HRMS migration

Migrate from EMP Trust HR to Crelate

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between EMP Trust HR and Crelate. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Crelate.

EMP Trust HR logo

EMP Trust HR

Source

Crelate

Destination

Crelate logo

Compatibility

83%

10 of 12

objects map 1:1 between EMP Trust HR and Crelate.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

4-6 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from EMP Trust HR to Crelate is a schema reshape, not a record copy. EMP Trust HR structures its data around a Hire record driving the New Hire Portal, Forms, I-9 compliance records, and onboarding task assignments. Crelate is an ATS-first platform with onboarding, talent management, and compliance document storage built for recruiting teams and HR departments at staffing agencies and mid-market companies. We extract employee profiles, I-9 Section 1 and Section 2 records with E-Verify case status, completed onboarding form definitions and responses with e-signature metadata, training completion flags, and benefits enrollment snapshots from EMP Trust HR; then we map them to Crelate's Contact, Candidate, Onboarding, Document, and Custom Fields structures. I-9 e-signature audit trails stored in EMP Trust HR's proprietary format are extracted, wrapped in a standard envelope schema, and written as tagged document records in Crelate. Integration configurations, ATS connector settings, and payroll sync schedules do not migrate; we deliver a written inventory of every active connector for the customer's admin to re-establish in Crelate post-migration.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

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EMP Trust HR

What's pushing teams away

  • The third-party notary agent network used for I-9 Section 2 remote verification introduces delays, with reviewers noting extended wait times that slow the hiring process for remote employees.
  • The administrative and HR manager interface is described as difficult to navigate in some G2 reviews, requiring additional training time for new users to locate and configure settings.
  • Organizations outgrowing onboarding-centric HRIS functionality seek broader HCM platforms (Rippling, BambooHR) that offer payroll, benefits administration, and talent management in a single unified system rather than relying on integrations.
  • Limited public API documentation and developer resources make custom integrations or programmatic data extraction harder to build compared to platforms with well-documented developer portals.
  • Form logic and conditional branching within custom onboarding packages are not preserved in data exports, requiring rebuilding of workflow rules when migrating to a different platform.

Choosing

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Crelate

What's pulling them in

  • Affordable per-seat pricing with transparent tiers makes Crelate accessible for small-to-mid staffing firms evaluating ATS platforms for the first time.
  • Fast implementation reported by customers—some describe getting live in a matter of minutes with support team assistance.
  • Unified ATS + CRM in a single product eliminates the need to buy and synchronize separate recruiting and sales tools.
  • Flexible custom fields across Contacts, Companies, and Opportunities allow recruiting teams to capture firm-specific data without developer involvement.
  • Positive reviews highlight the product's intuitive interface and functional breadth for teams that need recruiting workflows without enterprise overhead.

Object mapping

How EMP Trust HR objects map to Crelate

Each row shows how a EMP Trust HR object lands in Crelate, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

EMP Trust HR

Employee

maps to

Crelate

Contact (Person) or Candidate

1:1
Fully supported

EMP Trust HR Employee records map to Crelate Contacts representing the employed individuals. The employee profile fields (name, email, phone, address, employment type, location assignment) migrate to Crelate Contact fields. We resolve the department and job title from EMP Trust HR's location and title assignment into Crelate's department and job_category fields. If the employee originated from an ATS candidate via Greenhouse or Lever integration in EMP Trust HR, we document the original candidate fields that were not mapped by the integration for reconciliation against Crelate's candidate source data.

EMP Trust HR

I-9 Record (Section 1 and Section 2)

maps to

Crelate

Document (tagged I-9)

1:1
Fully supported

I-9 Section 1 (employee self-completion) and Section 2 (employer or third-party notary agent verification) records migrate as tagged Document records in Crelate. EMP Trust HR stores these as compliance artefacts within the Forms module, not as structured fields in the export API. We extract the form completion record, reconstruct the e-signature envelope (signer ID, timestamp, IP address, certificate hash) from EMP Trust HR's audit trail metadata, and write it as a tagged I-9 document with a compliance flag in Crelate. We flag any I-9 records where the e-signature certificate chain cannot be fully reconstructed so the customer can plan for re-signing if required.

EMP Trust HR

E-Verify Status

maps to

Crelate

Custom Field (E-Verify_Case_Number, E-Verify_Status)

lossy
Fully supported

E-Verify case status codes (Verified, Tentative Nonconfirmation, DHS/DOJ Query) from EMP Trust HR migrate to Crelate custom fields on the Contact record. We preserve the E-Verify case number, verification date, and USCIS response as structured fields alongside the I-9 document. If Tentative Nonconfirmation records exist, we flag them with a compliance-warning status for the customer's HR team to resolve post-migration.

