On Demand Workforce Management

Online Timesheet Solutions

2006-05-24T23:16:00.000-07:00

More and more companies are starting to prefer managing their timesheets online. In the race of delivering better online environment to them, service providers keep introducing new features in their product line. Enterprise CRM and salesforce.com is one such service provider. They recently introduced Timetrack CRM for salesforce.com's AppExchange. Last week iemployee.com in their newsletter announced new features in their product line. iEmployee is one of the leading online workforce management solution providers in U.S.

Challenge for HR professionals

2006-05-02T23:29:00.000-07:00

According to a survey conducted by the Business & Legal Reports (BLR) website, HR.BLR.com, complaiance with the state and federal laws is the most important challenge for HR professionals. The human resource professionals would definately find this information handy and the best part is the copies of the report are available for free on their website. Some of the paramaters of the survey are well covered in the latest article on tmcnet.com.

Money in the tip jar

2006-05-01T00:29:00.000-07:00

Do you know that you can take the money kept in the tip jar! Yes, however not to take the jar.
The money in the tip jar is considered as public money and only when the restuarant provide W2 form stating that they make income from the tips. Read on progressiveu.org for a true incident.

Don't play with your timesheet

2006-05-01T00:21:00.000-07:00

Manupulating your timesheet to increase your earning can put you behind bars. According to latest news on mcall.com, Charles Wistuba Jr., 40, of Newton, N.J., was sentenced by Superior Court Judge John Pursel to five years in state prison on two counts of theft by deception. Wistuba increased his overtime earnings on his online time sheet at a rate of 24 hours a day, seven days a week to obtain $336,348. Wistuba also used a vender number to charge his credit card bills to JCP&L to obtain $76,294.50, the affidavit said. Click here for more details.

Spring Cleaning advices

2006-05-01T00:15:00.000-07:00

After you pay your taxes and spring is about to arrive, the first thing that comes into mind is spring cleaning of documents. abclocal.go.com has published a detailed article on what to keep and what not to.
Like keep all current insurance policies- home, health, disability and auto, to hold on with your Pay Stubs- to match to the year-end statement. Then you may shred the stubs.
However do keep the year end paystubs for three years. Click here for more details.

Strong growth in demand for skilled workers

2006-04-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

The recent article on reliableplant.com indicates strong growth in demand for skilled workers in the month of April according to the findings of Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, for the month of April in U.S. The stats are well explained keeping in mind the manufacturing and service industry.

HR as a Strategic Partner

2006-04-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

For all of you in the HR industry and are in & around Central Missouri, The Human Resource Association of Central Missouri is holding a program titled “HR as a Strategic Partner,” starting from Friday. Click here for more details.

Walker Prize 2006

2006-04-23T20:26:00.000-07:00

From the reports on chron.com on 21st, Thomas Sy from California State University and Laura Sue D'Annunzio from Booz Allen Hamilton, were announced the winners of 2006 Walker Prize by The Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS). In the year 1977, Jim Walker has helped establish this award named after him as Walker Prize. It celebrates the tradition of vision, quality and innovation exemplified. It is awarded annually to the paper, article or commentary published by HRPS that best advances state-of-the-art thinking or practices in human resources.

The Housing Authority to track workers where abouts

2006-04-23T20:15:00.001-07:00

The GPS system - that works on Sprint Nextel phones and walkie-talkies - sends location information from employee phones to a central computer, that inturn generates real-time maps and reports for employers. This information then gets imported into payroll or billing systems for time-sheet purposes. The Housing Authority is considering this technology to track their employees where abouts. Click here for more details.

Companies hire professionals to check accuracy of resumes

2006-04-23T20:15:00.000-07:00

From the latest reports on taipeitimes.com, The Human Resource Management did a survey last year that showed 40 percent of human resource professionals had increased the time they spent checking references since 2002, and 52 percent said they contracted out at least part of the background checking to professionals.
It is not new that employees lie on their resume about their work experience. More and more companies are hiring professionals to check their background to track the accuracy of the details mentioned in their resumes when they apply for a new job.

The Housing Authority to track workers where abouts

2006-04-23T20:09:00.000-07:00

West Bend Police suspended for falsifying time sheets

2006-04-23T19:58:00.000-07:00

West Bend Police suspended 3 offiers Andrew Adee, Kurt Bohn and Todd Yerges, on March 8th, accused of knowingly falsifying their time sheets over a two-year period. The West Bend Fire and Police Commission will reconvene on Monday to continue deliberations on the fate of these three city police officers. Click here for more.

Human resource professionals

2006-04-19T20:07:00.000-07:00

This article is worth reading for all human resource professionals in shrm.org that covers sharing quotes by Kimberly A. Wheeler, SPHR about alertness in finding hr solutions during natural disasters.
Some of her quotes were, “If there’s a loss of power, computer system failure, etc., the phones will not work if they are routed through your computer or other electronic systems,”
“We identified several areas in our building and installed stand-alone landlines [that] we were able to use during and after the storm,".

