Chuck Ros

Just as labor laws are constantly changing, technology is also evolving at an increasingly rapid pace. These factors coupled with variances between federal and state law are a frequent cause of HR compliance confusion. One area where regulations are currently in flux due to changes in information technology is the Wage & Hour sector.

Throughout the enterprise software sphere, various aspects of business from customer service to procurement are being shifted to cloud platforms. Human Capital Management is among the processes once supported by traditional on-site infrastructure that is making a rapid transition to the cloud.

With every employee, there comes a point when they are no longer a "new hire". For some organizations, this transition is perceived as happening once the worker has completed a standard probationary period. However, simply retaining an employee past that 30, 60, or 90 day milestone doesn't mean the integration process has necessarily been successfully completed. How can HR and management determine that onboarding is really finished and the new hire has become a full fledged employee?

As an HR manager or director, you are in the ideal position to evaluate ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency in your department. This type of upgrade can seem like a no-brainer because the shortcomings of your existing paper-based system are very apparent from your perspective. Universal Onboarding is a smart choice and it saves the company time and money.

With the U.S. juggling an economic crisis, military actions abroad, and healthcare reform, immigration issues have taken a back seat for the last year or so. This means e-Verify legislation, long a center of discussion and controversy, has not been receiving as much attention lately. However, as employment and immigration begin to take center stage in the national discourse again, worker authorization verification will once again be a hot topic.

The transactional side of onboarding including form completion and provisioning is only part of the picture when it comes to an employee's first day of work. This is the time when new hires form their initial impression about their employer's corporate culture. Creating an atmosphere that encourages integration is yet another area of onboarding that requires a joint effort.

In part 3 of our series of articles entitled "Easy Mondays", we continue to explore the business processes that ensure an employee's productivity on their first day. In this installment, we discuss the hallmarks of a good employee materials requisitioning system.

How can HR professionals ensure an "Easy Monday" for their new employees? In this, the second installment in our Easy Mondays series, we explore the use of a transactional onboarding system to help ensure a great first day experience for new employees.

In this, the first of a new series of articles on new employee onboarding, we discuss how to ensure 'Easy Mondays', a great first-day experience for new employees.

We interview Scott Williams, founder of The Stonehaven Group and former VP of HR for Coca-Cola, about the state of the industry and the future of HR.