Roundup: This Week's Popular HR News From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week how to attract top talent, what managers are doing right and how to manage office stress, dealing with whiners and negative behavior and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Managing Office Stress For Office Success
When you think about return on employee investment, what comes to mind? Productivity scales, training schedules, benefit plans or quarterly reviews? It’s surprising how little of the human picture actually makes it into HR projections.

Want to Attract Top Talent? Offer a Killer 401(k)
Salary, stock options, and equity are certainly valuable. But a great retirement plan can help sweeten the deal. The lifeblood of your growing business is the intellectual firepower and energy of your employees. Keeping those brains engaged and motivated--and not hightailing it to the next better opportunity--probably crosses your mind all too frequently. As does making sure you can keep attracting new talent to your enterprise.


More Young People Give Up on Job Search
The number of entry-level employees in workforce has not been this low since 1955, one report says. The unemployment rate may have gone down slightly in August, but that was in part because more people have given up looking for jobs. More concerning, however, is the fact the shrinking labor force is losing the very job seekers that are supposed to make up your future employee base.


What managers are doing right — and what they can do better
First-line supervisors have long been the bane of HR’s existence, but new research says they’re doing something right — especially when compared with senior leaders. Employees say they trust their managers more than upper-level execs, according to a new survey from global consulting firm BlessingWhite.


Can Lack of Access to Sick Leave Be Dangerous to Your Health?
The benefits of offering paid sick leave can outweigh the costs, even for small companies and especially for employers whose workplaces have a high risk for employee injuries, experts say.


Ten Jobs That Have Grown Over 30 Percent in the Last Year
As the job market continues to be a central focus of political debate leading up to the Presidential election, CareerBuilder experts have identified areas of employment that are growing at an accelerated rate.


EEOC Wants Comments on Its Proposed Strategic Enforcement Plan
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)  has released for public comment a draft of its Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP). What does the Strategic Enforcement Plan propose? Calling this “an opportune moment to aim for bold and transformative change,” the EEOC identifies the following key priorities...

What to do with a workplace whiner
It's one of the diciest challenges of office politics, one that invades the cubicle farm and executive suite alike: How to deal with workplace whiners. While it's often best to walk away, that can be difficult in today's team-based workplace, where many people work closely in groups.

Night Owl or Early Bird, It Helps to Know When You Are Most Productive
The early bird catches the worm. I hate that phrase. I find it irritating because of the origin behind it, the idea that in order to succeed you must wake up and get to work early. I’m going to have to disagree with this concept.

The Key to Overcoming Workplace Negativity
There is no guarantee that just because two people work together they are going to get along. Conflict in the office, though, can result in increased disengagement and a depletion of productivity, as this negativity will impact everyone working with those involved in conflict.

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Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

HR News Roundup: This week find out what the census knows about state employment, how poor benefit choices leads to major waste, OFCCP's clarifications on internet hiring rules and more.... this week's top human resources news stories from around the web.

Can You Tell Engagement By Looking at Posture?
There’s a lot you can tell about a person just by looking at them; whether they’re feeling open or closed to interaction, if they’re happy or sad and whether or not they’re sick at the moment. According to some experts, you can also tell how productive somebody is feeling, and certain body language can increase that employee engagement.

Senator Blumenthal Promotes Hiring of Veterans
The CT News Junkie reports that U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal visited with veterans this week at Bristol’s Arna Machine to help promote hiring and tax credits. - CMS is hosting a WOTC Webinar on August 29th for both for profit and non-profits. Click here for more.

Biggest Companies of the 2012 Inc. 5000
Which of America's fastest-growing companies sells the most stuff? Would you guess Facebook, Levi Strauss, or Publix, or none of the above? Find out.

How to Train Your High-Potential Employees
Your high-potential employees aren't going to take over the world on their own. Here's how you can help them help you.

OFCCP Clarifies Rules to Make Clear It’s All Up to You
If your employer does business with the federal government, you already know — or should know — the rules about Internet hiring.... Now comes clarifications of these rules from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs that won’t make life any easier, but which do, at least, make it clearer what records to keep and who is responsible for keeping them.

Here’s an FMLA danger zone you might have overlooked
A recent court ruling offers a reminder of an oft-overlooked area where FMLA regs get companies in trouble: performance reviews.

