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by Roger A. Smith,
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Happy New Year! This time of year is always a good time to step back and reflect on how we are doing in a number of areas. Are we making progress toward our career goals? Are we achieving a proper work-life balance?  [more]

Happy New Year from the Workforce Chronicle!

We hope all of you had a wonderful New Year! We are excited to announce our first Learning Series Webinar of 2009, “An Organizations Involvement with Wage Attachments,” by Amorette Bryant, author of The Complete Guide to Federal and State Garnishments, 2009 ED, Aspen Publishers. View this webinar during the month of January for a chance to win a copy of this book.

Congratulations to Susan Howard from American Casino & Entertainment Properties for winning Aspen Publisher’s Family and Medical Leave Guide for viewing one of our 2008 Learning Series Webinars during the month of December.

Featured Article

Five Best Practices for Managing Employee Deductions

Managing employee deductions requires a lot of time for payroll personnel as well as streamlined communication between the payroll department, the HR department, and managers or supervisors. Payroll and HR departments spend approximately 35 to 41% of their time conducting employee transactions (The Hackett Group, 2008 Book of Numbers), relating to payroll, benefits, time and attendance, etc. Adopting best practices can improve processes and increase productivity within your payroll and HR departments.

Five Best Practices for Managing Employee Deductions:

  1. Pay Advances – Disrupts the Payroll Department’s Efficiency
  2. Provide Accrued Time-off Balances on Payroll Check Stubs
  3. Using a Time and Attendance System to Manage Accruals
  4. Implement Employee Self-Service to Make Payroll and Benefit Changes
  5. Automate Garnishments

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Articles & Insights

Temporary placement company agrees to pay 973 employees more than $1.8 million in back wages to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit

BOSTON — 888 Consulting Group Inc., a Dedham, Mass., temporary employee placement company doing business as TAC Worldwide, has agreed to pay 973 employees across the country a total of $1,866,943 in overtime back wages to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [more]

Wal-Mart to Pay $54M to Settle Wage and Hour Suit

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has agreed to pay up to 54.25 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of violating Minnesota rules regarding hours of work and meal and rest breaks. The class-action lawsuit included 100,000 current and former hourly associates who worked at Wal-Mart Stores and Sam's Clubs locations in Minnesota from September 11, 1998 through November 14, 2008.
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Wal-Mart to settle wage suits

The giant retailer settles 63 class action suits alleging it shortchanged workers on their break time. Total cost: between $352 million and $640 million.
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WorkForce Software in the News

Case Study

City of Raleigh
Customer Since: 2003
Industry: Public Sector
Employees: 5,000

The City of Raleigh covers 127 square miles in North Carolina and has a population of nearly 317,000. More than 5,000 city employees, including police, fire, parks and recreation, and other city departments benefit from the user-friendly WorkForce Software solution. The ROI from the system saves tax payer’s money and ensures the city meets compliance regulations.

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EmpCenter

EmpCenter® Activity Based Costing

Cost control is an unpleasant fact in today’s competitive economic environment, and knowing where a company’s costs are incurred is an important part of every CFO’s job. EmpCenter uses Activity Based Costing to track the largest controllable expense—your employees—and give you better business information for making smart decisions and managing labor costs. Activity Based Costing tracks time worked against activities such as projects, tasks, and work orders, to determine the time and costs associated with different parts of the organization. [more]

Contact WorkForce Software for more information at info@workforcesoftware.com.

White Paper Highlight

Distributed WorkForce Management Systems: Windows vs. Web Enabled

When organizations automate the time and attendance process, they see an immediate return on investment (ROI), from saving time to saving money. However, there are many factors involved when evaluating enterprise software solutions. This white paper reviews the issues involved with deploying time & attendance software via a Windows platform versus Web-enabled interfaces. [more]

Webinars

Events

Stop by the WorkForce Software booth at the following 2009 Events, Conferences, and Expos. Prize Drawings held during each event!

  

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