When a people problem comes up, you do not have to figure it out alone. Pick up the phone, send an email, or submit a ticket through your backstageHR® portal, and a real HR expert will get back to you to help. From everyday employee issues to more difficult situations, we help you work through them with practical guidance grounded in real experience.

→ Pick up the phone, send an email, or submit a ticket through your backstageHR® portal to get help from a real HR expert

→ Our promise is to be in contact and working on the issue with you within one business day or sooner

→ Whatever HR challenge comes up, we’ll help you work through it

→ Experienced guidance for discipline, leave, terminations, hiring, and employee issues

→ Get support from a team of HR experts who have collectively answered more than 300,000 HR questions over the past 20 years

Where others make support hard to reach, send you to their website, have little to no real HR training, place limits on how often you can reach out, and will not even put their guidance in writing, we make it easy to get unlimited access to experienced help the way and when you need it.

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• Keeping up with employee records, onboarding, timekeeping, and day-to-day HR tasks can quickly become messy when information is scattered across emails, paper files, spreadsheets, and different systems. backstageHR® gives you one place to keep the details organized so you can spend less time tracking things down and more time running your business.

  → Keep employee records, onboarding, and HR tasks organized in one place

  → Makes it easier to track time, PTO, and important employee information

  → Helps you stay on top of compliance with built-in tools and updates

  → Gives you a central place for documentation, records, and key employee materials

  → Start using it on day one to bring more structure to the way you manage your team

  Where others give you disconnected tools that create more work, backstageHR® helps you stay organized, save time, and keep important details from falling through the cracks.

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Included with Center Stage. Add-on for Opening Act and Premiere.

When you use backstageHR®’s built-in timekeeping and time off tracking and add our payroll, you get an integrated system that saves you time and simplifies the process. We let you know when it is time to close and approve payroll, and once you do, we take it from there. Our team handles the heavy lifting so you can spend less time running payroll and more time running your business, with very affordable, white-glove support.

→ Included with Center Stage and available as an add-on for Opening Act and Premiere

→ Add payroll to backstageHR® for a more integrated, time-saving process

→ We notify you when it is time to close and approve payroll

→ Once you approve it, we handle the backend work from there

→ Very affordable, white-glove payroll support from a real team

When other companies offer super cheap payroll but take hours of your time, that is not really cheaper. Your time is valuable.

Running a business means making people decisions every day, and not every one of them is easy. With 20 years of experience helping thousands of businesses, CEDR gives you practical tools and resources that help you lead with more confidence, make better management decisions, and spend less time starting from scratch. Built into backstageHR®, you have hundreds of continually updated articles, how-to guides, job descriptions, forms, and other resources right at your fingertips. You also receive notices of law changes and policies that may need to be addressed based on your state and location.

→ Employment law posters kept up to date

→ Better support for day-to-day management decisions and team communication

→ Notices of law changes and policies that may need to be addressed for your state and location

→ If you need a job description that we don’t have, just tell us, and we’ll create it for you

Where others leave you to figure it out as you go, we give you practical tools, updates, and guidance right at your fingertips.

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HIPAA training is not just about checking a box. It is about making sure every employee understands how to protect patient information before they are ever exposed to it. Through each employee’s backstageHR® portal, on-demand HIPAA training is built in, easy to complete, easy to track, and includes yearly reminders. It is included in all software bundles.

→ Employees can complete HIPAA training individually, online, during regular office hours

→ New hires can be trained before they begin work, rather than waiting for the next group session

→ Includes Employee Training, Privacy Officer Training, and guidance on what to do if a breach is suspected

→ Annual reminders help employees renew their understanding each year

→ Certificates of completion are issued and stored in the HR Vault so owners and managers can track records easily

→ When bundled with your employee handbook, relevant PHI policies are incorporated into your handbook

Instead of shutting down the office, paying for long group sessions, or relying on outdated book-based systems, we make HIPAA training easier to assign, easier to complete, and easier to manage.

Hiring with confidence starts before a new employee ever joins your team. Background checks help you make better-informed hiring decisions and create a more consistent process for evaluating candidates. Through backstageHR®, background checks are built into your workflow so they are easier to request, track, and manage.

