Payroll & HR Articles
Welcome to the Dresser and Associates User Resource Center. Our goal is to provide you with the most up to date information on HR, Payroll, Management and Benefits Administration. As HR Managers and Abra Suite providers, we have a wealth of accumulated experience related to these topics, so please do not hesitate to contact us.
Simplify Payroll Tax Compliance |  | by Nora M. Daly, CPP
American Payroll Association Article
When I started my climb up the 'tax mountain,' I was lucky to have access to a couple of “gurus” in our corporate tax department who were very generous with their knowledge. They took the time to explain to me the implications of new and changing regulations when we added new benefits to our system. Most people don’t have access to individuals with experience or degrees in tax law. For those people, there are other resources to give them an insight into payroll tax law...
 Click Here to Download! | A Guide to Strategic Human Resources Planning |  | By Workinfo.com
An HR strategy should aim to capture "the people element" of what an organisation is hoping to achieve in the medium to long term, ensuring that: it has the right people in place, it has the right mix of skills, employees display the right attitudes and behaviours, and employees are developed in the right way.
Click Here to Download! | How to Select an HRIS and Save your Saturdays |  | by Karen Hollinger
SHRM Forum, HR Technology Exchange, 2004
March 2001 / Reviewed Jan. 2004
Does this scenario sound familiar? It's salary evaluation time, tax season or budget period, and once again you're spending Saturday morning in the office, trying to catch up on the growing pile of paperwork on your desk. It's frustrating to try and run an HR or payroll shop with a mismatched puzzle of spreadsheets and inadequate service providers, and it only gets more complex as your company grows. Like it or not, it's time for an in-house Human Resources Information System (HRIS), also known as a Human Resources Management System (HRMS)...
Click Here to Download! | It's not rocket science; tips for buying your first HRIS |  | No author noted
SHRM Forum, HR Technology Exchange, 2004
Nov. 2002 / Reviewed Jan. 2004
If you're buying your first HRIS, take some pointers from Sidney Simon, director of product management for BenefitAmerica and chair of the HR Technology X-Change Advisory Board. Simon spoke at a 2002 SHRM annual conference workshop sponsored by the HRTX. He said the tasks for first time HRIS buyers can be divided into a number of different "shuns"--preparation, investigation, evaluation, selection, implementation and production. By following Simon's advice in each of these areas, you can make the job of buying an HRIS simpler and quicker than it otherwise might be.
Click Here to Download! | Learn Practical Tips for Implementing a New Payroll System |  | by William Barish
PayTech – The Official Publication of the American Payroll Association
December 2004
When your company implements a new payroll system, it provides an opportunity to review procedures to determine which are outdated and which can be streamlined. These decisions will require input from all personnel involved in the payroll process ... Whether or not you enlist the aid of a consultant, you'll still need to research different systems.
Click Here to Download! | The HR Image Makeover: From Cost Center to Profit Maker |  | by Patricia A. Mathews
Workspan, The Magazine of WorldatWork
May 2004
Call it what you will, the collected "people power" or workforce value of an organization is an asset that is difficult to measure. Similar to measuring physical assets, such as the cost of machinery and equipment, HR measurements have focused on "tangible" items, such as cost of salaries and benefits, training expenses, etc. These items reflect the dollars an organization has invested in its human assets ... But how does HR move its image from cost center to profit maker?
Click Here to Download! | How does Abra HRMS help companies comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002? |  | No Author Noted
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Jan 2005
Following the bankruptcy of Enron in 2001, Congress responded to heightened public concern about corporate integrity and accounting firm irregularities by passing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on July 30, 2002 ... Section 404 requires companies to establish, maintain and evaluate an adequate internal control structure related to financial transactions and financial reporting and report on its assessment of internal controls on an annual basis.
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