The HR Tech Blog

Insights, Updates and Ideas for HR Today

Managing HR in the Construction and Real Estate Industry

Human Resources departments in the construction and real estate industries face specific challenges. Whether it’s extreme diversity and mobility of the workforce, high turnover rates, or managing employees on multiple locations and projects, these complications place increased demands on HR personnel. Why not streamline HR tasks by using a comprehensive electronic human resources management system (HRMS) along with add-on modules designed specifically for your type of business?

2016 ACA Reporting Deadlines for Employers

February and March will be here before you know it, bringing with them important deadlines for ACA reporting. Forms 1095-B and 1095-C are due by February 1, 2016. If you file paper forms, the deadline for Forms 1094-B and 1094-C is February 29. Filing electronically provides a larger window for compliance—that deadline is March 31. Now is the time to prepare.

New Release: Sage HRMS 2016

After much anticipation from the Sage community, Sage has released the latest version of Sage HRMS. In addition to incorporating many requests from Sage users, this version includes a beautiful new user interface design and other powerful features that improve its overall usability. Our development team is also releasing new versions of our add-on modules, such as Sage HRMS HR Actions, to create a seamless experience between the applications.

Your Company’s Life Cycle and Why You Should Care

Every living thing, from the simplest organism to human beings, has a life cycle. The pattern is familiar: moving from simple to more complex, from beginnings and rapid growth to maturity, decline, and death. Each stage requires specific types of nurture before moving to the next. You may not think of companies as having life cycles, but they do.

Product Release: Advanced Employer Match for Sage HRMS

We are excited to release our Advanced Employer Match (AEM) tool that provides Sage HRMS Payroll clients with a streamlined and efficient way to calculate and track their retirement savings and profit sharing employer match. While some companies use straightforward matching rules such as percentage of earnings or a flat dollar amount to determine the employer match amounts, many others have a unique combination of the two.

Selecting the Best Tool to Migrate from Abra Suite to Sage HRMS

Deciding what tool is right for your migration project – either the Automated SQL Migration for Abra Suite tool or the Upsize tool – depends on your needs. There are 6 decision points you can consider when selecting the best tool for migration.

9 Reasons to Move from FoxPro to SQL: Abra Suite to Sage HRMS

In the 1980’s, Sage Software (formerly known as Best Software) launched Abra Suite – an HRMS for small to midsize businesses based on FoxPro, a file-Server application that was introduced on the DOS operating system. Now, more than 30 years later, Abra Suite users have the opportunity to migrate to Sage HRMS – based on Microsoft SQL Server. Here are 9 reasons why this infrastructure upgrade alone, going from FoxPro to SQL Server, is worth putting on your technology roadmap.