Issue 7, April 2007   SECTIONS Articles & Insights Case Study Upcoming Events OTHER ISSUES April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 SUBSCRIBE   Welcome to The Workforce Chronicle! This month's issue of The Workforce Chronicle reveals the top 5 essential practices for payroll professionals. You'll also learn the difference between an employee and an independent contractor in terms of handling their taxes and how Orange County Sanitation District automated their workforce management processes. Articles & Insights Top 5 Essential Practices for Payroll Professionals “In the payroll world, you have to be 99.9% correct. The errors you make mess with people’s lives.” --Jim Bolek, Regional Advisor to the American Payroll Association By adopting the Top 5 Essentials, payroll professionals adopt a way of doing business that leads to success for them and their organizations. Learn why the essentials may not be the things you expect. Jim Bolek advises payroll professionals to do the following: Have Good Sources of Information…and Advice Be Process Oriented Think Outside of Your Box Plan Ahead Balance Your Life COMPLETE ARTICLE   Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Taxing Matters You pay another person to do work for you. Do you give them a 1099? Or do you give them a W-2 and withhold income taxes, pay Social Security taxes, and unemployment? There are three groups of factors used to determine whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor: Behavior Control, Financial Control and Relationship of the parties. [more] Gas Station Chain to Pay $1M to Settle FLSA Suit Chestnut Petroleum Dist., Inc. has agreed to pay 767 employees a total of $900,000 in back wages and a $100,000 penalty to the federal government to resolve a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit alleging violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [more] City of San Diego Requests Further Delay in Police Officers’ FLSA Lawsuit Castle, Petersen & Krause, LLP announced today that the City of San Diego, at a March 27, 2007 status conference, requested additional time to prepare to respond to the Plaintiffs’ recently-filed summary judgment motion in the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) lawsuit Abbe, et al. v. City of San Diego, before the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. [more]   WorkForce News The City of Roseville, California Selects WorkForce Software’s EmpCenter Solution EmpCenter to Automate Complex Timekeeping and Billing Requirements for the City of Roseville [more] WorkForce Software In The News   Case Study Orange County Sanitation District OCSD Automates Complex Workforce Management Processes Customer Since: March 2006 No. of Employees: 650 Industry: Public Sector EmpCenter Solution:      -Time & Attendance Base      -Activity Based Costing      -Employee Self-Service Platform: Windows Other ERP Systems: Oracle’s EnterpriseOne XE COMPLETE CASE STUDY   EmpCenter Regulatory Compliance Over the years, compliance with state and federal regulations, including FLSA, FMLA and SOX, has become more complex and more difficult to manage. At the same time, there is a high-cost of legal action resulting from non-compliance. Many employers believe they are in compliance simply because they have a time and attendance software system – this is a common misconception, as the Department of Labor research shows 48 to 75-percent of employers are not compliant with some or all of these regulations. Time and attendance software must be setup with the proper processes and calculations to control and automate compliance – this can be achieved with Workforce Software’s EmpCenter™ system, a powerful rules engine to monitor and control compliance for every timekeeping, paid time-off request, and pay-related interaction between the employee and the employer. Contact WorkForce Software for more information at info@workforcesoftware.com.   On-Demand Webinars Controlling Overtime Pay with Scheduling Automation Trends and Myths of Workforce Management The Fair Labor Standards Act - A Review   Events Stop by the WorkForce Booth to receive your free gift and register for our drawings! IHRIM National Conference & Expo Hilton Americas Houston May 20 – 23, 2007 Booth 611 Booth 611 APA 25th Annual Congress Las Vegas May 22 – 26, 2007 Booth 134 SHRM National Conference & Expo Las Vegas Convention Center June 24 – 27, 2007 Booth 2939 Canadian Payroll Conference & Expo Delta St. John's and Conference Centre – Newfoundland July 3 – 6, 2007 HR Technology Navy Pier, Chicago October 10 – 12, 2007 Booth 1112 CUPA-HR National Conference & Expo Balitmore Marriott Waterfront November 8 – 11, 2007 Booth 614     Sponsored by: