Editor’s Note

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While the word “compliance” isn’t specifically in “Human Resources,” anyone with their PHR or SPHR will tell you that it’s a massive part of the job. Compliance issues make up a large chunk of most of the HR function and can impact everything from recruiting to outplacement. 

It can be difficult for HR Leaders to stay up-to-date and prioritize the issues and changes they should pay attention to. And, not understanding compliance obligations is not a legal defense. 

Featured on the cover is Rachel Sobel's 5 Compliance Issues Every HR Leader Should Know that will help you in understanding what you should know about compliance issues today.

On-demand, daily pay apps, also known as “instant pay” or “earned wage access” are the outgrowth of two fundamental truths: (1) millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck; and (2) employees perform their actual work and earn their actual wages up to two weeks before they receive their paychecks.

Instant pay apps offer to bridge the gap between when one’s expenses come due and one’s paycheck issues, by allowing employees to withdraw the wages they have already earned for work performed in a pay period, before the regular pay date. Learn more about this in Tyler Bernstein's Pay Day, Every Day?

Moving on, there is John Crowley's article that tries to answer the question, Are HR Spreadsheets Stunting Business Growth?

Also read, What If An Employee Is Terminated Close To Receiving Equity Compensation? by Robert A. Fisher, James M. Hlawek and Michael E. Steinberg, and What Does The Pennsylvania's New Law On Minimum Wage And Overtime Exemption Regulations Mean? by Adam R. Long, 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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