HR Technology
What’s the Color of Your Private Exchange?
Posted on behalf of Mike Smith, Director of Exchange Solutions, Lockton Benefit Group Last Thursday night, my wife asked me a pretty random question. "Hey Smitty (my nickname is so ingrained, even my wife calls me Smitty...), what color is this dress?" I glanced over...
Position Control 101
Imagine you are headed to a baseball game on a warm, sunny spring day. You approach your city’s stadium with your ticket in hand, showing exactly what section and seat you’ve purchased. You have no trouble entering the stadium and finding your particular seat. You...
Tips for Purchasing New Technology
If your company is in need of new technology for HR, payroll, benefits administration, or time and attendance tracking, you'll want to check out the newest whitepaper from Lockton Benefit Group's HR Technology and Outsourcing Practice. Here's a sneak peak! Purchasing...
IRS Releases Final ACA Reporting Forms
A lot has been going on the past few weeks: the Anthem data breach followed by the phishing scam of those same victims and then the IRS delivered the final instructions for ACA reporting forms. If you weren’t aware of the employer requirements for the Affordable Care...
And Another Data Breach
Health Insurer Anthem Reports Massive Data Breach The nation's second largest health insurers, Anthem Inc., is the lastest to fall victim to hackers. Anthem reports that as many as 80 million current and former customers have had their account information stolen in a...
How the Future of HR Technology Buying is Changing
Last week, our team had the opportunity to gather together during our semi-annual confab. It was a long, but fun and educational week. In between our BBQ binges and Whirly Ball tournaments we had the opportunity to discuss some of the HR Technology trends and vendors...
6 Keys to Preventing or Resolving Implementation Drama
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Recently, my team has been brought in on a few implementations that haven’t gone quite as expected. I understand that sometimes you might do everything right leading up to the implementation and still have some issues...
What’s Ahead?
Wow, we are already a week into 2015 and I still don’t have a hover board! In all seriousness, I think 2015 will be a big year for technology advances. Since there are way too many areas of technology trends to discuss on this blog, I’ll focus on my favorite area…you...
Lockton Spreading Holiday Cheer
I have to say, there are many reasons I love working at Lockton. Though hands down my favorite part is the people! There are so many great people working at Lockton. If you don’t believe me, take a look at this year’s collection pile for the Salvation Army’s Angel...
NexGen Cloud Conference Recap (Part 2)
In case you missed the first part of Brad’s conference recap from the NexGen Cloud Conference he attended, you can read it here. As promised, here is the rest of the recap. (And yes, it is just as geeky as the first installment.) What if, as humans, we could process...
NexGen Cloud Conference Recap (Part 1)
A few weeks ago, one of my teammates Brad had the opportunity to go to the NexGen Cloud Conference in San Diego. (I know what you might be thinking, just stay with me for a second; this isn't going to get too geeky.) Here is his quick unpacking of some of the...
Extra Payroll Deduction for 2015
Raise of hands: Who knew that 2015 has a possible 53 payroll deductions (if an employer pays weekly)? Since January 1, 2016 falls on a Friday, the pay cycle is pushed back to December 31, 2015, resulting in the possibility of 53 weekly deductions. This rare event...
OSHA Implementing New Rules for Reporting Workplace Death
I am a part of a group within Lockton that is currently studying for the SPHR/PHR certifications. Last week in our study session, we talked about OSHA, and as luck would have it, I also came across the following update to some of their workplace rules. First of all,...
5 Take Aways From This Year’s OE
5 things to take away from this year’s Open Enrollment Open Enrollment for most employers has wrapped up, or is close to being over for the year. We compiled a list of a few things that we came across and hope you can remember to make next year’s OE even smoother than...
HR Technology Success Secret: Good Testing
HR Technology Success Secret: Good Testing. Here’s three keys: Pat, one of our project managers, recently sent in this “War Room” photo to our team to celebrate the crucial state of parallel testing. This is a stage where the implementation has been theoretically...