General HR

Background Screening Expert Jason B. Morris Presents Roadmap to Legal Landscape at Florida State HR Conference in Orlando on August 27

By HR Vendor News | August 23, 2012

EmployeeScreenIQ (www.employeescreen.com) president and chief operating officer, Jason B. Morris will present, “An Expert’s Guide to Navigating the Minefield of Recruiting and Employment Screening Laws,” at the 2012 Florida State HR Conference and Expo in Orlando, FL on Monday, August 27, 2012. The HR community will learn how these laws affect their use of background…

Manufacturing & Distribution Employers Scramble to Find Relief on Prescription Costs

By HR Vendor News | August 23, 2012

Kansas City, Kan.— According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Americans filled more than 3.7 billion prescriptions in 2010. Because the rate at which individuals developing chronic health conditions continues to increase, the expected decline in drug costs comes as little comfort to manufacturing and distribution employers who are largely footing the bill, as an overwhelming…

TALX Expert to Share Best Practices for Ensuring I-9 Compliance

By HR Vendor News | August 21, 2012

ST. LOUIS — WHO: Gordon Middleton, legal compliance specialist for TALX, provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions. WHAT: Will present a session at the 2012 HR Florida Conference & Expo titled “Automating I-9 Processes: Best Practices for Ensuring Compliance.” WHEN: The conference will be held from Monday, August 27, 2012 — Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Middleton…

SCI Companies Announces Open Architecture 401(k) Solutions for 2012 and Beyond

By HR Vendor News | August 21, 2012

Atlanta, GA — August 21, 2012 — SCI Companies today announced significant enhancements to its 401(k) solutions, in an effort to increase participation rates among its clients and their employees. The move is intended to overcome the many objections employees have toward participating in their retirement plan. SCI Companies delivers outsourced HR solutions to small…

IHRIM Unveils New Website

By HR Vendor News | August 21, 2012

The International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), the world’s leading clearinghouse for the HRIM (Human Resource Information Management) industry, announced the launch of their newly redesigned website. Through an improved layout and enhanced features, the new IHRIM website offers HR information management professionals extensive information about the association; access to a canon of…

iCIMS to Host 2012 Customer Advisory Council

By HR Vendor News | August 21, 2012

MATAWAN, N.J. (August 21, 2012) — iCIMS, a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition software solutions for growing businesses, today announced that the company’s 9th annual Customer Advisory Council (CAC) will bring together a select group of customers to generate feedback pertaining to the company and its products. The event will take place from…

Medical Insurance Costs Continue Trending Upward for Insurance Employers

By HR Vendor News | August 21, 2012

Kansas City, Kan.— It’s no surprise that with a looming nursing shortage, obesity at epidemic levels and baby boomers entering their golden years that there isn’t any foreseeable end in sight to the rising cost of healthcare. In fact, the 2012 Compensation Data Insurance survey results reported the average annual cost of insurance per employee…

ARAG's Legal Woes Study Shows Legal Life Events Are on The Rise

By HR Vendor News | August 21, 2012

Three out of Four People Deal with Family, Financial, Home and Auto Legal Issues Des Moines, IA (August 21, 2012) — A new ARAG® study reports that family, financial, home and auto-related legal issues are on the rise. Three out of four people — more than 74 percent — experienced at least one legal life…

TALX Partners with PetroED to Deliver Verified Exams for Oil and Natural Gas Industry

By HR Vendor News | August 20, 2012

Carmel, IN and Houston, TX – TALX, provider of Equifax Workforce Solutions, today announced that assessment division, pan, has partnered with the world’s leading petroleum industry eLearning provider, PetroED, to offer validated eLearning assessment services via pan‘s network of more than 600 North American proctored testing center locations. As eLearning-based oil and natural gas certification…

GreenJobInterview to Host Panel Discussing Recent Survey Insights of Video Interview Usage

By HR Vendor News | August 20, 2012

COSTA MESA, Calif., August 20, 2012 — GreenJobInterview will host a webinar based on the findings of its recent survey on video interviewing. “A Look at Video Interviewing Trends Today” will take place on August 30 at 10:00-11:00 a.m. PDT. HRmarketer Services Group, on behalf of GreenJobInterview, surveyed U.S.-based organizations in July 2012 to uncover…