Reslove reported record sales of $31.1 million

2006-04-18T20:21:00.000-07:00

Resolve Staffing, Inc. a Human Resource (HR) Services providers, reported record sales of $31.1 million for 2005, an increase of 423% over 2004 sales of $6.0 million.
Ron Heineman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was quoted in the latest article on chron.com saying "We had a great 2005 and our business continues to grow. Not only did we report our first profitable quarter in 2005, our EBITDA was also close to breakeven for the entire year,"

Virtualization saves taxes for H&R Block

2006-04-17T20:42:00.000-07:00

H&R Block started applying virtualization software from EMC Corp. subsidiary VMware Inc according to reports on computerworld.com.
The firm's estimated savings because of this reached $1 million on hardware purchases since rolling out the technology in June 2005. About six years ago, they only had 80 servers. Now they're up to 600 or 700 servers. H&R Block now has about 25% of its data center virtualized, and have completely virtualized its in-house time-sheet application.

Steven Rodriguez moves to Senior VP

2006-04-17T20:30:00.000-07:00

Steven Rodriguez, working in Ceridian for 5 years, is named Senior Vice President of its Human Resources/Payroll Services division according to recent reports on tmcnet.com. Prior to joining Ceridian, he was vice president of sales with Automatic Data Processing (ADP). He would be responsible for national sales force that is selling HR/Payroll outsourcing solutions to mid-market companies.

Best Employers in Ohio 2006

2006-04-17T20:24:00.000-07:00

Ohio Society of Human Resource Management and Ohio Chamber of Commerce named The Connor Group, a Centerville company, among 20 named "Best Employers in Ohio 2006" on the small to medium-sized companies list. According to reports on bizjournals.com, The Connor Group, that is a real estate investment firm, had annual revenue of around $60 millioon.

Tax day

2006-04-17T20:14:00.000-07:00

For Americans 17th April was the tax day. Some who fill it themselves fill out the Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain Worksheet, some who use software and fill their W2 form. The federal tax code includes more than 2.8 million words on more than 65,000 pages. This must be real ache for those doing it themself. Simpler taxes that would be easier to track and to file. Presidents Reagan and the current Bush have urged Congress to adopt an alternative.

Your financial documents

2006-04-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

Get some tips on your financial documents by Amanda Walker at wral.com. Walker says that you can throw out most of your financial documents after one year.
In some case where you deducted expenses or purchases from taxes, there you have to keep the documents like receipt, canceled check or credit card statement for 7 years. In the case of pay stubs, you only need the most recent ones.

Massachusetts Dental Society providing dental assistance

2006-04-16T20:33:00.000-07:00

Massachusetts Dental Society has recently worked out a dental program, helping children that do not have a dental insurance or are not eligible for government assistance.
According to them children of working parents are among the largest group of uninsured individuals in Massachusetts.
To qualify for the program, parents or guardians of the children need to complete a financial form and also include copies of financial documentation, such as their two most recent pay stubs or most recent W-2s or 1040 forms. If a child is approved, parents or guardians will receive a list of dentists in their area who are participating in the program. Children are eligible to participate in the program for two years.

Rhonda Houser, the HR Professional

2006-04-16T20:23:00.000-07:00

Want to know more about Rhonda Houser, here is an article on nwaonline.net about here.
She is co-founder and vice president of HR Factor in Fayetteville, as well as sister agency Staffing Factor. Houser has been recognized as Human Resources Professional of the Year by the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.
She was quoted as saying "Today, more and more companies are seeing the value of human resources,".

Hollywood to disclose pay-stubs

2006-04-16T20:22:00.000-07:00

US Securities and Exchange Commission is coming up with a proposal wherein hollywood would require to make public the pay-stubs, compensation of their employee's that were previously exempt.
In the recent article on the theaustralian.news.com.au, Media mogul Barry Diller was quoted as saying "I don't want to be a target more than I'm already a target."
According to them there are ways for needy producers to project an aura of extreme wealth and success without posting their pay-stubs on the internet.

WORKERS of the Davao City government complaining

2006-04-16T20:01:00.000-07:00

City Mayor's peace & order fund recently offered interest free loan to Davao city government workers. Most of them who have applied for it are now complaining about the documentation asked from them.

From the recent article on sunstar.com.ph, Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) chief Marcelino P. Escalada brushed aside their complaint. Accoriding to him it is perfectly normal for government, any entity for that matter, to have a set of requirements when giving out loans.

HR solutions

2006-04-13T20:07:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a software assistance for human resource (HR) management, payroll solutions, time & attendance tracking systems, then here's the news for you. You have 2 websites to visit to one is of iSarla's www.iemployee.com & the other is of Pacific Data Marketing's www.pacificdm.com. iSarla also provides with free 30 days trial.

File returns by Monday

2006-04-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

Since 15th April is a saturday, income tax returns in U.S can be filed till monday. Internal revenue service states that around 47.3 million people have not filed their federal tax returns yet. So don't forget to attach your W2 forms, your SSN etc.