HR Compliance
Employee Monitoring in 2022: The High Tech Tools vs The Legal Rules
This program will discuss the various scalable options for employee monitoring, including tools for on-location time tracking, biometric collection for information security, and remote access monitoring tools. Many of these tools attach to programs you probably already use, such as Google®, Microsoft Teams® and many other popular apps. This program also will explore the legal issues that arise with th..
Employer Recordkeeping Obligations
There are many legal requirements for employers when it comes to record retention. Laws such as Title VII, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, and ERISA, to name a few. Employers must follow regulations published by many federal agencies: the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and more. How do you store these records? Can you store records..
Employment Law 101: Learning the Basics
This program will give participants an overview of all of the major employment laws, federal and state. We will do an introduction to each law, discuss how they interact, explore to whom they apply and when, and discuss key information on compliance in the workplace.Areas CoveredTitle VIIADAADEANLRAGINAFMLAFLSAUSERRAOSHAMMAHIPAAHealthy Families ActWorkers’ Compensation, and others!Course Level - BasicWho Sh..
Essentials for Documenting Investigations: HR and Management’s Responsibility to Minimize Liability
As the saying goes - If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen! Documentation is essential for many legal issues, disputes, audits, meetings, and decision making, to name a few. Perhaps nowhere is it more critical than when documenting your investigation. Your documentation memoralizes the entire investigation, it minimizes confusion, corroborates stories and evidence, demonstrates patterns of behavior and s..
Everything About the W-4 Form You Need to Know
On May 31, 2019, the IRS released a draft of the 2020 W-4 form for the payroll and tax community to review. This webinar will prepare the payroll professional to understand the changes to the Form W-4 for 2020 and to review the recently released final of the 2020 W-4 Form. Before changes, the Form W-4 was a critical form that all companies have to obtain from employees and has had special processing require..
Expat And Inpat Payroll Processing
Details of payroll tax policies for international assignments from understanding details of tax equalization and tax protection to understanding how to calculate hypothetical tax. Review of accounting concepts and best practices. Will also have a review of international visas and the payroll requirements over each Visa.Areas Covered Concepts on how to handle tax for international assignme..
Five Ways to Combat Change Fatigue
Amid the prolonged stress of COVID-19, worries about the economy, job security, their health, and the health of their loved ones, employees’ capacity to take on workplace change has plunged significantly. According to Gartner, Inc. employees’ change fatigue has doubled since 2019, with negative reactions to change such as burnout, frustration, or apathy plummeting at precisely the time when more change is p..
Form W-4 and Other Payroll Dates
This webinar starts with a discussion of Form W-4. This form seems simple, but that’s a deceptive simpleness — it can get quite complex. We discuss the form from both the employee and employer sides. Then we move on to other payroll topics, including the latest version of Form 941, W-2 updates, the employee retention credit, 1099 changes, and any other topics that are “breaking” as of the date of the webina..
Fringe Benefits Taxation
Participants with walk away with a better understanding of the IRS view on fringe benefits taxation. The details of the IRC exceptions allowed by the IRS will be detailed and explained to participants. Participants v/s Companies are providing more fringe benefits to employers more than ever before, thus reduces company costs but raises employee morale. Because of this, the IRS has more to say on what Fringe..
From Burned Out to Built Up: How to Build Team Resilience
As the future rushes toward us at dizzying speeds, teams today need to be more resilient than ever before. Resilience helps teams adapt to constant change, pivot quickly, stay motivated, and not just weather challenges or adversity, but grow stronger in the face of them. Practices promoting a resilient workforce can contribute to significant bottom-line impact through increased productivity, lower absenteei..
Fundamentals of Form W-2 Processing and Preparation
Form W-2 is the baseline payroll tax forms that as payroll professions we are constantly dealing with. Everyday changes are occurring that effect how we handle these forms. It is critical to stay on top of current rules and regulations regarding these critical forms.Areas Covered Employer notification requirements and important deadlines Form W-2Lock in letters from the IRS and how to handleCurrent changes ..
Handling Payroll Overpayments
As much as payroll professionals complete audits and validations each payroll, unfortunately, mistakes happen and employees get overpaid. Once an employee has been overpaid getting the money back is only one challenge, payroll professionals are faced with how to untangle the tax and compliance requirements when getting money back from employees. This webinar will give participants the tools to analyze all t..
Handling Sensitive Dress Code Issues
Since employees typically are the first contact made with a company it is often necessary to control that image projected. In the past, employers used dress and appearance policies to help employees work comfortably and safely while still projecting a professional image to clients, customers and future employees. Over the years employers have also used dress and appearance policies to help create an employm..
Handling Sensitive Dress Code Issues without Getting Sued
Employers realize that their employees typically are the "face" of the company, and employers are finding it increasingly advisable to control that image. HR, which is frequently responsible for policy development, must work with other parts of the organization to ensure that dress codes are managed consistently and fairly. Dress and appearance policies now require organizations to develop strategies that a..
Hiring and Retaining in this Crazy Economy
Don has delivered this presentation to dozens of CEO and HR groups in the past few months. Employers are faced with The Great Resignation and The Great Quit, placing their companies and existing employees under enormous pressures. Since hiring and retention are closely related challenges, they are addressed together in this fast-moving presentation. Areas Covered How to decide who to hireEmployee referrals ..