Web-Based Human Resource Auditing Tool Announced

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Laurdan Associates, Inc.
10220 River Road
Potomac, Maryland 20854
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Ronald Adler, President
Laurdan Associates, Inc.
301.299.4117     Fax: 301.299.7486     email: radler[at]laurdan.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                         Web-Based Human Resource Auditing Tool Announced

Potomac, MD -- Laurdan Associates released the newest versions of the Employment-Labor Law Audit (ELLA 2000), the nation´s leading HR auditing and employment practices risk assessment tool.

ELLA, which gives employers the "right" questions to ask about their employment practices, helps them detect hidden HR problems, and helps them prioritize loss prevention activities, is now available in a web-based version.     ELLA on the Web, produced in collaboration with IHS Human Resource Products, innovators of HR management software   products, combines ELLA´s unique HR auditing capabilities with the power of web-based technology.   ELLA on the Web gives employers, attorneys, risk managers, and employment practices liability insurance carriers enhanced auditing capabilities to assess and benchmark HR management practices and employment law compliance.   ELLA on the Web also gives users instant access to federal and state employment laws, regulations, and guidelines.

ELLA 2000 also updates previous versions by incorporating recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and EEOC Guidelines into its questionnaire matrix and by adding two new audit areas: "Employee Retention" and "HR Benchmarking."

"Strategic human resource management has never been more important to an organization´s success -- sometimes, its survival.   In today´s economy, an organization´s human capital may be its most important asset.   Unfortunately as many employers have learned, employees and employment related decisions can be the wellspring of significant liabilities," noted Ronald Adler, Laurdan´s president.   "ELLA provides a systematic process that helps employers improve the management of their human capital and helps them reduce their exposure to employment practices liabilities. "

HR management areas audited by ELLA 2000 include: the hiring process, workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, the ADA, FMLA, employee retention, wage and hour issues, the termination process, and HR best practices and metrics.

Laurdan Associates, Inc. is a human resource management consulting firm specializing in HR auditing and employment practices risk assessment tools and consulting.   Because of ELLA´s design features, which allow it to be tailored to users´ needs, it has become the HR auditing tool of choice for manufacturers, service organizations, and employment practices liability insurance carriers.   For more information contact Mr. Ronald Adler at 301.299.4117 or email: radler[at] laurdan.com.