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The number of remote and hybrid work environments are growing due to COVID-19 and also in part to the digital transformation allowing flexibility. This has created a huge opportunity for business owners to hire talent from across the globe, defying the obstacles that occur with in-office positions, and redefining the workplace. With the expansion of locations for employees to conduct their work and ‘office’, there also comes new challenges regarding labor law compliance. Overtime, time off, meal breaks and rounding rules are just a few of the labor laws that businesses need to consider when hiring across state or even country borders. For example, Canada requires overtime to be paid at 1.5 times the standard pay, whereas, in Sweden, it is 1.5 to 2 times the standard pay. Leave policies have similar variations: Canada requires a minimum of 14 days leave entitlement for annually, but in the United Kingdom, the minimum leave requirement per year is 28 days. Staying on top of the issues presents challenges because they are fluid. 

DELAND, FL, September 20, 2021 – LightWork® Software announces its employee Performance Management, Recruitment and Onboarding HR solutions now integrate with MIP Fund Accounting. These additions offer robust solutions to enhance the functionality of this Community Brands’ business software for nonprofit organizations. LightWork turns the overwhelming task of managing employees into an indispensable business strategy with dynamic human resources management software tools. LightWork Performance Management also includes visual analytics providing stakeholders valuable intelligence for decision making. Recruitment and Onboarding, powered by iRecruit, provides a complete turnkey process for hiring new employees.

Organizations of all sizes face significant cultural difficulties when their workforce is touched by offensive or harassing behaviors. According to an article by NPR, a whopping 81 percent of women report they have been the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace and that number goes even higher to 90 percent when other reports of harassment involving race, religion, age and other forms of protected workplace harassment come into play. 

DELAND, FL, August 31, 2021 – LightWork® Software announces its employee Time collection solution now integrates with Acumatica Payroll. LightWork partnered with leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software provider, Acumatica, to offer a dynamic solution to enhance the functionality of its payroll module. LightWork turns the overwhelming task of managing employees into an indispensable business strategy with dynamic human resources management software tools. LightWork Time include analytics providing stakeholders valuable intelligence for decision.