Census Bureau Reveals State of State Employment
State and local governments employed approximately 16.4 million full-time workers in March 2011, according to recent estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. This number is down 1.4 percent from the same time in 2010. The report found that 8.9 million of these workers were employed in education, 964,381 worked in hospitals, 923,951 worked in police protection, and 717,940 were occupied in corrections positions.

Poor Benefits Choices Lead to Significant Annual Waste
New research out of Aflac has revealed that 56 percent of employees waste up to an annual $750 on poor insurance benefits election. Nearly 25 percent of respondents said they either chose the wrong level of coverage or chose options they didn't need while just 16 percent of employees said they were confident in their selections. The Aflac study, entitled the 2012 Open Enrollment Survey of the Aflac Workforces Report, polled 2,500 consumers in July 2012.

California On Brink of New “Can’t Ask” Social Media Password Law
California is about to become the third state to prohibit employers from asking employees or job seekers for access to their social media postings. Without dissent, the California Senate this week approved AB1844, the privacy measure. It now requires an Assembly vote and Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature before it takes effect. The Assembly vote is likely this week and is almost perfunctory, since it has already once passed there without dissent.

5 steps to accommodate major 401(k) compliance deadline looming August 30
Many companies sponsoring 401(k) plans may not be aware that they’re facing a critical regulatory deadline on August 30. That’s the federal deadline for disclosing to employees the amounts of fees that they’re paying for their plans. The overwhelming majority of these investors don’t have the vaguest idea how much they’re paying in fees. If you’re an employer at a small or mid-sized company, there’s a good chance that you don’t either.


5 Minute Coffee Break....
Got a few minutes? Had enough of cute cats taking over the internet?  Introducing Dog Shaming: http://dog-shaming.com/

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Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've read this week, what HBO's 'Hard Knocks' can teach managers, the outrageous death benefits Google employees receive and how to be more productive at work....


The Benefits of Paperless HR: Sustainable, Cost-Effective, and Within Your Reach
Sage HRMS via Slideshare

U.S. Trails World in Paid Time Off as 40% Don’t Get Money
About 40 percent of U.S. workers, or more than 55 million Americans, don’t get paid when they take vacation or sick days, the government reported.

Why Every Manager Should Watch HBO’s 'Hard Knocks'
At the beginning of this year’s training camp, the Miami Dolphins’ tall and angular new head football coach, Joe Philbin—who looks more like a dentist than a tough-talking gridiron guru—reminds one of the team’s high-profile acquisitions that he’d be wise to toe the line. The player is the wide-out Chad Johnson, a man known until recently as Chad Ochocinco, who earlier had unleashed some foul language during a press conference.

Extreme Benefits: Google Edition
Google's incredibly generous death benefits have generated huge admiration. But what are they really for?

Make Meetings Productive: 3 Better Ways
Everyone hates meetings. When people get the chance to work from home, they undoubtedly say they're more productive because they don't have to go to meetings. In the thousands of meetings I've sat through, I can tell that within half an hour, most people tune out, and their capacity for creative thinking is mostly turned off.

WOTC Webinar: What’s new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit?
CMS would like to invite you to join our resident Human Resources and Tax Credit Expert,  Brian Kelly, to find out what's new with the Work Opportunity Tax Credits. Brian will review the following, and answer any questions you may have about this extremely valuable tax credit.

Drive Success and Motivation Through Management
Considering the cost of replacing an individual should deter most HR professionals from jumping to fire even a problem employee given the state of the current economic and job markets. Identifying the reasons why workers don’t succeed and driving strategic HR management solutions can help maintain staff.

Why don’t firms do a better job of talking to employees about benefits?
Everybody’s always saying how important it is to communicate regularly with employees, especially in the benefits area. So how come so few companies do it effectively?

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've  been reading this week, Recruiting Lessons From the Olympics and why men get bigger pay hikes than women:

Survey: Employees don't support linking wellness, benefits

Employment Costs in the U.S. Increased 0.5% in Second Quarter

Like Smart Casual Attire for Work?

U.S. Government Offering Grants for Disability Programs

Can you take back relocation money if the employee doesn’t spend it all?

