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Onwards HR CEO gives advice to B2B founders
Onwards HR CEO Sarah Rodehorst was approached by Hypepotamus to give her best piece of advice to individuals building B2B companies.
Onwards HR selected for prestigious Engage Launch Program
Onwards HR, an offboarding compliance platform, was selected as one of eight companies who will comprise the thirteenth cohort of the Engage Launch Program.
Bloomberg: Avoiding Layoff Backlash
Increased social media scrutiny has inspired companies to think proactively about the layoff experience. Bloomberg reached out to Onwards HR CEO Sarah Rodehorst for insight.
Atlanta Inno names Onwards HR a 2024 Startup to Watch
Onwards HR was named to Atlanta Inno’s list of 2024 Startups to Watch. The list “highlights companies that we expect big moves from in the next year.”
Sarah Rodehorst joins SHRM-Atlanta Board of Directors
Onwards HR CEO Sarah Rodehorst was elected to the 2024 SHRM-Atlanta Board of Directors.
VICE: Layoffs Gone Viral
With more of the workforce working remotely than ever before, it comes as no surprise that many layoffs are now conducted via video.
VICE reached out to Onwards HR CEO Sarah Rodehorst to get her take on the latest trend.
WSJ: The Long Goodbye
“Companies can’t lay people off on the quiet anymore,” said Sarah Rodehorst, chief executive of Onwards HR, a software platform that helps companies with legal compliance during employee terminations. “Whatever they do is much more under a microscope. They have to hold themselves to a higher standard.”
Onwards HR named “Hot Company to Watch in 2024”
Onwards HR was recognized as a “Hot Company to Watch in 2024” by Nucleus Research, a global provider of ROI-focused technology research and advisory services.
Onwards HR was specifically touted for its early innovation in the employee offboarding space.
Onwards HR Named Finalist for 2023 TIARA Talent Tech Star Awards
Onwards HR, a leading workforce compliance platform used by HR, legal and finance teams for severance and offboarding management, today shared that it has been named a finalist for the 2023 TIARA Talent Tech Star Awards US. Onwards HR has been shortlisted in the Talent Tech Innovation category, which recognizes solutions that transform or improve talent acquisition, management or development initiatives for employers or recruitment companies.
Ventana Research: Mitigate Risk During Employment Separation with Onwards HR
Talent acquisition remains a focal point for most organizations in this dynamic and highly competitive corporate environment. Unfortunately, the pivotal process of offboarding often takes a back seat. An efficient employment separation process plays a key role in enhancing the employee experience, protecting the company's reputation and mitigating potential legal and financial risks associated with employee separation.
Be WARN’ed: Know Your Obligations During a Layoff
Workforce reductions and changes in operations are an inevitable part of conducting business. These decisions are never taken lightly but often lack visibility into state separation and other laws that could create serious consequences. Sarah Rodehorst, CEO and co-founder of Onwards HR, reviews federal and state separation compliance rules and why employers need to consider them carefully when conducting layoffs.
NOW of Work: Women in HR Tech Summit
In this episode, you'll get an exclusive sneak peek of the speakers and content from Heather Bussing, Jennifer Dole, Marilyn Pearson Hendricks, and Sarah J. Rodehorst. They all popped into our Now of Work community meetup to preview conversations around technology-supported gender equality, driving organizational change, the power of culture, and pay equity.
SAP.io: Mitigate Risk with Onwards HR
Employment separation processes play a key role in enhancing the employee experience, protecting the company’s reputation, and mitigating potential legal and financial risks.
Parting ways: Empathic employee separations
Employee separations happen during good times and bad. Whether terminating an employee with cause or having to manage a workforce reduction due to a facility closing, employment loss is fraught with emotion and uncertainty.
Using AI For Layoffs: 5 Benefits for Decision Making
“Onwards HR, for instance, contains an “Adverse Impact Analysis solution,” which analyzes data across departments and keeps HR and legal teams informed of potential bias in the pool of employees short-listed for dismissal.”
#TheWork Podcast: Tough Times Require The Right Stuff with Sarah Rodehorst
Sarah helps us understand who else is involved in a reduction in force (guess what – it’s not only HR) and how messy state WARN acts can be for enterprises laying off employees across different locations.
How Virtual Layoffs Became The New Normal For Workplaces
“So many organizations roll out the red carpet for those as part of the hiring process, but very few have put any attention to how they treat employees when they leave the organization… you never know when it’s going to be a final goodbye and it’s important to really leave a great last impression.”
Don’t Fire Your DEI Strategy
Fair separation practices that won’t undermine your DEI progress (or land you in court)
Companies talk a lot about diversity, equity, and inclusion in recruitment and hiring. However, there’s an absence of data related to employee separations, and especially involuntary separations.
Onwards HR Teams Up with Paycor to Help Streamline Offboarding Process
Onwards HR, providers of the leading employee offboarding platform for HR, legal and finance teams, today announced a new partnership with Paycor HCM, Inc. (Paycor). Paycor is a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) software to small and mid-sized employers across a wide range of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, professional services and education.
The Recruitment Flex Podcast: Moving on with Empathy w/Sarah Rodehorst
Sarah’s personal experience and deep industry expertise in creating OnwardsHR a severance automation platform.