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Holiday Office Party Dos and Don’ts

By / December 11, 2013 / Uncategorized No Comments

It is the holiday season and the time for a festive office holiday party with your co-workers!  There are many embarrassing stories that can be told from past holiday parties; but if you play your cards right and follow a few simple do’s and don’ts, you could use your office holiday party as a networking opportunity and possibly make professional […]

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New Changes to Flexible Spending Account rules

By / August 26, 2013 / Uncategorized No Comments

The Department of Treasury and IRS released Notice 2013-71 on October 31, 2013 modifying the “use-it-or-lose-it” rule for health flexible spending accounts (FSAs).  The Notice permits cafeteria plans to be amended to allow for up to a $500 carryover of unused funds at the end of a plan year.  Amounts carried over would then be available to pay claims incurred in […]

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National Payroll Week

By / August 26, 2013 / Uncategorized No Comments

National Payroll Week — September 2-6, 2013 Celebrating the Payroll Professionals who pay you accurately and on time! National Payroll Week celebrates the hard work by America’s 156 million wage earners and the payroll professionals who pay them. Together, through the payroll withholding system, they contribute, collect, report, and deposit approximately 1.78 trillion dollars, or 70.5%, of the annual revenue […]

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There’s a New Secretary of Labor in Town

By / August 9, 2013 / Uncategorized No Comments

After three months of deliberation, President Obama’s nominee, Thomas E. Perez, has become the new Secretary of Labor for the United States Department of Labor to replace former Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis.  Solis notified President Obama of her resignation in January earlier this year.  On March 18th, Thomas Perez was nominated by the president and confirmed on July 18, […]

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Tales From Chicago

By / July 30, 2013 / Uncategorized No Comments

Each year the nationally acclaimed Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) hosts a human resource conference. The event is host to hundreds of vendors of HR products and services and also provides continuing education seminars for 15,000+ HR professionals.  This year the SHRM national conference was held in Chicago, and I had the opportunity to attend the event that was […]

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