by Matthew Kaiser | August 16, 2013 | Health Reform / ACA, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
“. . . just because you have implemented technology, it does not mean you are set for compliance.” With the delay of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibilities and obligations, it is easy to push aside your compliance strategy...
by Matthew Kaiser | August 13, 2013 | Demos, Lockton HR Technology, Vendors
At our team meeting Friday, Maureen held our attention as she told of her week’s most uncomfortable moment. It was one of those awkward, feeling-bad-for-the-vendor events that we couldn’t hear enough about. Now, Maureen is not some shrinking violet here. She’s a...
by Matthew Kaiser | August 8, 2013 | Benefits Administration, HR-Payroll, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
As mentioned in the previous post, there are many ways to define HRIS. So here we go, here are the eight types of systems we look at as a team and we’ll be talking about in this blog. Payroll (the easy one): can someone get paid? – This can include Tax...
by Matthew Kaiser | August 6, 2013 | Benefits Administration, HR-Payroll, Lockton HR Technology, Lockton HR Technology General
When I started this HR Technology consulting practice within Lockton in early 2008, I knew we’d start out focusing on Benefits Administration. After all, around the nation employers were looking to their brokers to help them handle their skyrocketing healthcare costs...
by Matthew Kaiser | August 1, 2013 | Lockton HR Tech Practice, Lockton HR Technology
If you were to visit Lockton’s corporate offices in Kansas City, Missouri, you’d find a section on the 6th floor that barricades our team away from the normal non-geekified corporate citizens of Lockton. While several members of our team are scattered around the...
by Matthew Kaiser | July 30, 2013 | Lockton HR Tech Practice, Lockton HR Technology
When meeting people for the first time, I typically say I’m an HR Technologist. Of course, that is usually followed by some very odd looks as people mentally chew through what that might mean and if I’m pulling their legs. (After all, HR and consulting jobs...
