Criterion Whitepapers

Is your organization struggling with change? Discover strategies to help you minimize and manage change resistance for smoother transitions in all areas.

Learning and development are key to retention and growth. Discover best practices to enhance organizational learning, plus insights for the future of L&D.

How long does orientation take? Discover the optimal length for new employee orientation to achieve the best results, plus tips for effective onboarding.

Discover 9 human capital management strategies to drive ROI for your business, improve performance and engagement, and put people at the center of operations.

What are mandatory payroll deductions? Which deductions aren’t required? Learn how to withhold common deductions from employee paychecks in full compliance.

Is your company losing revenue? Time theft may be the reason. Learn how time theft occurs at work and some crucial measures you can take to prevent it.

Should you use a fully insured or self-insured health plan? Learn the pros and cons of each type to choose the best method for your benefits packages.

Learn how to calculate human capital ROI, or HCROI, with examples. Learn why HCROI is essential for measuring the value of your workforce investments.

What is agile working? How do you implement agile work practices? Learn the definition and how agile working can deliver better results for your organization.

Job poaching can threaten your workforce. Learn how to improve employee retention and recruiting to prevent job poaching without taking legal action.

Explore how Criterion HCM can help your nonprofit streamline grant allocation, generate reports, ensure compliance, and improve efficiency across departments.

Learn how Sage Intacct integrates with Criterion HCM to solve complex payroll and accounting challenges for businesses across industries.

Looking for more information on affirmative action plans? This guide provides a comprehensive explanation of their purpose and how AAPs are implemented.

Understand labor laws that affect salaried employees in this guide. Learn the exemptions and requirements under FLSA for overtime pay, minimum wage, and more.

Avoid costly mistakes in your payroll process with this comprehensive guide. Learn about common payroll errors and how to prevent them.

Explore HR's role in DEIB for a fair, inclusive society. Discover why DEIB matters and learn effective strategies for improving DEIB in your organization.

Do you need to compensate employees for unused PTO? It varies by state. Find out yours in this complete reference for PTO Payout Laws by State for 2024.

Looking to hire the best construction talent? Discover 8 construction recruitment strategies to help you attract and retain top performers in the industry.

Communication is essential to effective work and collaboration among team members. Here’s how to improve all four communication types in your workplace.

Learn the obstacles to productivity in hybrid or remote work and tips to improve your processes to help your employees be more productive, anywhere.

See how Criterion’s integration with Acumatica enhances the power of your ERP for streamlined payroll calculation, general ledger updates, and reporting.

Learn why promoting internal mobility is key to retaining your best employees and how you can make internal mobility possible within your organization.

Learn about the different pre-employment background check types, what information they provide about applicants, and how to use them for smarter hiring.

Learn how Criterion HCM integrates with Microsoft Dynamics to streamline data syncing across platforms with improved labor cost allocation, reporting, and more.

Are your retail employees exempt from overtime? Learn about FLSA section 7(i) and how to calculate payroll and overtime pay in compliance with the law.

Learn how your company can use phone screening interviews to find better candidates faster — plus a list of phone screening questions to get started.

Learn how a collective bargaining agreement or CBA can affect your payroll process for union employees and employers, plus how to manage those changes.

Learn 9 creative employee onboarding ideas to set your team up for success and improve retention and engagement — plus 3 onboarding ideas to avoid.

Learn how Criterion HCM integrates with Unanet ERP to bring government contractors enhanced functionality, with time tracking, info sync, and more.

Learn the best HR metrics for your company to track in 2024, plus examples of what better data might reveal about your employees and people processes.

If you’re a Procore user, you know the power of the construction software’s project management, workforce planning, and design features. Construction teams of virtually any size can use Procore to manage their projects and teams with an incredible user interface. What if there was a way to make payroll this simple too?

Learn how to calculate payroll for union employees, with information about union regulations, and tips to help employers and HR professionals remain compliant.

How do people experience your workplace culture? Learn how to develop a strong company culture with values that serve employees, managers, and customers alike.

Learn how to create effective career frameworks that help you engage and retain talent and create a more equitable work culture for your employees.

Learn how rewards and recognition can motivate and engage your employees to do better work. Incentivize your employees above and beyond their base compensation.

Learn about procedures involved in document control: a system for creating, publishing, providing access, and making changes to an organization’s documents.

Engage your employees with 9 strategies based on Kahn’s employee engagement theory. Learn how engagement can grow your business by improving company culture.

Learn why position management is an essential human resources strategy and the 11 best practices to make position management work for your organization.

This ebook explores what it means to integrate your HCM and ERP, walks through the benefits, shares success stories and helps you decide whether you’re ready, regardless of your company size or current HCM-ERP setup.

The widespread shift to remote and hybrid work is forcing HR leaders to rethink not just workplace culture and performance management, but also how to manage employees across many locations. Expanding your workforce across state lines is complicated by the tax and labor laws present in each state.

Maintaining core HR processes in a hybrid workplace demands a powerful cloud solution and employee management practices that are customized for your workforce.

Successful HCM and ERP integration goes beyond simply maintaining employee data to strategic management of a productive, distributed workforce.

Today’s human capital management (HCM) software delivers a host of competitive advantages you’re probably familiar with-faster and less labor-intensive talent management processes, streamlined workflows, improved communication, fewer data errors, and enhanced legal compliance.

An effective HRIS is valuable always, but never more than during an emergency. Let’s dig into the six ways a good HRIS helps HR teams handle emergencies more effectively.