Editor’s Note

You don’t realize it, but it’s highly likely that the next time you begin to evaluate a new vendor for HRIS, payroll, time and talent management software, you’ll probably run into the dilemma of trying to determine if you should take a unified or best-of-breed strategy.

 

Said in a different way, should your search for a vendor solution focus on just a single “unified” system or are you willing to source multiple vendors with “best-of-breed” approaches, knowing you will need to employ some sort of integration strategy between these solutions or be content with having siloed applications.

Check out this edition's cover article The HR And Payroll Software Dilemma, where Mike Maiorino will try to ease your unified or best-of-breed dilemma.

Probationary employee rights can be a confusing subject for most federal employees. The rights that these types of employees have can also be unclear or not fully explained by federal agencies to employees.

John V. Berry in his article, Federal Employee Probationary Employee Rights, discusses federal employee probationary rights. We hope it will clear your doubts with regards to the area of law for federal employees that may be in their probationary status.

Recently, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court (Lee), adopting a very broad view of the workers who will be deemed “employees” as opposed to “independent contractors” for purposes of claims alleging violations of California’s Wage Orders.

This is a surprising decision that magnifies the risk of classifying workers as independent contractors in California, and is likely to lead to increased claims (in an already litigious area) challenging such classifications in this state. This is particularly true because the court’s decision makes it easier for plaintiffs to succeed in getting a class certified in an independent contractor misclassification case.

Read Robin E. Largent's Independent Contractors: California Narrows Down The List, where he goes in-depth on the recent developments.

Also check out Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – V by Daniel Lacomis and an infographic - Today’s Workforce Expects Self-Service … Are You Delivering?, among other articles featured in this edition of HRIS and Payroll Excellence.

We hope the features will help you with your payroll and HRIS challenges.

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