Editor’s Note

When business is steady going, HR data is steady flowing. But business is not always steady going – and sometimes, there’s an influx of HR data. And whether that’s because of a recruitment drive, an acquisition, or just a change of systems… dealing with large quantities of new HR data is something you just have to do sometimes. What do you do in such circumstances? In this month's cover article, How To Deal With Influx Of HR Data, John Crowley will help you understand how to mitigate the risks of missing data.

This year is set to be a busy year for HR and employment law. From post-Brexit immigration rule changes and gender pay gap reporting, to age discrimination at work, employers are faced with amended employment laws and new deadlines for their organization to meet.Check out Hayley Marles' article, 10 Changes To Look Out For In Employment Law, where he highlights the important areas of the law that HR professionals and business owners need to be aware of.

Moving on there is Jingcong Zhao's article The Compensation Profession Is Becoming Increasingly Hybrid  that talks about how compensation profession is evolving. There is also Sara Longini's article, The New Overtime Rules: From $24,000 To $35,000, that talks about the key changes the new rule brought in, how it will affect businesses and tips to handle the changes.

Also read, Richard Lyons' Should You Pay Your Overseas Employee a US Salary? and Wendy Ryan's HR Still Lagging In Digitizing Employee Documents, among others featured in this edition.

That’s not all! We hope this edition of HRIS & Payroll Excellence will help you with your payroll and HRIS challenges.

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