12 Steps to Crack Down on FMLA Abuse

Perk that’ll make your company more attractive to 72% of workers

9 HR mistakes likely to get you sued

The Catch-22 of Criminal-Background-Check Guidance

Working from Home or Hardly Working?

Employment Gains for August 2012 Won't Affect Current U.S. Jobless Rate 

Recruiting for Sage HRMS

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• Flexible and customizable job applications
• Automatic feed to Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com to attract candidates
• Quickly find the most qualified candidates for the job
• Comprehensive pre-formatted reports
• Social Media Integration (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn)
• Compliance
• Save money on new hires with iRecruit's Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program integration.
• iRecruit provides the best integration to Sage HRMS available for onboarding new hires (100+ fields can transfer)
• Easy to learn, easy to use, and get started quickly

To learn more about iRecruit for Sage HRMS please join us for a web-demo on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 2pm, call us at 1-800-517-9099 or visit our website www.irecruitforsagehrms.com.

Upcoming Sage Webinars in August

Introduction to Sage HRMS (For Prospective Customers)
Learn how Sage HRMS can make HR more strategic and solve your HR and payroll challenges with integrated solutions including HR, payroll, benefits, training, recruiting, compliance, and talent management.
August 8, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register
August 22, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register

 The Benefits of Compliance to HR Organizations: Identifying and Adopting Best Practices
Compliance--the very thought of implementing an HR "compliance system" typically strikes terror in the minds of HR managers and IT professionals alike. Attend this live webcast and learn what an HR best practice compliance system consists of, its benefits to your HR organization, and how to achieve it cost-effectively.
August 2, 2012, 1:00PM - 2:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register

 Paperless Payroll With the Sage Payroll PayCard
Offer your employees a cost-effective and secure way to receive their paycheck electronically with the Sage Payroll PayCard by Motivano. Find out how easy it is to enroll and start offering your employees a new payroll benefit immediately! (This service is currently not available in Canada.)
August 2, 2012, 2:00PM - 2:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register
August 9, 2012, 2:00PM - 2:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register
August 23, 2012, 2:00PM - 2:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register

Transform Your Workplace: Paperless Employee Change Forms With Sage HRMS
Transform your organization by going paperless with Sage HRMS HR Actions® by Delphia Consulting. Managers and employees can complete web-based forms spanning the entire employee lifecycle that are routed electronically for approval based on your business rules. Attend this live webcast and see why with Sage HRMS HR Actions, self-service has never been easier!
August 7, 2012, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register 

Sage HRMS HR Actions - Create, Route, Approve, and Save Paperless Web-Based Forms
This introduction to Sage HRMS HR Actions® by Delphia Consulting demonstrates how employees, managers, and administrators can easily submit web-based forms for any HR transaction, including status change forms and performance appraisals. Join us to see how validated forms are routed for approval based upon your business rules and how approved forms update Sage HRMS with the click of a mouse. Web self-service has never been easier!
August 21, 2012, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register
August 29, 2012, 3:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register
  
Risk Management: How a Paperless HR Department Can Survive the Compliance Jungle
This one-hour live webcast will compare and contrast the benefits of a paperless human resources system with an automated compliance program.
August 21, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register

The Data-Driven HR Organization: How to Achieve It and How to Benefit From It
In your daily HR activities, have you ever said, "If only we had known . . . " about such things as excessive overtime, expiring certifications, or employee pay rate changes? If so, you can avoid doing so in the future by becoming a "data driven" HR organization. Attend this live webcast and learn how you can become a data-driven HR organization and provide a higher level of service to your organization.
August 30, 2012, 1:00PM - 2:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Register

Click here to register for any of the above listed webinars or call CMS at 1-800-517-9099.

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

The human resource news from this week, including a little sporting event called "the Olympics", and lots of news about hiring Veterans.

Nobody Looks Like a Tattletale

IRS reminds businesses to take advantage of tax credits

‘Rich History’ of Hiring Veterans Points to Bright Future | Q&A with Humana’s Director of Talent Acquisition

Military Matters: Why Hiring Veterans and Their Families Should Be Top Priority for HR Leaders

Characteristics and Competencies for HR Leaders

Get Ready HR: Workers Will Watch Olympics

Why companies must stop office bullying

You Can’t Explain ADA Accommodations to Co-Workers

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

What we've been reading this week about human resources... are flex schedules a blessing or a curse and memorable firsts in human resources?

