The Boulder Housing Partners HR team was juggling a manual, paper based open-enrollment process and a glitchy, add-on service from their payroll provider for basic form completion before they decided to streamline their 50-page new hire paperwork packet into one system that could handle it all. After implementing WorkBright, they have gained back training time, eliminated the headache of open enrollment and received overwhelmingly positive responses from new employees! Click the image to the left or click here to view full screen. MORE >>

Employee Pay Docked for Bathroom Breaks—Cost to Employer: $1.75 Million           . In what was presumably meant to be a cost-cutting measure, a U.S. company with offices in several states required employees to punch out on the time clock to go to the bathroom or take other short personal breaks. The effort has clearly backfired, as a U.S. District court judge fined the company $1.75 million. The cost in lowered productivity due to poor morale, and added turnover rate, are immeasurable. Summary of the case. American Future Systems Inc., What HR managers should learn from the ruling      . MORE >>

The following is an excerpt from the full blog post written by David Secunda for Construction Informer. To read the full post, click here. . It’s no secret that the construction industry is facing a skilled worker shortage. The recent recession saw many construction workers leaving the industry, and now with the retirement of the baby boomers, finding quality, skilled workers is an up-hill battle for many human resources professionals in our industry. Most human resources executives in construction are over extended. Sometimes they even handle finance in addition to staffing and recruiting. MORE >>

March 2016 – WorkBright Wire. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Forward to a Friend. WorkBright Tips . Have Simple Forms Skip the Review Inbox! For some forms, it’s ideal that HR review each form as its submitted for accuracy and completion — forms like the I9, W4, and others can be easily misinterpreted by new employees and may need to be sent back to be recompleted. Others — like simple signature forms — leave very little to be reviewed. You can have those forms bypass the review inbox easily. Uncheck it. You’re done! What’s Next? MORE >>

February 2016 – WorkBright Wire. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Forward to a Friend. WorkBright Tips . Rehiring Staff and Archiving Seasons In WorkBright! . Did you know that you can easily rehire staff members from past seasons?  By using the “Seasons” functionality in WorkBright, you can archive an entire season of employees. This article will show you a step by step for archiving an old season, starting a new one, and inviting back the employees you’d like to return. Step 0: Double Check Your Form “Renewal Statuses”. Review and update if necessary.  . MORE >>