Systems and methods for employment law compliance, establishment, evaluation and review

Abstract

The present invention is directed to systems and methods for facilitating an employer's compliance with employment laws. A typical system includes a data store for storing compliance information, a processor for supporting compliance functionality and a link to a communication channel allowing communication with one or more agents of an employer. A request to interact is received from an agent indicating a selected employment action. The agent is provided access to process documentation guiding him through a process associated with the selected employment action. The agent's interactions with the process documentation are stored. Compliance reports are generated and sent to appropriate employer agents. Some embodiments may support process documentation development and update. An education facility may be provided in some embodiments.

1 . A method of facilitating compliance with employment laws having varying requirements, and establishing such compliance, the method comprising the steps of: 
 a) receiving a request to interact from an agent of an employer, wherein the received interaction request comprises an action indicator corresponding to a selected employment action;    b) providing access to process documentation related to a process associated with the selected employment action, wherein the process is designed to minimize potential for non-compliance with the employment laws, wherein the process documentation guides the agent through the process via interactions between the agent and the process documentation via the user input and output devices;    c) storing information related to agent interactions with the process documentation in a compliance data store;    d) generating a compliance report based upon the stored interaction information; and    e) sending the generated compliance report to one or more report agents of the employer via an output device associate with each.    
     
     
         2 . A system for facilitating compliance with employment laws having varying requirements, and establishing such compliance, the system comprising: 
 a) a system data store comprising: 
 i) a compliance data store for storing interactions of agents of an employer with process documentation;  
   b) a link to a communication channel allowing communication with agents of an employer;    c) a system processor in communication with the system data store and the link, wherein the system processor executes one or more processes that perform tasks comprising of: 
 i) receiving a request to interact from an agent of an employer, wherein the received interaction request comprises an action indicator corresponding to a selected employment action;  
 ii) providing access to process documentation related to a process associated with the selected employment action, wherein the process is designed to minimize potential for non-compliance with the employment laws, wherein the process documentation guides the agent through the process via interactions between the agent and the process documentation via the user input and output devices;  
 iii) storing information related to agent interactions with the process documentation in the compliance data store;  
 iv) generating a compliance report based upon the stored interaction information; and  
 v) sending the generated compliance report to one or more report agents of the employer via an output device associate with each.  
   
     
     
         3 . A computer readable storage environment storing instructions that upon execution by one or more system computers cause the one or more system computers to facilitate compliance with employment laws having varying requirements, and establish such compliance, by performing the steps comprising of: 
 a) receiving a request to interact from an agent of an employer, wherein the received interaction request comprises an action indicator corresponding to a selected employment action;    b) providing access to process documentation related to a process associated with the selected employment action, wherein the process is designed to minimize potential for non-compliance with the employment laws, wherein the process documentation guides the agent through the process via interactions between the agent and the process documentation via the user input and output devices;    c) storing information related to agent interactions with the process documentation in a compliance data store;    d) generating a compliance report based upon the stored interaction information; and    e) sending the generated compliance report to one or more report agents of the employer via an output device associate with each.    
     
     
         4 . The storage environment of  claim 3 , wherein the storage environment comprises at least one storage device of a type selected from the group consisting of RAM, ROM, hard disk drive, removable magnetic diskette, optical diskette and combination thereof.  
     
     
         5 . The storage environment of  claim 4 , wherein the storage environment comprises a plurality of storage devices, wherein each of the plurality of storage devices is of a type selected from the group consisting of RAM, ROM, hard disk drive, removable magnetic diskette, optical diskette and combination thereof.  
     
     
         6 . A system for facilitating compliance with employment laws having varying requirements, and establishing such compliance, the system comprising: 
 a) storage means for at least storing interactions of agents of an employer with process documentation;    b) linking means for allowing communication with agents of an employer via a communication channel;    c) processing means in communication with the storage and linking means for: 
 i) receiving a request to interact from an agent of an employer, wherein the received interaction request comprises an action indicator corresponding to a selected employment action;  
 ii) providing access to process documentation related to a process associated with the selected employment action, wherein the process is designed to minimize potential for non-compliance with the employment laws, wherein the process documentation guides the agent through the process via interactions between the agent and the process documentation via the user input and output devices;  
 iii) storing information related to agent interactions with the process documentation in the compliance data store;  
 iv) generating a compliance report based upon the stored interaction information; and  
 v) sending the generated compliance report to one or more report agents of the employer via an output device associate with each.