6 Benefits of Having an Employee Handbook
An employee handbook is an important tool that helps give your organization a robust workforce structure. Employee handbooks describe critical things about the organization, such as company culture, mission, vision, and company policies. Without a well-written and structured employee handbook, most of these things would be improperly defined, leading to several challenges for your HR […]
The Impact of AI in HR – Top 3 Compliance Issues
AI is becoming a powerful tool for HR teams. 79% of companies are using some form of AI in recruitment or hiring, marking a significant leap in how HR teams acquire talent. AI is finding use in organizations as an HR tool for skill gap analysis, learning and training, and automating administrative tasks. However, as […]
6 Ways the Shifting Legal Landscape Is Impacting the Recruitment Game
Human resource professionals must pay careful attention to adjustments in recruitment laws and processes that impact their hiring procedures, ranging from pay transparency regulations to DEI practices and marijuana testing changes. They must also understand how other organizations implement new recruiting practices to attract top-tier talent. Here are a few ways that recruitment is changing […]
VirgilHR: Empowering HR Professionals with the Ultimate Compliance Solutions
HR departments must comply with countless laws and regulations surrounding workplace and employment practices. Noncompliance with these laws can cause serious reputational, financial, and legal damages. With so many employment and labor laws to track and serious complications attached to every case of non-compliance, how can HR teams ensure their companies remain compliant every single […]
The Tech Industry – 5 Toughest Compliance Challenges for Human Resources
There’s no doubt that tech plays a huge role in our economy. According to recent statistics, the tech industry contributes between 9 and 10% of the U.S. annual GDP. Companies vary in size from massive organizations, like Google, to tiny startups run by just a handful of people. However, each company faces its challenges, particularly […]
The Gig Economy: 6 Vital Challenges HR Faces
The nature of the workforce is changing globally, with the rise of the gig economy. 16.4% of the American workforce comprises gig workers, with 30% of young adults aged 18-29 making up the demographic. Gig workers differ from full-time employees since they typically work via short-term contracts with non-traditional employer-employee arrangements. This presents a new […]
COVID’s Profound Impact on Labor Law: Moving Ahead or Stuck in the Past?
On May 11, 2023, the CDC ended its federal public health emergency for COVID-19. After three years of tremendous upset among employers, workers, students, and children, the nation emerged from the disaster with a solid roadmap for handling future pandemics. Of the multiple areas that COVID-19 altered, one of the most significant was labor law. […]
5 Ways to Simplify Your HR Compliance
Regardless of where they are based, all institutions have a certain set of employment rules, laws, and regulations they must adhere to. HR Compliance is the businesses’ commitment to these very laws. They govern a company’s policies, systems, and documentation. The inability to abide by employment laws can lead companies to several legal quicksands – […]
How to Solve the Top 6 Employment and Labor Law Pain Points
The need to comply with thousands of ever-evolving federal, state, and local employment and labor laws brings several challenges to the company’s threshold. As a result, employers end up spending excessive time and money to track the current compliance requirements and (sometimes) get exposed to high levels of risk and liability – ultimately leading to […]
An HR Manager’s Guide to Navigate Employment & Labor Law
Governing work hours, benefits, compensation, time off, and other areas of employment laws at federal, state, and local levels demand in-depth knowledge of changes that affect these laws. When small differences emerging out of laws that change from year to year are neglected, that is when massive HR policy blunders take form. This, in turn, […]