Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Human Resource Management Information Sources


The small company accountant often ends up keeping the “official personnel folders” for the company employees.  And, along with this, comes many tasks that would be done by a human resource department, if one existed in the company.  But, since the company has no human resource department, the accountant is given the role.

Many of the tasks needed, such as payroll, records management, and regulatory compliance, can be well-handled by a skilled and willing accountant.   The accountant can be greatly assisted in this role by a willingness to seek out and use the many websites that have excellent information on the human resource functions and managing the functions.

The following identify some of these excellent sites and provides links to them.

A Wolters Kluwer site provides well-organized and easy to read information covering many functions that are needed in managing personnel.  Click here to go to this site.

The US Department of Labor (DOL) provides extensive information of probable use in personnel management issues and decisions.  Employment law and regulations can be found by clicking here.  DOL provides hundreds of job descriptions and 2010 median pay based on federal government surveys.  Click here to access this information.

Two sites useful for employee benefit-related information are the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) site and the BenefitsLink.com site.  At the BenefitsLink site, click on “Authorities” in order to find several links to government and other sites providing guidance on employee benefits.  Click here and here to go to the EBRI and BenefitsLink sites, respectively.

These are just a few of the many websites where you can find in-depth information on human resource/personnel management.

Although many human resource tasks can be carried out by the accountant, the accountant and other company leaders need to recognize those situations where the company should seek the advice of more skillful and knowledgeable persons, such as an employment attorney.

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