Editors Note

The EEO-1 form, developed more than 50 years ago by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has evolved from its original purpose—identifying diversity in the workplace—to what it is today: a robust compliance survey pinpointing areas of diversity in the workplace as well as potential areas of discrimination.

EEO-1 Report: Overcoming The Changes And Challenges: Proving compliance

The 2017 EEO-1 report should be applauded for its new potential to discover wage disparities between different sexes, ethnicities, and races. However, recent updates and expanded requirements make some HR professionals wary instead. The 2017 EEO-1 report is quadruple the length of its predecessor and comes with a set of changes and challenges that can be daunting for the unprepared.

HRIS and Payroll July 2017 Advertisers

Creating Pay Transparency In The Workplace: Maintaining and improving employee performance

Do the words “pay transparency” make you nervous? You don't have to publish every employee’s salary publicly to have pay transparency. It’s about fairness of pay, openly communicating about pay with employees, and helping them understand the importance of maintaining and improving their performance.

Empowering Employees Through Employee Self-Service: Data and technology can transform HR

Henry Ford’s invention of the mass-produced automobile eventually led to the Ford Mustang. Fast forward to today, Ford needs to transform from a traditional automobile company to an “automobile and mobility company” to stay relevant in the industry. Why? Ride hailing technology.

How To Prepare Your Organization And Employees For Healthcare Changes?: 3 tips

Keeping pace with new legislation around healthcare and retirement benefits has become a complex undertaking for small, mid-size and large employers. Senate Republicans released a draft of the new healthcare bill yesterday, which signifies the potential for a large shift for employers in this area. HR plays a critical role in managing any healthcare changes that arise, and it is essential that HR practitioners are prepared for new legislation.

Keeping Up With The Regulations: A top challenge for HR leaders

Employees are like snowflakes. No two are completely alike. Whether your company has two or 200, each employee comes with a unique set of circumstances that impact their paycheck and benefits.

Creating And Enforcing Expense Policies

Corporate travel and expense policies have long been a hot-button issue for HR departments. On one side are traveling employees, who want to be able to choose the airlines and hotel chains where they have high status, or select flights and lodgings that are more convenient for them.

Top Summer Legal Pitfalls For Employers: Hiring interns in California

Many employers can benefit from hiring interns in California. Interns can provide an affordable source of high-skilled labor and potential recruiting pipeline, among many other benefits. However, employers need to take great care not to violate the relevant state and federal laws pertaining to hiring interns. Below we discuss two of the most common questions, which is whether they are employees, and must they be paid.

How Do Popular Tech Jobs Compare?: Check out the top paying jobs in tech

Professionals in tech have a promising future. They can relax when it comes to the state of their jobs as the need for them will only grow with the evolution of technologies that integrate deeper into our lives. Tech professionals will become indispensable to business innovation, and with competent skills comes great salary.