What Makes Technology Cool? Business Results

Mistakes to Avoid for Effective Payroll

VETS: Not Your Everyday Veterans Recruiting Initiative

Memorable Firsts in Human Resources

Is the HR “Specialist” Function Becoming Obsolete?

Even Before a Facebook Jobs Site, 92% Will Use Social Recruiting This Year

Vermont Bans Use of Credit Checks in Hiring and Firing

Are flexible schedules a blessing or a curse?

Human Resources--STILL Not a Strategic Partner?

Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web

Introducing our newest blog feature:  Roundup: This Week's Top HR Stories From Around The Web. We read so many different articles online in our favorite HR blogs and news sites about human resources, compliance, payroll, recruiting and business, that we thought it would be a good idea to share them with you every Friday. We'll also be sharing a weekly Recruiting news roundup on our iRecruit Blog. This week, learn what you didn't see at SHRM 2012 and what to do when an employee throws a temper tantrum.

Give Yourself Time to Make Benefits Enrollment Easy

Here’s What You Didn’t See During SHRM 2012

You Can Implement Performance Management

Rynes: Manage Change Effectively

When an employee throws a temper tantrum

Introduction to Sage HRMS

Introduction to Sage HRMS

Learn how Sage HRMS can make HR more strategic and solve your HR and payroll challenges with integrated solutions including HR, payroll, benefits, training, recruiting, compliance, and talent management.

Sage HRMS offers a flexible design and modular features to meet the needs of small and midsized companies. Attend this webcast to learn how Sage HRMS can help you more efficiently manage your workforce:

- Simplify benefits administration
- Ensure compliance
- Accurately manage attendance plans
- Streamline the recruiting process
- Allow employees to access personal information and enroll in benefits

Dates Available:

• July 11, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
• July 25, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
• August 8, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Click here to register for this webinar or call 1-800-517-9099.

So, what's the deal with HR? Jerry Seinfeld to speak at SHRM's Annual Conference

Very exciting news for Human Resource Professionals, comedian Jerry Seinfeld is scheduled to perform at the 2012 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition in Atlanta, GA on June 26th.

The Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning comedian and “Seinfeld” TV star is among an impressive list of celebrities at the four-day conference that include keynote speakers former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, best-selling author Jim Collins and respected journalist Tom Brokaw.

The 64th annual conference takes place June 24-27 includes a vast selection of educational opportunities, workshops and the ability to network with HR professionals.

The keynote speaker for Monday, June 25, 2012, will be announced at a later date.

Read more at the SHRM Website.


http://annual.shrm.org/conference-glance

Webinar: Recent Court Case Rulings and What They Mean for HR

It's up to HR to ensure that hiring, discipline, and termination practices are compliant with the law. Otherwise, you could put your company at risk of incurring costly fines, penalties, and employee lawsuits. This live one hour webcast will review the 2011 dockets of HR related cases, discussing specific findings and how they relate to day-to-day business operations.

This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

Register:

• January 24, 2012, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
• January 25, 2012, 10:00AM - 1:00PM - 2:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) 

Please click here to register or call CMS at 800-517-9099.



This webcast will review the 2011 dockets for HR related court cases. A brief background of each case will be presented along with the outcome and discussion of the specific implications on the administration within the Human Resources function. Focus will be on federal court findings, although specific state findings that are relevant to HR, setting precedence for future findings, will be covered.

Participants will learn:

• Which U.S. Supreme court rulings affect human resources and what you should be doing to protect your company.
• Which state case rulings are setting precedence for future rulings that might affect your business.
• Which cases will be ruled upon in early 2012, so employers and HR departments can be vigilant in following cases specific to their business practices.

Who Should Attend:

Attendees should include Human Resource Managers and business professionals in the U.S. who desire to become more knowledgeable in how business will be affected by legal decisions passed on during 2011.

HR Recertification Credits:
This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org).

