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by Roger A. Smith,
CPP & Payroll Consultant
Athletic Club Use Taxable?
I recently received an inquiry from a payroll professional regarding the taxability of use of an athletic club. Here’s an excerpt from her inquiry:
“My company has several locations throughout the states. In one of our locations employees are allowed to use a local fitness facility at no cost to the employee. Company employees visiting the area are also welcome to use the facility. The employees just show their company ID to use the facility. The company pays $5.00 per visit per employee for use of the fitness facility to the Facility owner(s)."
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July 2009 Workforce Chronicle
Welcome to the Workforce Chronicle! WorkForce Software recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary in providing workforce management solutions to the HR and payroll industry.
In this issue, Carol Duman, HR director for WorkForce Software, discusses automation that would make her job easier, more productive, and more efficient. This month’s Learning Series webinar is “SaaS and Cloud Computing – What do they mean to the HR & Payroll Professional?” View this webinar by July 31, 2009, for a chance to win a fee copy of the BLR Special Report on FLSA Overtime: Making Your Way Through the Exempt/Nonexempt Minefield.
Congratulations to Payroll Analyst Beverly Garnes from Starbucks Coffee Company for winning Aspen Publisher’s Family and Medical Leave Guide for viewing “Family and Medical Leave Act: FMLA Amendments and New Regulations” during the month of June.
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HR CoRNER
The Changing Role of HR
Empowering employees would make my professional life easier and I think it’s safe to say it would make life easier for my peers as well. When asked for my wish list, I quickly said employee self-service.
READ MORE IN THE HR CORNER
Featured Article
Sofware-as-a-Service (SaaS) Popularity on the Rise
Imagine you have the opportunity to increase your productivity and lower your labor costs with a workforce management system. For many organizations there is the issue of no budget, but not all hope is lost. For a fraction of the cost, you could implement a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) workforce management system. But, what is SaaS? SaaS gives you all the benefits of using a system to automate your complex processes and manage your compliance concerns without the added cost of buying a system, hardware, new resources, etc. The vendor takes on the responsibility of implementing and maintaining the system, and you only pay for the service.
COMPLETE ARTICLE
Articles & Insights
Koster: FedEx dodging payroll taxes, worker protections
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster joined seven other attorneys general to crack down on FedEx Ground for allegedly circumventing worker protections as a way to dodge payroll taxes. [more]
Jack Welch Says HR Managers Have the Most Important Job in America
Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, believes that HR managers have the most important job in America and that CEOs should value their HR managers as much as their chief financial officers. Welch was the opening session keynote speaker at the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) 61 st Annual Conference and Exposition in New Orleans. [more]
Did Employer Guarantee FMLA Leave?
To be covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), an employee must work where there are 50 or more employees on-site or within a 75-mile radius. If not, under what circumstances might she still be protected? [more]
WorkForce Software in the News
Case Study
W.S. Badcock Corporation
Customer Since: October 2005
Industry: Retail
Challenge: WSBC housed employee information in multiple homegrown systems, creating more work and stress for the HR and payroll department. They were responsible for extracting employee information from the various systems and then rekeying the information into payroll or HR to track employee hours, manage employee leave, and more.
WSBC chose WorkForce Software’s EmpCenter solution to centralize its employee data and streamline its workforce management processes. EmpCenter is a comprehensive workforce management solution that automates the collection and tracking of employee work hours, and the accrual of vacation, sickness, and other time banks. WSBC’s IT department valued EmpCenter for its flexibility and ability to integrate with other IT systems.
W.S. Badcock Corporation - Retail Industry Case Study
EmpCenter
EmpCenter® Delivered
The EmpCenter® Delivered is the only software-as-a-service (SaaS) workforce management solution designed to automate 100% of an organization’s complex labor policies and compliance processes. It can be installed on-premises, or purchased as a subscription through the web, which means that there are no upfront configuration services fees and ROI on day one.
Contact WorkForce Software for more information at info@workforcesoftware.com.
White Paper Highlight
Are you using Employee Self-Service? If not, it's Costing you Money"
Implementation of ESS fundamentally changes the roles of the payroll, HR, and operations personnel by automating transactions that they would normally do manually. Today, regardless of the size of your organization, ESS provides an opportunity to significantly reduce costs while improving employee job satisfaction. [more]
Webinars
Events
Stop by the WorkForce Software booth at the following 2009 Conferences and Expos.
Prize Drawings held during each event!
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