EMP Trust HR

New Hire Portal

maps to

Crelate

Onboarding Workflow

1:1
Fully supported

EMP Trust HR New Hire Portal instances migrate to Crelate Onboarding workflows. We extract the portal configuration (branding, welcome message, task set, completion state) and map it to Crelate's onboarding checklist and task list structures. Portal completion status (started, in-progress, completed) migrates as onboarding progress. Any incomplete portals at migration time are flagged with a status of 'in-progress at migration' so the customer's Crelate admin can resume the onboarding sequence.

EMP Trust HR

Task Assignments

maps to

Crelate

Onboarding Tasks or Activity Tasks

1:many
Fully supported

EMP Trust HR task assignments (to new hires, managers, HR staff, IT) split into Crelate onboarding tasks scoped to the onboarding workflow and activity tasks on the Contact record for HR-manager action items. We preserve task status, due dates, assignees (resolved by email to Crelate users), and completion timestamps. Task hierarchy within EMP Trust HR onboarding packages is flattened into a sequential task list in Crelate.

EMP Trust HR

Forms (Onboarding Packages)

maps to

Crelate

Documents (tagged form)

1:1
Fully supported

Completed EMP Trust HR onboarding forms (offer letters, NDAs, non-competes, policy acknowledgements, tax withholding, direct deposit, beneficiary forms) migrate as tagged Document records in Crelate. Form definitions (the template) are documented in the migration inventory; the completed responses with e-signature audit trails migrate as the document content. Form logic and conditional branching are not preserved; we flag every form with conditional logic for the customer's admin to rebuild in Crelate's form builder post-migration.

EMP Trust HR

Custom Forms

maps to

Crelate

Custom Fields and Documents

1:1
Mapping required

Employer-defined custom forms migrate as Document records in Crelate with a custom field set capturing the form field responses. Custom form definitions with conditional logic are not preserved as executable forms; we deliver a written inventory of each custom form with its field structure, conditional rules, and response data for the customer's admin to rebuild in Crelate's form builder. E-signature metadata from custom forms is wrapped in the standard envelope schema.

EMP Trust HR

Training Records

maps to

Crelate

Training Module or Custom Fields on Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Courses assigned via the EMP Trust HR new hire learning portal with completion flags, scores, and assignment timestamps migrate to Crelate's training module (if the customer's Crelate tier supports it) or to a structured set of custom fields on the Contact record (course name, completion date, score, status). We preserve the course assignment timestamp as the completion date for audit. Training course content (videos, documents) does not migrate; we deliver a course inventory document for the customer's L&D team to reload into Crelate's training module or a third-party LMS.

EMP Trust HR

Background Check Results

maps to

Crelate

Document (tagged background_check)

1:1
Mapping required

Background check results sourced through EMP Trust HR's pre-built integrations (CastleBranch, AccurateBackground, BirdDogHR) migrate as tagged Document records in Crelate with a summary status field (cleared, pending, adverse action). Raw vendor report files (PDFs from the screening provider) migrate as attached documents. EMP Trust HR stores only the result summary; the raw report content depends on what the integration captured. We flag any records where the raw report file was not retained in the EMP Trust HR export for manual follow-up with the screening vendor.

EMP Trust HR

Benefits Enrollment Snapshot

maps to

Crelate

Custom Fields (Plan, Coverage, Dependents)

1:1
Fully supported

Benefits selections captured during onboarding (plan choices, dependent information, beneficiary designations) migrate as a structured set of custom fields on the Contact record. EMP Trust HR stores these as enrollment snapshots at the time of onboarding completion, not as a live feed from a benefits carrier. Active ongoing benefits changes (life events, deduction updates) are not captured in the EMP Trust HR export and must be reconciled manually against the carrier's system at migration cutover. We flag all contacts with benefits data for the customer to confirm active coverage status with their benefits administrator before Crelate go-live.

EMP Trust HR

Integration Configurations (ADP, Workday, UKG)

maps to

Crelate

Not Migrated

1:1
Fully supported

Pre-built integration connectors and related sync configurations do not migrate. EMP Trust HR does not export sync schedules, credential mappings, or webhook configurations. We deliver a written inventory of every active EMP Trust HR connector (ADP, Workday, UKG, Oracle, SAP, Greenhouse, Lever, background check providers) with the integration type, data flows, and destination endpoint for the customer's admin to re-establish in Crelate post-migration. Any ATS-triggered candidate-to-hire transitions are documented separately.

