Editor’s note

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued the final version of the much-anticipated new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations regarding the salary threshold for exempt employees. The clock is ticking, as employers have only 200 days to comply with the new regulations. Given the DOL’s concerted efforts to increase overtime eligibility, it should come as no surprise that enforcement efforts will follow shortly.

Big Data And Compliance Risks: Understanding; the riskiest part of company culture

Big data applied in HR scenarios opens up a field of possibilities for predictive recruitment, enabling companies to recruit the skills required to reach their goals. Beyond just great opportunities for controlling resources, predictive analysis can have a real financial impact on elements such as training and reducing compliance risk, due to the optimization of HR processes.

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Cloud HR Software: How SMEs can benefit from this unstoppable technology

Cloud technology has come a long way from being viewed with skepticism to being accepted as a mainstream organization feature. The idea of accessing data, files and critical information from anywhere, anytime has caught the fancy of one and all. The numbers also support this positive trend. The adoption of SaaS (software-as-a-service) based tools rose from 13% in 2011 to 74% in 2014 (“Future of Cloud Computing Survey, 2014), a huge jump in 3 years that proves how popular cloud based software and apps have become with the corporate crowd.

5 Ways To Fight Payroll Fraud: Protecting your organization from this crime

One effective way to mitigate the risk of payroll fraud in your business is to assign responsibility for different payroll duties to different people. For example, different staff members should ideally be responsible for capturing payroll data; for adding and removing employees; and for verifying the pay run and signing off the payroll. This gives you a clear audit trail, ensures a clear line of accountability, and puts strong checks and balances in place.

HRIS And Employee Retention: 5 ways HRIS can lead to greater employee retention

Employee retention is a major worry for business leadership in 2016. It costs much more to hire, train, and properly onboard a new employee rather than keeping an ‘old’ employee happy. Companies institute a number of policies and awards to improve employee satisfaction – things like raises, outings, parties, recognition, and yes, even perks like kegs on site. What if I told you that the human resources information system your company uses could also affect employee retention?

Salary Threshold For Exempt Employees: Understanding the new overtime regulations

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued the final version of the much-anticipated new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations regarding the salary threshold for exempt employees. The following provides employers with insight into how to understand, and ultimately apply, the new regulations, which will affect employers of all sizes in all industries across the country.

The 5 Worst Conversations DMS Prevents: HR managers would be otherwise forced to play intermediary

If you’re similar to most employees in the workforce, there are likely people with whom you have trouble working. Although the traits of workers are as deeply embedded in their personalities as they are capable of causing employee infighting and lowered morale, many disagreements arising in the workplace stem from a far more surmountable issue: The communication barriers imposed by outdated or inefficient technology. Document management software (DMS) prevents the following 5 worst conversations in which HR managers would otherwise be forced to play intermediary.

Implementing EEOC Protections For LGBT Workers: Ensuring EEOC compliance

Recent debates in Mississippi and North Carolina have raised many questions about how to protect the specific legal rights of the LGBT community. As a business owner, one of the most important steps you can take is to look closely at your current anti-discrimination policies and make sure they comply with current EEOC interpretations of Title VII. Here’s what you need to know.

Hypothetical Tax: A consistent method to deal with differences in tax rates

As discussed in this article, income taxation is an issue for both employers and employees when a worker is sent on a foreign assignment. There are strategies to deal with imbalances in tax rates between the home country and the host country, including tax equalization and calculation of a hypothetical tax. These measures can protect the employee from overpaying tax while on assignment, and give the employer a consistent method to deal with differences in tax rates.