HR Competencies: 8 Key Behaviors You Should Be Measuring
The HR Competencies are crucial to master as a human resources professional. Your knowledge, abilities, and behavior are vital for your organization’s success. Consequently, it’s important that you fully understand the specific competency models that define effective performance in your job. The purpose of this guide is to explain the primary actions you need to […]
Pay Transparency: What It Is & 6 Strategies to Help HR Teams Foster It
About 94% of HR professionals believe pay transparency is important but less than 50% of them say their companies practice it. But what exactly is pay transparency? How many levels of pay transparency exist? How can HR professionals embrace the philosophy of pay transparency? Dive right in to understand. What is Pay Transparency? When an […]
Improve Employee Experience With These 9 Tips from VirgilHR
Hiring, training, and retaining top talent demands mountains of time and effort. But what happens when an organization fails to offer a good employee experience? They simply risk losing their investments. An employee will naturally leave their current organization for greener pastures if they don’t feel valued. Those who do choose to stay in poor […]
5 Worker Classification Best Practices
Worker classification, in essence, is a form of legal determination that involves establishing which category a worker falls in. Two factors that impact worker classification include the type of work a worker does and how they do it. Organizations can classify workers as either: A compliant worker classification audit helps organizations arrive at how different […]
Open Enrollment – HR’s Role & 5 Easy Ways to Stay Compliant
Open enrollment is an important time of the year for employees, HR professionals, and the overall organization. It’s also a time when companies must put their best compliance foot forward. From HSA contribution limits to ACA affordability, there are several guidelines HR professionals must follow to avoid any instances of noncompliance. This article walks HR […]
What VirgilHR Can Do That ChatGPT/AI Can’t
ChatGPT is one of the fastest-growing AI platforms globally. The platform had over 1.76 billion visits by the end of April 2023, a few months after launch, making it one of the most visited online platforms globally. ChatGPT has a significant impact on HR teams. AI is a hot topic in HR, with many teams […]
Misclassification & Wage Theft
Misclassification and wage theft are significant issues affecting most organizations, HR teams, and employees. 10% to 30% of U.S. employers are misclassifying workers, resulting in billions in lost taxes for the authorities, as well as wages & benefits for employees. Governments and authorities are raining hard on non-compliant companies, fining them hefty penalties and, in […]
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 […]