EMP Trust HR

ATS Candidate Records (via Greenhouse/Lever Integration)

maps to

Crelate

Candidate or Contact (source preserved)

1:1
Mapping required

Candidates transitioned from Greenhouse or Lever to EMP Trust HR via the integration fire as new hire profiles in EMP Trust HR. Only fields mapped by the integration configuration are pushed into the employee record; original ATS candidate fields not included in the mapping are not available in EMP Trust HR. We document the integration field map during scoping and flag any candidate source fields that should be preserved from the original ATS export for manual reconciliation against Crelate's candidate import.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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EMP Trust HR gotchas

High

I-9 e-signature audit trails use proprietary storage

Medium

Third-party notary delays for I-9 Section 2

Medium

Greenhouse/Lever candidate-to-hire data mapping is partial

Medium

Benefits enrollment is a snapshot, not a live feed

Low

API rate limits and export methods are undocumented

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Crelate gotchas

High

120 req/min API rate limit throttles bulk migrations

High

20 custom field per-entity cap forces data model decisions

Medium

15,000-record export ceiling on single operations

Medium

Sequences and automation workflows do not migrate

Low

API key is a querystring parameter, not a header

Pair-specific challenges

  • I-9 e-signature audit trails use proprietary storage

    EMP Trust HR stores e-signature records with full audit trail metadata as compliance artefacts within the Forms module. These are not exposed as standard structured fields in the export API. We extract form completion records, apply a standard e-signature envelope schema (signer ID, timestamp, IP address, certificate hash), and write them as tagged document records in Crelate. We flag any I-9 or custom forms where the e-signature certificate chain cannot be fully reconstructed so the customer's compliance team can plan for re-signing if required by the destination's legal requirements.

  • Third-party notary delays leave I-9 records incomplete

    Remote I-9 verification in EMP Trust HR relies on a third-party notary network for Section 2 completion, and review data shows wait times are inconsistent. When migrating mid-process hires—employees who have started I-9 but not yet reached Section 2 completion—we flag the incomplete I-9 state. We preserve all completed sections and document the outstanding notary action. Crelate does not have a native E-Verify submission feature; the customer's admin must either trigger a new I-9 workflow in Crelate, use E-Verify directly via the USCIS portal, or configure a third-party notary integration post-migration.

  • Onboarding-centric schema does not map directly to ATS-centric schema

    EMP Trust HR structures data around an Employee record tied to a Hire event driving onboarding. Crelate structures data around Candidates and Contacts. The schema reshape requires disaggregating EMP Trust HR's Hire-driven onboarding packages into separate Crelate records (Contact, Onboarding Workflow, Document, Task). We handle this reshape during the transform phase, but any custom fields or properties in EMP Trust HR that reference the Hire object need explicit mapping decisions during scoping. Conditional branching within onboarding packages is not preserved and must be rebuilt in Crelate.

  • Benefits enrollment is a snapshot at onboarding, not a live feed

    Benefits selections made during onboarding are stored as enrollment snapshots in EMP Trust HR, not as live enrollment records connected to benefits carrier APIs. We migrate enrollment snapshots as historical records with plan choices, dependent information, and beneficiary designations as custom fields on the Contact. Any active ongoing benefits changes—life events, deduction corrections, coverage updates—must be captured separately from the HRIS export and manually reconciled against the carrier's system. We flag every contact with benefits data for the customer to confirm active status before cutover.

  • Export methods are batch-file and admin-dashboard based, not API-based

    EMP Trust HR does not publish API documentation with rate limits or endpoint references. Integration uses SFTP batch files, HR-XML web services, and admin dashboard exports. We use the SFTP batch export method as the primary extraction path where available, falling back to manual export files from the admin dashboard. We confirm export field completeness during a test pull before running the full migration. Large form libraries or historical training records may require multiple batch-file iterations, extending the scoping timeline.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful EMP Trust HR to Crelate data migration

  1. Discovery and scoping audit

    We audit the source EMP Trust HR tenant across employee headcount, I-9 record volume, onboarding package count, form library size (including custom forms with conditional logic), training record history, benefits enrollment snapshots, background check result volume, and active integration connectors. We pair this with a Crelate edition assessment (Standard, Plus, or Enterprise) based on the customer's feature requirements (onboarding workflows, custom fields, document storage limits, API access). The discovery output is a written migration scope document covering record counts, compliance artefact inventory, and integration handoff list.

  2. I-9 compliance extraction and e-signature reconstruction

    We extract all I-9 records (Section 1 and Section 2) and custom compliance forms with e-signature audit trail metadata. For each record, we reconstruct the e-signature envelope (signer ID, timestamp, IP address, certificate hash) from EMP Trust HR's proprietary storage and apply a standard schema before writing to Crelate as tagged documents. We identify all incomplete I-9 records (mid-process hires with outstanding Section 2) and flag them with a migration status. We also extract E-Verify case numbers and status codes to structured custom fields on the Contact record.

