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For a parking garage company that primarily employs hourly field workers without computer access, Paycom’s self-service tool is critical for clocking in and out, updating information and accessing training courses via mobile device.

In a December 2023 updated report, Ernst & Young (EY) found the average cost per manual data entry made by an HR professional increased to $4.78. Read about EY’s latest findings for more information.   You know the drill: Employee completes and submits timecard. Employer collects timecards. Employer verifies timecards. Simple, right? Yes. But also […]

According to a 2016 Society for Human Resource Management report, 84% of employers see a shortage in skilled applicants, while 68% experience difficulty filling jobs. In today’s war for talent, the challenge to find qualified candidates continues to grow, as does the skills gap. For an HR Break Room episode on how hiring is changing in […]

Alongside food and shelter, a sense of belonging is another basic human need, according to Psychology Today. With the average American spending 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime, per Business Insider, that need is sought within the workplace, as well as outside it. Developing relationships between co-workers through shared common interests can drive engagement […]

On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its proposed rule to increase the standard salary threshold under the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA). See this post for updated information. If finalized, the proposed change to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) salary level (to $679 weekly, or $35,308 per year) would make […]

TalentCulture's Meghan M. Biro returns to the HR Break Room to discuss the importance of building a strong relationship between HR and top performers.

On Sept. 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule that boosts the salary threshold at which workers are eligible to receive overtime, making a major change to employee exemption criteria under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This extends overtime protections to more than a million currently exempt workers making […]

With graduation approaching for most high school seniors, members of this class are itching to move on to the next phase of their lives. Often, this manifests itself as a lack of motivation, fondly known as “senioritis.” When seniors feel it, they may not be as committed to completing schoolwork – or may perhaps ignore […]

Michael Gale, author of The Digital Helix: Transforming Your Organization’s DNA to Thrive in the Digital Age and host of Forbes Insights' Future in Focus podcast, joins HR Break Room to discuss the role HR plays in digitally transforming the workplace.

The field and function of HR is undergoing a digital transformation. Employee self-service is one critical technology option changing the workplace – one that HR can leverage to be even more strategic while further empowering its workforce. According to Sierra-Cedar HR Systems 2018-2019 Survey, 78% of respondents currently use self-service applications in their organizations. That […]

If 80% of your employees were willing to leave your company for just one thing, you’d want to know what it is, right? Even more, you’d want to know what you can do about it, too. I’ll cut to the chase. That one thing? It’s development. According to the ExecuSearch staffing agency, more than four-fifths […]

Fresh from college, members of the class of 2019 are ready to make a difference, walking off the graduation stage and hitting the real world. Or is the real world hitting them? Research suggests it might be a little of both. According to CareerBuilder, about 80% of employers are looking to hire recent college graduates. […]