North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 484)
Sarah Rodehorst, CEO of Onwards HR, and her client, Jen Bender, Senior VP of People Solutions for Change Healthcare, joined host John Ray to discuss the Onwards HR Separations Platform. Sarah talked about the advantages of having a dedicated solution to employee separations, the problems that can arise when done improperly, and the full impact on the organization. Jen shared the improvements in her company’s processes and compliance realized by using Onwards HR.
This show was originally broadcast live from SOAHR 2022, the annual conference of SHRM-Atlanta, held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia on July 27th and 28th, 2022.
North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Sarah Rodehorst, CEO, Onwards HR
Onwards HR is an all-in-one separations platform used by Human Resources, Legal, and Finance teams around the world.
Instantly produce WARN Act notices, separation agreements, and OWBPA disclosures. Accelerate severance by automating administrative tasks and simplifying workflow. Advance employee equity using disparate impact analysis and labor law evaluation tools. Reduce costs with increased operational efficiencies and accurate severance payments.
Onwards HR was born over coffee, omelets, and grits. Seventeen years after meeting on the campus of Georgia Tech in 2000, Sarah Rodehorst and Janice Yu Edwards reunited for breakfast at Flying Biscuit. They previously worked together at Connecture, a health insurance sales automation software startup. After going their separate ways, Sarah and Janice continued to launch B2B SaaS applications in the HR industry, now boasting a combined 40 years of experience.
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Jen Bender is Senior Vice President of People Solutions for Change Healthcare.
Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) is a leading healthcare technology company, focused on insights, innovation and accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the power of the Change Healthcare Platform.
Change Healthcare champions innovation through their unified platform to enable a better coordinated, more efficient, and increasingly collaborative healthcare system—one that enables operational efficiencies, optimizes financial performance, and enhances the healthcare experience.
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Questions and Topics in this Interview:
- Onwards HR
- What happens when separation is not handled well
- Compliance Issues
- Jen Bender with Change Healthcare
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