→ Helps support more informed hiring decisions

→ Creates a more consistent process for evaluating candidates

→ Keeps records and status information organized in one place

→ Integrated into backstageHR® and easy to manage, with a small per-employee fee for each check

Instead of chasing down a separate vendor or piecing the process together on your own, we make background checks easier to manage as part of your overall hiring workflow.

Stay compliant with state and federal labor law posting requirements effortlessly. CEDR provides physical posters and digital access through backstageHR, ensuring your team is always informed.​

• Physical Posters Delivered
  • Receive up-to-date All-In-One State and Federal Labor Law Posters delivered directly to your practice. These posters consolidate all mandatory notices into a single, easy-to-display format.​
• Digital Access via backstageHR
  • Employees can view the latest labor law posters anytime through their backstageHR portal, ensuring remote and on-site staff have consistent access to required information.​
• Automatic Updates
  • Stay current with labor law changes. CEDR provides updates through backstageHR, so you can easily access and display the most recent notices without hassle.​ 
• Compliance Made Simple
  • By combining physical posters with digital access and automatic updates, CEDR simplifies labor law compliance, saving you time and reducing the risk of penalties

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Through the built-in ticketing interface in backstageHR®, you can connect with CEDR HR experts and keep the full history of that support in one place. Only included with Premier, this feature makes it easy to submit questions, track responses, and keep communication with CEDR HR experts organized and easy to reference. That means less digging through emails, less second-guessing what was said, and a clearer record of the guidance you received.

→ Only included with Premier

→ Submit HR questions through your backstageHR® portal

→ Keep communication with CEDR HR experts stored in one place

→ Makes it easier to track responses and reference past guidance

→ Enables owners to monitor the history of communications between their authorized managers and CEDR HR experts

→ Reduces the chance that important details get lost in email chains

→ Gives you a clearer record of the support you have received

Instead of searching through inboxes or trying to remember what was said, backstageHR® keeps your questions and guidance from CEDR HR experts organized, accessible, and easy to reference.

Included with Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier

backstageHR® gives you a web-based system for timekeeping and time off tracking that is customized by us for you to match how your business actually works. That includes configuring your vacation, sick time, and PTO policies to fit your business and comply with applicable state laws. Employees can clock in and out, review time, and submit time off requests through the employee portal, while managers can review, approve, and keep things moving without all the back-and-forth. You can also control where employees are allowed to clock in and out from. Running payroll reports is quick and easy, so when it is time to close and approve payroll, the information you need is ready.

If you add our white-glove payroll service, timekeeping in backstageHR® integrates directly into payroll. We notify you when it is time to close and approve payroll, and once you do, we take it from there.

→ Web-based timekeeping and PTO tracking built into backstageHR®

→ Customized by us for you to match your vacation, sick time, and PTO policies

→ Configured to comply with applicable state laws

→ Employees can clock in, review time, and submit time off requests through the employee portal

→ Managers can review and approve time and leave more easily

→ You can control where employees are allowed to clock in and out from

→ Running payroll reports is quick and easy

→ If you use our payroll, timekeeping integrates directly into our white-glove payroll service

→ Once you close and approve payroll, we handle the heavy lifting from there

Instead of emails, sticky notes, and conversations about time off, employees submit their requests through the employee portal. And instead of spending hours doing payroll work yourself, you can run reports quickly, close and approve payroll, and we take it from there.

Included with Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier

backstageHR® makes it easy to distribute important documents to one employee or all employees at once and collect signatures through the HR Vault. Distributing a document for signature literally takes seconds. Whether you need one employee or your entire team to sign your handbook or receive another important document, you can handle it through the system instead of printing, chasing people down, or wondering who has completed what. Employees can access documents they are authorized to view through their employee portal, and owners and managers can keep the signed record in one place.

→ Distribute documents to employees through the HR Vault

→ Send documents to one employee or all employees at once

→ Collect signatures electronically and keep the record stored in the system

→ See who has and has not signed, and easily remind those who still need to complete it

→ Employees can review documents they are authorized to access through their employee portal

→ Makes it easier to send handbooks, policies, and other important documents

→ Keeps signed records organized and easy to reference later

Rather than printing, scanning, filing, and chasing signatures, backstageHR® helps you distribute documents, collect acknowledgments, and keep the records in one place.

