RJR Editorial
Articles, perspectives, and notes from the RJR archive — twenty years of HCM and WFM consulting practice covering implementation, integration, payroll compliance, and the operational complexity that makes multi-platform work actually function.
June 23, 2026 · RJR Editorial
AI surfaces payroll-compliance risk faster, but it does not replace data ownership, exception workflows, audit trails, and upstream controls. An operations POV on where AI helps and where accountability still lives.
June 23, 2026 · RJR Editorial
The UKG New Experience changes the interface, but saved views, security roles, reporting, integrations, and payroll continuity still need a readiness pass before the switch and stabilization after. Here is the checklist.
May 24, 2026 · RJR Editorial
Electronic certified payroll raises the standard for time, payroll, job-cost, fringe, and classification data. See what to operationalize upstream before submission becomes the deadline.
May 11, 2026 · RJR Editorial
Manufacturing payroll is not complicated because manufacturing companies are large. It is complicated because the pay rules are legally complex, and most HCM platforms require significant configuration effort to implement them correctly.
May 11, 2026 · Robert Fulkerson
Public sector HCM is not more complicated than private sector HCM because governments are larger. It is more complicated because public payroll operates under a different set of legal, reporting, and accountability requirements than private payroll.
May 11, 2026 · RJR Editorial
Most payroll compliance failures are not configuration errors. They are configuration decisions that were correct at go-live and became wrong when the business changed, and nobody updated the system.
May 11, 2026 · RJR Editorial
In pharmaceutical and life sciences, workforce compliance is not a back-office function. Regulatory bodies audit it, contracts require it, and gaps in documentation can affect a drug application or a clinical trial's validity.
May 11, 2026 · RJR Editorial
An HCM system that doesn't talk to payroll, ERP, or time-tracking creates reconciliation work every pay period. RJR designs and builds integrations that move data correctly the first time.
May 11, 2026 · RJR Editorial
An HCM implementation doesn't fail at go-live. It fails in the decisions made in weeks two through six: scope creep, unresolved data quality issues, and configuration choices that seemed fine until parallel payroll started.
May 11, 2026 · RJR Editorial
Retail payroll is dense with legal complexity that doesn't appear in office environments: tipped wage calculations, tip pooling rules, predictive scheduling ordinances, and seasonal staffing swings that require the HCM system to flex without breaking.
May 11, 2026 · Robert Fulkerson
When an HCM project stalls because a key role is vacant, the problem usually is not the platform, it is the timeline. RJR places experienced HCM professionals into active engagements to keep implementations moving.
August 14, 2023 · RJR Editorial
If you've ever embarked on a journey, you know that having a solid map is crucial. Just as with any trip, when navigating the world of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), a well-defined roadmap