The HR Group, Inc. Announces Alliance with Empliant

CHAPEL HILL, NC - November 18, 2003 - Empliant, Inc., and The HR Group, Inc. announced an alliance to enable The HR Group to promote Employee and Manager Self-reliance by introducing Empliant's technology to its customer base.

The HR Group offers customized HR consulting services to companies to improve their processes and profitability.

David Moff, President and CEO of The HR Group, is very excited about the opportunity to bring Empliant technology to the small to mid-sized enterprise. "Empliant is the best tool I have seen to deliver a web-native benefits enrollment product that eliminates nearly all the annual pain of open enrollment. By providing a built-in Benefits Statement and Populated Enrollment Forms, Empliant's functionality exceeds the large ERP systems like SAP and PeopleSoft, at a fraction of the cost."

"By combining The HR Group's experience with Empliant's online benefits and knowledgebase technology, we can deliver a high-quality, value-oriented approach to Employee and Manager self-reliance", said Mike Owen, Empliant's VP of Sales and Business Development.

The HR Group offers customized contractual services including consultation, pre-arranged weekly on-site services, and project work. Their powerful team of consultants has the depth and breath to add value and Partner for Profits. The tag line for the company-- "WE HELP TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WHILE YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS"-- stresses the fact that The HR Group helps their client companies focus on their core business, while making sure employee and manager needs are appropriately supported.

About Empliant, Inc.
Empliant, Inc., located in Chapel Hill, NC, offers hosted, modular, customized, Web-engineered human resources solutions that improve organizational profitability, reduce administration costs, increase employee satisfaction, and enhance operational efficiency. The company's products include tools for automated, online knowledgebases (content management), online benefits enrollment and administration, dynamic surveys, and interactive transactions and HR administration. Using Empliant reduces capitalization costs and enables employers to provide employees with self-service capabilities to manage their own data in a secure, private environment. For more information about Empliant's employee self-reliant solutions visit: www.empliant.com

About The HR Group, Inc.
The HR Group, Inc., located in Greensboro, NC, provides customized consulting services to help meet all Human Resource requirements. The HR Group understands that each client's HR needs are unique to its management team, employees, and customers, therefore The HR Group tailors its services to meet those specific, unique needs. For more information about The HR Group, contact: David Moff, 336-292-1911