Certificates of completion will be provided upon request only to individually registered attendees. Attendance for the full webcast hour is required to receive recertification credits (partial credits cannot be provided). Groups of people participating in the webcast together must be registered and attend the webcast individually to receive certificates. Certificates will be sent via email to registered attendees in PDF form within 30 days of validated attendance. If you have additional questions, please email us at es_training@sage.com.

Presenter's Biography: Mary Anne Osborne, SPHR

With over 30 years' experience in the HR field, Mary Anne is well prepared to help businesses find solutions to their most troubling HR-related dilemmas. Her HR experiences have elevated her from HR Representative to the VP level in a multi-state healthcare industry leader before beginning her own consulting business. Along the way she spent time honing her skills in Employee Relations, Staffing, EEOC, Organizational Development, Compensation and Training in the telecommunications, financial, automotive, higher education and healthcare industries.

Register:

Please click here to register or call CMS at 800-517-9099.

Webinar: Introduction to Sage Abra HRMS

Introduction to Sage Abra HRMS (For Prospective Customers)

Learn how Sage Abra HRMS can make HR more strategic and solve your HR and payroll challenges with integrated solutions including HR, payroll, benefits, training, recruiting, and compliance.

Sage Abra HRMS offers a flexible design and modular features to meet the needs of small and midsized companies. Attend this webcast to learn how Sage Abra can help you more efficiently manage your workforce:

- Simplify benefits administration
- Ensure compliance
- Accurately manage attendance plans
- Streamline the recruiting process
- Allow employees to access personal information and enroll in benefits

July 27, 2011, 1:00PM - 2:00PM Eastern Time
August 10, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time

Click here to register for this webinar or call 1-860-678-4401.

Webinar: Automating Human Resources

Building the Business Case for Automating the Human Resources Function

This live webcast will outline how HR professionals can prepare and defend a proposal focused on automating the administrative functions within HR. This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org).

July 26, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
July 27, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time

Click here to register for this webinar or call 1-860-678-4401.

Sage Webcast: Cost-Effective Compliance

Cost-Effective Compliance: What It Consists Of and How to Achieve It

The amount of time and money required for an HR organization to adopt a system of "best practice" HR compliance rules can be considerable. And yet most -- if not all -- HR organizations will readily admit that the concept of compliance and operating by a set of "best business practices" within their HR departments can yield significant benefits.

Attend this live webcast and learn . . .

• Why an HR organization should strive to become compliant (and the resulting benefits).
• Why historical efforts at compliance are so costly and resource intensive.
• How HR organizations can achieve compliance in a cost-effective manner.
  

Dates Available:
April 12, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
May 10, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time

Please click here to register, email lstrong@cmshris.com or call us at 1-800-517-9099.

Sage Webcast: Sage Abra HR Actions

Automate the Performance Appraisal Process and Go Paperless With Sage Abra

HR Actions for Sage Abra is a new solution that simplifies the employee data change and performance appraisal processes. Interactive web-based forms replace paper forms, are easy to use, and result in submitted actions that are complete, accurate, and secure. Automate the routing, approval, and notification process of employee actions.

Attend this webcast to learn how HR Actions can help you more efficiently:

Accelerate HR and Payroll transactional processing throughout the employment lifecycle

• Eliminate paper forms, including performance appraisal forms.
• Updated forms are immediately available to the organization.
• Electronic routing and approval of forms speeds the service delivery process.
  

Eliminate data entry from paper forms into Sage Abra HRMS

• Once approved, one-click updates to Sage Abra eliminate data entry from paper forms.
  

Provide manager with timely and accurate information

• Provide managers with online access to direct and skip-level reports personnel files, including completed forms and attachments.
  

Reduce HR's dependence on IT Support

• HR can define and build dynamic web-based forms and routing rules without any programming skills.
  

Enforce company policy while minimizing errors

• Forms are easy to complete, with fields that only display valid choices.
• Specify what fields must be completed for a form to move through the approval process.
• Forms are routed for approval based on business rules you define in a point-and-click environment.
  

Monitor and control forms throughout the entire routing process

• A real-time dashboard lets you see the status of every form being routed throughout the organization.
• Control the flow of a form -- stop it, skip an approver, or push it through the approval process.
  

Dates Available:
April 19, 2011, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Eastern Time
April 27, 2011, 3:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern Time
June 14, 2011, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Eastern Time
June 22, 2011, 3:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern Time

Please click here to register, email lstrong@cmshris.com or call us at 1-800-517-9099.