  3. Onboarding package disaggregation and Crelate schema provisioning

    We disaggregate EMP Trust HR's Hire-driven onboarding packages into separate Crelate records: Contact profiles, Onboarding Workflow instances, Document records (for completed forms), and Task items (for onboarding and HR manager action items). We provision custom fields in Crelate for E-Verify status, benefits enrollment snapshots, training completions, and background check summaries before any data import. Any custom forms with conditional logic are inventoried separately for rebuild in Crelate's form builder.

  4. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into Crelate's sandbox environment (or a test workspace if sandbox is not available on the customer's tier) using production-like data volume. The customer's HR lead reconciles record counts (Contacts in, Documents in, Onboarding Workflows in, Tasks in), spot-checks 25-50 random employee records against the EMP Trust HR source, and verifies I-9 document completeness and e-signature readability. Any mapping corrections happen in this phase before production migration begins.

  5. Integration inventory and admin handoff

    We compile a written inventory of every active EMP Trust HR connector (ADP, Workday, UKG, Oracle, SAP, Greenhouse, Lever, background check providers) with the integration type, data flows, and recommended Crelate replacement (native integration, Zapier, or manual reconfiguration). We document ATS-triggered candidate-to-hire field mappings from Greenhouse and Lever that were used to create EMP Trust HR employee records, so the customer's admin can configure equivalent mappings in Crelate or reconcile against the original ATS export. Integration endpoints, credentials, and schedule settings are not migrated and must be re-established in Crelate post-migration.

  6. Production migration and cutover

    We freeze EMP Trust HR writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Crelate as the system of record. We deliver the integration inventory document, custom form rebuild checklist, and any incomplete I-9 flags to the customer's admin team. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild EMP Trust HR onboarding logic, conditional form branches, or integration connectors as part of the migration scope; those are separate engagements or internal admin tasks.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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EMP Trust HR

Source

Strengths

  • DHS-certified E-Verify agent with direct USCIS integration and certified audit trail logs for every eligibility verification.
  • Multi-language and multi-country form management with local tax and compliance forms for 40+ countries and all US states.
  • New Hire Portal with configurable branding, e-signature, task automation, and training course assignment in a single onboarding wizard.
  • Over 140 pre-built connectors to ATS, payroll, and benefits providers including Workday, ADP, Oracle, SAP, UKG, Greenhouse, and Lever.
  • Compliance and governance tools covering GRC program management, I-9 storage, state compliance rules, and ITAR/EAR export regulation adherence.

Weaknesses

  • No publicly documented developer portal or structured API reference, limiting programmatic access to employee and onboarding data during migration scoping.
  • Integration configurations and connector settings must be rebuilt from scratch in the destination system; EMP Trust HR does not export sync schedules, credential mappings, or webhook configurations.
  • Limited transparency on pricing tiers, with no published per-seat or feature-tier breakdown, complicating budget planning during a migration evaluation.
  • Administrative interface usability concerns reported by HR manager reviewers, suggesting a steeper learning curve compared to modern HCM platforms with streamlined UX.
  • Third-party notary delays for I-9 Section 2 completion are a recurring pain point in reviews, indicating dependency risk on external verification services.
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Crelate

Destination

Strengths

  • Unified ATS and CRM in a single platform reduces data synchronization overhead for recruiting teams.
  • Fast setup with guided implementation reported as a significant time saver for small teams.
  • Transparent per-seat pricing without surprise fees at the base tier.
  • Flexible custom field configuration across core objects without developer dependency.
  • Export capability supports up to 15,000 records per operation for Contacts, Companies, and Opportunities.

Weaknesses

  • API rate limit of 120 requests per minute restricts bulk migration throughput.
  • Custom field cap of 20 per entity requires field consolidation for complex recruiting schemas.
  • All advanced features (Activities, Activity Forms, Core Record Field customization) are tier-gated add-ons.
  • Customer service responsiveness receives consistent negative feedback in reviews.
  • Resume parsing quality trails competitors and generates support requests.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard HRMS migration. 1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across EMP Trust HR and Crelate.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    EMP Trust HR: Not publicly documented..

  • Data volume sensitivity

    A

    EMP Trust HR exposes a bulk API — large-volume migrations stream efficiently.

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Most migrations land between four and six weeks for organizations under 2,000 employees with clean I-9 records and no custom form libraries requiring rebuild. Migrations with large form libraries, incomplete I-9 states, training record histories, and benefits enrollment snapshots requiring compliance flag documentation extend to eight to twelve weeks because of e-signature envelope reconstruction, onboarding package disaggregation, and benefits reconciliation.

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