how many are following up post-implementation to validate their estimates? In the SMB market segment, there is often a gap between sales, implementation, and service that leads to projects not being completed as envisioned. An objective independent resource to help hold vendors accountable to their promises may be beneficial to ensure the ROI is in line with what is

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