Sage Webcast: The Data-Driven HR Organization: How to Achieve It and How to Benefit from It

Every HR organization deals with surprises and "exceptions" on a daily basis. But most HR organizations waste valuable time either searching out this information or reacting to it after the fact. Making your HR organization "data-driven" enables your critical HR information to be delivered to you -- automatically -- when and where you need it.

In this live webcast, learn . . .

• The eight HR "data-driven" conditions you can use to automatically monitor yourHR data for critical, time-sensitive information.
• How your HR data can "tap you on the shoulder" to help you more effectively and efficiently manage your HR activities.
• The impact on HR between organizations that are data-driven and those that are not.
  

Sage KnowledgeSync Alerts & Workflow gives a voice to your HR data, enabling you to make more intelligent and timely HR decisions.

Dates Available:
April 19, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
May 17, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time

Please click here to register, email lstrong@cmshris.com or call us at 1-800-517-9099.

Sage Webcast: Introduction to Sage Abra HRMS

Sage Abra HRMS offers a flexible design and modular features to meet the needs of small and midsized companies. Attend this webcast to learn how Sage Abra can help you more efficiently manage your workforce:

• Simplify benefits administration
• Ensure compliance
• Accurately manage attendance plans
• Streamline the recruiting process
• Allow employees to access personal information and enroll in benefits
  

Dates Available:
April 20, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
May 4, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
May 18, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time

Please click here to register, email lstrong@cmshris.com or call us at 1-800-517-9099.

Sage Webcast: Wage and Hour - Staying on the Right Side of the DOL

The U.S. Labor Department is closely scrutinizing the pay practices of U.S. employers, including the white collar exemption, status of consultants, and flat rate payments to name a few. U.S. companies must self-evaluate and make corrections to their compensation programs to ensure compliance and avoid costly fines. This live webcast will provide important information on actions HR should be taking to "Find and Fix" violations before a DOL investigator arrives at
the door.

Participants will learn:

• What actions the HR department should be engaged in, now, to avoid fines and litigation
• How the latest court cases are affecting wage and hour
• How the narrowed interpretation of the administrative exemption by the DOL can affect your business
  

Who Should Attend:
Human Resources professionals such as Compensation Managers, HR Generalists, HR Managers, and Payroll Specialists interested in expanding their knowledge about DOL compensation compliance.

HR Recertification Credits:
This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org).
Certificates of completion will be provided upon request only to individually registered attendees. Attendance for the full webcast hour is required to receive recertification credits (partial credits cannot be provided). Groups of people participating in the webcast together must be registered and attend the webcast individually to receive certificates. Certificates will be sent via email to registered attendees in PDF form within 30 days of validated attendance. If you have additional questions, please email us at es_training@sage.com.

Dates Available:
April 26, 2011 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
April 27, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
April 28, 2011, 1:00PM - 2:00PM Eastern Time

Please click here to register, email lstrong@cmshris.com or call us at 1-800-517-9099.

Sage Webcast: NLRB - Should You Be Concerned?

This live webcast will introduce you the changes taking place within the National Labor Relations Board. Small to mid-size employers are more likely than ever to be affected by the board's actions and the growing labor movement in the U.S.

Participants will learn:

• What legal actions the NLRB is currently taking that may affect your company
• How the NLRB is actively affecting employees' access to unions through newly proposed regulations
• What actions companies should be engaging in now before a union targets your workforce
  

Who Should Attend:

• Human Resources professionals, Managers, Supervisors and CEO's.

HR Recertification Credits:
This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org).

Certificates of completion will be provided upon request only to individually registered attendees. Attendance for the full webcast hour is required to receive recertification credits (partial credits cannot be provided). Groups of people participating in the webcast together must be registered and attend the webcast individually to receive certificates. Certificates will be sent via email to registered attendees in PDF form within 30 days of validated attendance. If you have additional questions, please email us at es_training@sage.com.

Dates Available:
May 24, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
May 25, 2011, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time
May 26, 2011, 1:00PM - 2:00PM Eastern Time

Please click here to register, email lstrong@cmshris.com or call us at 1-800-517-9099.