THE BALANCING ACT HR MUST MASTER: COMPENSATION AND COMPLIANCE.

This topic is intended to introduce and suggest solutions for the many payroll compliance issues faced by domestic and foreign employers of expats and inpats. This information will help you to identify potential opportunities and risks, and apply these to their unique expat/inpat situations. The topic will also cover federal income tax, social security tax and state tax considerations.

Gallup has found that our most crucial decision to make as talent leaders is who we recruit, or promote, into manager roles. But here’s the problem – we fail to choose the right candidates 82% of the time. So how can we set up our managers for success in their roles? Join Blueboard, Reflektive and a group of HR leaders (from Wheelhouse, LiveRamp, OnDeck, and Prezi) for a roundtable discussion around the impact that positive manager-to-employee relationships can have on your engagement scores.

Gain an understanding of how to stay compliant with the proper contracting processes to avoid potential pitfalls. Employers are increasingly relying on employment contracts to attract and retain top talent and protect their interests and intellectual property, such as proprietary information and other confidential data. At the same time, the legal landscape is in a constant state of motion as the law continues to evolve on a wide range of employment issues such as the enforceability of restrictive covenants, executive compensation, and classification of workers as exempt versus non-exempt or employees versus contractors.

In recent years, talent acquisition has changed its course. For recruiters, to be up to the challenge for searching and locating top talent, it is important to keep up on trends. First and foremost, it is a candidate’s market right now. Unemployment is low. According to McKinsey’s 2015 Global Growth Model study, there were 3x as many workers as retirees from 2005-2015 and by 2025, it will be a ratio of 1:1.