Onboarding and Anti-Discrimination Policies

In early 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court made a couple of decisions that impact the risks employers face if they are perceived to be retaliating against employees who complain of discrimination. The Court found that retaliation constitutes unlawful discrimination in its own right and is therefore prohibited under the Civil Rights Act. The Court also …

The High Cost of Inadequate Acculturation Onboarding

Regular readers of my blog know that I talk a lot about the costs associated with getting transactional onboarding wrong. With the acculturation (training and socialization) side, it’s a little harder to pin down specific numbers. However, there is one eye-opening study from 2008 that puts the cost to U.S. and U.K. companies at $37 billion …

Cloud Computing for Onboarding

This week, our announcement about the Emerald Software cloud computing option for onboarding hit PRWeb. Our Universal Onboarding solution is the first in the industry to make the benefits of a cloud platform available to clients. The Software as a Service delivery to the end user is still the same - the onboarding module is …

Form W-11 Added To Our Onboarding Library

Whether or not you are a particularly competitive person, you have to admit that sometimes it just feels good to say “I’m first!” At Emerald Software, we are seriously competitive (that’s why we offer THE Best of Breed product in onboarding solutions). It won’t surprise you then that we are the first vendor in the industry …

Save Time & Money On New Hire Reporting

New hire reporting is a requirement that is easy to overlook when you are constantly onboarding new employees. After all, it’s not like an I9 that has to be completed in the first 3 days. With new hire reporting, you may have up to 20 days to send information to the state child support enforcement …

Onboarding Acquired Employees

Critical Forms When you're onboarding employees acquired in a merger, buyout, or restructuring, getting all the data from that workforce transferred into your existing HRIS database is a challenge. However, if there are hundreds or thousands of employees, having them all fill out new paperwork may be simply not feasible. Giving employees a chance to …

Onboarding Employees and Single Sign-On

One of the intangible items your employees need on (or before) their first day of work is a user name/password combination. This is required for signing into the onboarding module to fill out all their forms for HR. They may also need secure access to your intranet and a variety of other programs to perform …

When Does Onboarding Begin and End?

It's a surprisingly tricky question. Does onboarding start with a job offer letter or earlier, such as during the application phase? Is it finished once the new hire is done with all the HR paperwork? Or, is the process complete after training and orientation when the employee is really pulling his/her own weight? The difficulty of …

Employee Uniforms and Onboarding

In many service industry jobs, a specific dress code is a standard requirement for employees. You can require a specific code of dress, such as a white shirt and black slacks. As long as the garments you require could still be worn as street clothes, employees can be required to provide these items on their own …

Timing Matters – Drug Testing During Onboarding

Drug testing is a common part of the pre-employment screening process for many companies. Often, this step is reserved for the final handful of applicants who are being seriously considered for a position. This cuts down on the costs involved and makes administration simpler. Private employers have a fair amount of freedom when it comes …