Included with Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier

backstageHR® gives you one organized place to keep important employee information, documents, and records. Instead of relying on paper files, scattered folders, or notes saved in different places, you can store what you need in the system and access it when you need it. The employee file keeps a record of personal information, promotions, raises, benefits, and other important employee details over time. Owners and authorized managers can also place confidential notes in an employee’s file that employees cannot see, making it easier to keep records that support better management and documentation.

→ Store employee documents and records in one organized system

→ Keep a record of personal information, promotions, raises, benefits, and other important employee details

→ Add confidential notes to an employee’s file that employees cannot see

→ Helps owners and authorized managers maintain better documentation

→ Reduces the chance that important records get lost, scattered, or overlooked

No more paper files, scattered folders, or notes saved in different places. backstageHR® keeps employee records, documents, and confidential notes organized in one place.

Included with Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier

backstageHR® makes it easier to communicate with your team in one place they are already using. Through the employee portal bulletin board, you can post messages to the entire team, such as reminders to approve and close time cards, important updates, or other timely announcements. That helps keep communication visible, consistent, and tied to the system employees are already using for timekeeping, documents, and other HR tasks.

→ Post messages to the entire team through the employee portal bulletin board

→ Share reminders, updates, and important announcements in one central place

→ Helps employees see key messages while using the system for everyday tasks

→ Reduces the need to rely on separate emails or verbal reminders

→ Makes team communication more visible and easier to manage

Instead of hoping everyone saw the email or heard the message, backstageHR® gives you a built-in place to communicate with your team where they are already logging in and taking action.

Included with Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier

backstageHR® helps you stay on top of important compliance responsibilities without relying on outdated systems or scattered reminders. Built into the system, you have access to employment law posters kept up to date, notices of law changes and policies that may need to be addressed for your state and location, and on-demand HIPAA training that is easy to assign, complete, and track. That gives you a more organized way to manage compliance and HIPAA training as part of the normal flow of work.

→ Employment law posters kept up to date

→ Notices of law changes and policies that may need to be addressed for your state and location

→ Built-in HIPAA training that is easy to assign, complete, and track

→ Annual reminders help employees renew their HIPAA training each year

→ Certificates of completion are stored in the HR Vault for easy tracking by owners and managers

→ Helps you stay more organized and proactive with compliance-related tasks

Rather than relying on outdated posters, missed reminders, and cumbersome training systems, backstageHR® helps you keep compliance and HIPAA training current, visible, and easier to manage.

Included with Opening Act, Center Stage, and Premier

backstageHR® gives you more than software. It puts practical tools and resources right at your fingertips so you do not have to start from scratch every time a management issue comes up. Built into the system, you have access to hundreds of articles, how-to guides, forms, job descriptions, and other resources designed to help owners and managers make better decisions, save time, and lead with more confidence.

→ Hundreds of built-in articles, how-to guides, forms, job descriptions, and other resources

→ Practical tools designed to help owners and managers solve real-world people problems

→ Saves time by giving you resources you can use right away

→ Helps you make better day-to-day management decisions

→ If you need a job description we do not have, just tell us, and we will create it for you

Instead of starting from scratch or searching in five different places, backstageHR® gives you practical tools and resources right at your fingertips.

backstageHR® makes it easier to run and manage background checks as part of your hiring process instead of treating them like a separate task you have to track somewhere else. With the background check feature built into the system, you can request checks more easily, keep the process more organized, and stay on top of what has been completed.

→ Helps support more informed hiring decisions

→ Makes background checks easier to request and manage as part of your hiring process

→ Keeps the process more organized and easier to track

→ Helps reduce the back-and-forth that can come with using separate systems

→ Integrated into backstageHR® and easy to manage, with a small per-employee fee for each check

Instead of chasing down a separate vendor or piecing the process together on your own, backstageHR® helps you manage background checks as part of a more organized hiring workflow.