Benchmark Search Group

Benchmark Search Group | September 30, 2016

MetricNet's Service Center Benchmark for Human Resources addresses the unique challenges faced by HR call center professionals. These include the ever present need to protect sensitive employee information, high call volumes with a wide variety of individualized inquiries, LOA requests that can be complex and time-consuming to process, comp and benefits calls that are often urgent, and new hires spread over a wide geographic area," said Jeff Rumburg, Managing Partner of MetricNet. "...

Benchmark Search Group | October 21, 2015

Bloomberg BNA today released its HR Department Benchmarks and Analysis 2015-2016 report, the most in-depth source for research and analysis on HR department responsibilities, staffing, expenditures and budgets, influence, priorities and strategic planning. This report, which has been issued annually for over three decades, is a vital source for human resources executives at organizations of all types and sizes, providing benchmarking data and insights required to plan for the future and manage t...

HR Dive | January 14, 2020

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has limited joint employer liability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in final regulations published Jan. 12. The rule, slated to be published in the Federal Register Jan. 16, spells out the circumstances under which more than one business can be held liable for FLSA violations. It largely adopts the "four-factor balancing test" from DOL's proposed version of the rule while also clarifying that an employee's "economic dependence&...

LinkedIn | January 14, 2020

Various midsize metropolitan areas around the country sport hiring rates well above the national average due to a focus on "a single home-grown industry so robust it can be an enduring job magnet, all by itself," according to a Jan. 9 LinkedIn report. Healthcare dominates many, responsible for hiring growth in Kalamazoo, Michigan; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Boston; Cincinnati, Ohio; and both Allentown and Erie, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, Fayetteville, Arkansas, relies on retail for ...