Brightmine vs. Thomson Reuters Westlaw

XpertHR is well suited to providing a good starting point for introducing a new policy or reviewing an existing one. The content organization helps reduce the risk of overlooking relevant considerations. A section on Trending topics provides a helpful prompt to keep current on current issues. The regular email alerts are sound, too, flagging up new resources.

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Perhaps well-suited in enterprise agreements where many users need access to many areas, and a giant contract is cost effective. This was a good company to work with as a student and instructor where value was not my specific concern. I cannot speak to the value paid by the responsible party in that context.

• Template policies are perfect, up to date and read very well
• The manager training sections are great as you can build them into your own sessions and provide accurate answers
• Their themed packs are excellent resources when you are venturing into new guidance, for example supporting menopause in the workplace

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• Public Records Research
• Inventory of case, laws, and legal precedents to research
• Showing good vs. bad case law based on court decisions

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• The employment law service is a bit too basic. The lawyer often gives you very basic or scripted advice that is not tailored to the situation needed
• The functionality search sometimes is not great. You risk getting lost between hundreds of articles without finding what you really need
• Sometimes the articles are too lengthy and you only need a very quick response

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• Some functions/features may seem less familiar if you are used to other platforms
• Certain resources are not the very best (and are available on other engines)
• Costly!

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It depends on renewal price

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It's great and mostly user friendly. Some of the team have skipped over great information in there as the site was not as intuitive as expected, e.g. finding particular templates

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The specific product ordered was fine, but it was far too easy to mindlessly incur ancillary charges without warning. This is much less user friendly than other, similar providers of services such as LexisNexis. The Thomson Reuters Westlaw experience is not intuitive when compared to other, similar providers and ended up being less cost effective.

I have never, in 14 years, known XpertHR to be offline!

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The site is extremely responsive and loads quickly. Huge searches appear immediately

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I requested access to an additional country and they came back very quickly and quickly granted me access

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I was passed around like a hot potato and nameless responders were somewhat disrespectful and "snippy." There was no offer to resolve the issue I complained about, and I was basically made to feel as though I was lying about the problem. The solution was easy: fix my customized home screen to remove the possibility of wandering into a non-subscription area. This fix was never offered or pursued. Instead, I was offered the option of signing up for additional services.

I already knew how to use it so did not need support with this

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I have not directly used it but used it by passing on questions and queries to my HR network to obtain their advice. Often I felt that they do not provide direct advice to directly address my concerns or queries but more generic feedback that might be applicable or not. I think their advice often provides multiple and vague outcomes but not tailored to the outcome the business wants

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We considered switching to Bloomberg Law because of the contractual provisions with Westlaw but ultimately decided to stay. The cost of getting out of the contract term was cost-prohibitive and left us with no choice.

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WE only use it in HR but, I have no doubt that it could be scaled across other sites / teams.

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• saves so much valuable time when updating policies which is huge as we have a small team and time is limited.
• Normally, it saves time on hours or research as you can find it all on the site, including salary review data.
• Reduces the cost of using employment lawyers all the time for policy updating and other advice.
• It's like a one-stop shop that enables the user to find everything they need on a multitude of topics with extensive information that requires minimal time by the user, but to search for that information individually would take hours, if not days, in some cases.

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• Positive return by making legal research more efficient.
• Cost more to use however saves time and allows for more work to get done.

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