CCH Delivers Definitive Source Of HR Answers, Information, Productivity Tools On The Web

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 3, 2000) – Practical, authoritative human resources information, answers and tools can now be found in a single place on the Internet at CCH INCORPORATED’s (CCH) new web site http://hr.cch.com. A trusted source of employment and human resources law and compliance information for over 60 years, CCH has created a complete resource on the web that human resources professionals can turn to for easy access to information and answers relating to employment law, safety, management, payroll, pensions and benefits, workers’ compensation and more.

"CCH stands alone in its ability to deliver a site such as this to HR professionals," said CCH Health and Human Resources Publisher Jim Gallas. "We have a long-standing reputation as a trusted source of comprehensive, authoritative HR information. Beginning with that unshakable foundation, we integrated award-winning productivity software and used the latest technology to bring a single, definitive source for HR information and tools to the web."

Online Tools and Solutions on Your Desktop, at Your Fingertips

Using state-of-the-art technology, the new site is a gateway to a series of award-winning productivity tools from KnowledgePoint – the leading developer of human resource management software and a unit of CCH INCORPORATED. These efficient e-tools can be put to use immediately to streamline hiring and recruiting, conduct performance reviews, develop personnel policies, write job descriptions, deliver training, complete administrative functions and more.

Through the new CCH site, http://hr.cch.com, users can access KnowledgePoint’s popular site HRTools.com—a virtual HR department on the web. Using HRTools.com, you can select from a wealth of HR resources to create your own customized toolbox that includes the HR information, e-tools and links that you need to do your job.

Another feature on the site provides free e-mail training courses that you can have e-mailed to your desktop to take at your convenience. The different training series cover issues critical to companies today, including: Interviewing and Selection, Complying with the FMLA, Effective Performance Reviews and Becoming a Better Manager.

Monthly summaries of Federal Law Changes and State Law Changes provide you with consolidated coverage of important changes in the law that affect your organization. In one central location, these summaries provide you with a snapshot of everything you need to know about new legal developments.

Other features include Human Resources Links—your gateway to general and topic-specific Internet resources for the HR professional, and HR Issues and Answers—where you will find fast, timely answers to everyday HR issues.

News You Can Use

The site also keeps you current with the latest human resources related news, delivering CCH’s expert, timely coverage of new developments.

Offering unparalleled breadth of coverage, CCH’s staff of legal analysts monitor federal and state agencies, courts, legislatures and corporate sources for the latest information and industry trends. Then, reporting daily on these new developments, CCH delivers authoritative analysis and guidance to give you practical information and insight on how your workplace is affected.

You can check out the latest news across a wide range of human resources issues, or focus on your specific area of interest, such as Employment Law, Pension and Benefits, or HR Management.

CCH also offers a free weekly e-mail news service, NetNews™, which can be subscribed to directly from http://hr.cch.com. Each newsletter focuses on a specific area of HR law such as Human Resources, Payroll and Unemployment Insurance, Pension and Benefits, Employment Law, and Safety and Workers’ Compensation.

Users can then access the full text of related source materials, including court decisions and government reports, by subscribing to the CCH Internet Research Network™ NetNews service.

Site Also Showcases CCH Products and Services

Comprehensive and easy to use, http://hr.cch.com provides information on the wide range of CCH product offerings, including the standard-setting CCH Internet Research Network™, and allows you to purchase CCH's quality products safely and easily online.

Tabs down the side of the main page clearly identify the range of product offerings and lead to additional pages for different CCH portfolios. At each portfolio page, you can quickly learn the general scope of CCH coverage, review featured products and services and pull up complete product listings. In addition, users can simply click on the Online Store button located at the top of the site to access all HR products, listed by specific topics, including Employment Law, HR Management, Payroll, Pension and Benefits, Unemployment Insurance and Workers’ Compensation.

You also can sign up for a free trial of the CCH Internet Research Network, the most complete and up-to-date HR information on the Internet providing full text of laws and regulations, industry news, case law and CCH expert explanations and analysis.

Visitors to the new web site also can preview CCH’s innovative new multimedia training system CCH Shared Learning™, which takes an interactive approach to helping prevent a range of costly and disruptive problems in the workplace. Currently, you can demo CCH Shared Learning™ Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Employees and Supervisors at http://hr.cch.com. Other modules in CCH’s e-learning series, covering such things as preventing workplace violence, privacy and the Internet will be available from the site when they are introduced later this year.

In addition to offering products, the site also offers customer service for both electronic and print subscriptions.

Through e-mail, CCH customers can resolve billing issues, track shipments, resolve research issues, troubleshoot software installation and update their customer information. The site also links to CCH’s Internet self service applications, where you can request replacement pages and reports for loose-leaf print subscriptions, access information about electronic product subscriptions and track your order.

"Whatever the HR professional needs – information, analysis, answers, tools, or service – CCH is delivering it with authority to the desktop at http://hr.cch.com," said Gallas. "We’ve taken the time and guesswork out of finding the resources you need on the web, and pulled together everything HR professionals need to be effective and efficient."

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, Riverwoods, Ill., is a leading provider of human resources and employment law information, software and e-learning. For more than 60 years, the company’s Health and Human Resources group has set the standard as an authoritative source of employment law, including information on benefits, compensation, worker safety and human resources management. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer U.S. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com. The CCH Human Resources web site can be accessed at http://hr.cch.com.

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