Recently, I read Investing In Workforce Management Tech Is Not Just Smart. You Get An $8 Return Per $1 Invested by Ramon Ray.  The article highlighted a Nucleus Research study that suggested an average company investing in a workforce management system – time and attendance, scheduling, hr, payroll technology solutions creating process workflow efficiencies via automation and data [...]

Non-profit organizations are pretty use to stretching their resources beyond their current means.  Given the state of the current economy, even their for-profit counterparts are scrambling for innovative ways to extend their resources.
For non-profits, it may seem like the price of doing non-profit work.  Regardless, of your opinion on that statement it’s safe to say [...]

Recently, I read a Corporate Report Wisconsin article by Teri Bruns, Technology Perception Yields Business Enlightenment.  Bruns talks about her 2012 transformative predictions brought on by technology.
What stood out to me were her thoughts on technology in 2012.  Specifically, Bruns spoke of technology moving to more of a “strategic offensive weapon” vs. being an “organizational [...]

With continued tough economic times many businesses are simply thankful that they’re managing in our current market conditions.
As a CFO you might be grateful that you’ve been able to maintain your staff this year and haven’t had to downsize or make any dramatic changes to your workforce.
If you’re like many businesses, you’re thankful for the [...]

So yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, and while I’m personally not Irish, on St. Patrick’s Day I try to take part in my family’s annual tradition of wearing green, eating Lucky Charms cereal for breakfast (don’t forget to put some green food coloring in the milk to make it extra Irish) and eating our annual [...]

So you run a business with multiple employees in multiple departments in your office location and some remote employees across the country.  Each of those employees earns a wage for the hours they work each day.  The reason your workforce is your largest expense is because people have their own mind.  They are influenced by [...]

Well, I have to write a little bit about our own NFL team.  Being a Wisconsin-based company, Galaxy Technologies takes some pride in our Green Bay Packers winning last weekend’s Super Bowl against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In fact, I thought it was timely to illustrate my analogy of how a good workforce management system is like a [...]

In the spirit of New Years it’s time to look forward toward business in 2011, and you might be a bit behind if you haven’t already begun this process by this point in 2010.  Regardless, for those of you whose responsibility it is to manage your company’s workforce, this list is for you.
It’s important to get [...]

If you’re like me, you likely ate too much food at Thanksgiving dinner recently.  As I try to recoup and consider diets based on my recent Thanksgiving binge, the festival of food serves as a reminder of the, now present (no pun intended), holiday shopping season.  With all the after Thanksgiving shopping deals I can’t [...]

Here’s an interesting article from HRTools.com about compensatory time.
The article talks about the legality of compensatory time—instead of offering employees overtime pay, offering time off for overtime hours worked.  In many cases such a practice is illegal.
Whether or not your company uses a legal alternative to compensatory time or simply pays out overtime for hours [...]