Brightmine Information Reviews & Insights

The HR & Compliance Center and Automated Handbook Management subscriptions have been incredibly helpful in keeping us compliant. We are a small department and have employees in 15 different states so staying on top of individual state laws with regard to things like paid leave, etc. can be very daunting. Brightmine has helped alleviate some of that.

It was tough to get management on board with paying for these tools and resources, but the bottom line is compliance is everything. Sure we can get the information through various other sources and scouring the web, but Brightmine puts it all at your fingertips...and when you're running from fire to fire in a small HR department, there's no time to waste!

Mostly use it for reminders/advice on process and example letters and policies. Useful for checking on situations which don't come up very regularly e.g. particular redundancy scenarios or tricky disciplinary cases.

For a business where there aren't lots of policies and processes in place, it offers excellent templates, guidance and documents. They are all adaptable to specific scenarios and situations. As an experienced HR professional, they are good resources for guidance on some more unusual situations and give solid information for scenarios where more detailed legal guidance isn't required. I have mainly used it for ER type issues.

We purchased Brightmine to assist with our UK pay benchmarking exercise and help us apply some salary parameters for roles across the company ahead of our annual pay review. Brightmine was the only solution that gave us comprehensive information adapted to our specific industry and the different seniority levels of the role. It was the most extensive and accurate data source we could find.

It is very well suited to pay benchmarking for technical roles in the UK where you want to break down the information based on industry or other factors such as role seniority. However, it is not well suited if your company requires international pay benchmarking data. It may also not be well suited if it's a pervasive role where you can easily find pay information from other sources without building each role.

We use this as our platform for templates and updates for the HR team. It's convenient when something outside of standard practices comes up. Most templates that I need can be found and are easily adaptable to the situation we need to use them for. I also find the benchmarking on sickness and turnover necessary when comparing ourselves to others.

It is good for general basic templates; they align with ACAS best practices but need to be adapted to your organization's style. I wouldn't use this platform for salary benchmarking as it doesn't give the data we need. Having more contact/interaction on best practices/webinars would be great.

We use Brightmine for our HR and HS Alerts, Policies, and Documentation to ensure that our company is up to date with current HR and H&S legislation.

I particularly like the policies which are in an easy to adapt/download format, and the fact they list case law under the policy is extremely useful.

Great updates and templates if you want to keep up with current changes and policy updates. Search/contracts could be better (more options needed). Also, a way to share policies with people who don't have a log-in would be great, e.g., if I wanted to forward an article to my MD.

We use Brightmine as a source of information on people related topics. Most prominently to find templates and understand employment legislation. We use it to address employee relations issues as well as knowledge share within our People team and with management.

Brightmine has been a great resource to sense check my knowledge. It has many many resources that can be leveraged in a whole variety of situations for all sorts of industries. It is regularly updated and clear when pages have been updated for legislation changes etc.
However, I would not rely on it as a resource for extremely complex ER cases or more sensitive employee issues as these are less generic scenarios.

I use Brightmine in my organization in order to create and update state specific addendums and handbooks. Brightmine creates templates for us to work off of that include applicable laws and regulations per state and city. It is useful for us as a great place to start and helps us keep up to date on the most up to date laws and regulations.

Brightmine is great for one person to update handbooks/state addendums. It is not as good when you have a larger group wishing to collaborate as it does not have good tagging or notification features.

I use Brightmine to source template letters and guidance on specific subjects. I also have access to the legal services.

I have recently required advice on next-step scenarios when I have exhausted what I have. The legal service is very easy to access.

Up to date information for each of the states

Brightmine provides timely, accurate, and detailed information needed by HR professionals.

Brightmine has been really useful for a stand alone HR Manager. The platform helps address missing policies and letter templates. Without having a large team of HR professionals, it is useful to have something to fall back to get technical knowledge and expertise.

Brightmine is a good starting point, but templates and policies do need adapting to the tone and language of the specific organisation.