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1/28/2010	State of Ohio moves forward with PEO Legislation Source: State of Ohio	The State of Ohio has moved forward to consider legislation regarding the operation of Professional Employer Organizations operating in Ohio. Included in the bill are provisions for PEOs to be the employer of record for Unemployment Insurance and to use subaccounts for client level tracking. Also included were provisions for benefit plan sponsorships and clarification of workers' compensation classifications. (1) A professional employer organization shall not be liable for the acts, errors, and omissions of a client employer or a shared employee when those acts, errors, and omissions occur under the direction and control of the client employer. (2) A client employer shall not be liable for the acts, errors, and omissions of a professional employer organization or a shared employee when those acts, errors, and omissions occur under the direction and control of the professional employer organization. (D) Nothing in divisions (B) and (C) of this section shall be construed to limit any liability or obligation specifically agreed to in the professional employer organization agreement.	Post the first comment about: State of Ohio moves forward with PEO Legislation
1/21/2010	State of New Hampshire changes stance on PEO Sponsored Group Health Insurance Plans Source: State of New Hampshire	The State of NH insurance commissioner has changed his stance on the authorization of PEOs to offer clients in New Hampshire access to their group health plans.	Post the first comment about: State of New Hampshire changes stance on PEO Sponsored Group Health Insurance Plans
1/19/2010	State of Nebraska introduces PEO legislation Source: State of Nebraska	Some issues remain for Nebraska legislators to review prior to approval of this PEO legislation.	Post the first comment about: State of Nebraska introduces PEO legislation
12/28/2009	Florida moves to amend UI reporting for Employee Leasing Companies Source: State Of Florida	The State of Florida Senate bill S1062 will require employee leasing companies and Professional Employer Organizations to report employment related data on their clients to the Labor Market Statistics Center within the Agency for Workforce Innovation on a quarterly basis. The motivation for the collection of this information is more accurate information about the employment in various industries and a better understanding of the impacts on the state unemployment insurance compensation funding contributions. "Employee leasing company" means an employing unit that has a valid and active license under chapter 468 and that maintains the records required by s. 443.171(5) and, in addition, is responsible for producing quarterly reports concerning the clients of the employee leasing company and the internal staff of the employee leasing company.	Post the first comment about: Florida moves to amend UI reporting for Employee Leasing Companies
11/18/2009	TriNet Reports Strong Third Quarter 2009 Revenue Source: Bradenton Herald	TriNet reports that revenues doubled since the acquisition of Bradenton based Gevity in the summner of 2009. TriNet has added 350 small business clients since it acquired Gevity. Of those, 212 clients were recruited in the third quarter. TriNet’s client base is now about 8,000 small businesses, which have a combined 130,000 employees.	Latest Comment: - 11/18/2009 Why have revenues only doubled Read All 1 Comments about: TriNet Reports Strong Third Quarter 2009 Revenue
11/18/2009	Florida Employers Face Large Increase in Unemployment Taxes Source: Tampa Bay Times	Florida's high and climbing rate of claims for unemployment insurance has caused the state Department of Revenue to increase the minimum and maximum rates for employers must pay for SUTA. In addition to the rate schedule changes, the state is increasing the wage base used to calculate the tax, increasing it from $7,000 to $8,500 dollars for every Florida employee. In Florida SUTA taxes are paid wholly by the employer. Get the 2010 Florida SUTA tax rates facts sheet. Notices of businesses' individual rates will be distributed in November and December, effective for wages paid on or after Jan. 1. The increases are needed to replenish the state's trust fund used to pay unemployment insurance benefits. Under state law, if the fund falls below 4 percent of the total taxable payroll in the most recent fiscal year, it automatically triggers an adjustment in unemployment tax rates.	Latest Comment: - 11/18/2009 This is just wrong Read All 1 Comments about: Florida Employers Face Large Increase in Unemployment Taxes
11/17/2009	Frank Crum Signs Deal with Tampa Bay Lightning Source: Tampabay.com	Longtime Lightning fan Frank Crum increases sponsorship and human resources services to the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team. As part of the contract announced Tuesday, FrankCrum will provide other services to the Lightning such as employment tax expertise and unemployment claims management. It also will be the team's exclusive provider of staffing services.	Latest Comment: - 11/18/2009 Nice! Read All 1 Comments about: Frank Crum Signs Deal with Tampa Bay Lightning
11/3/2009	North Carolina Work Comp Premiums to drop 9.6% Source: Charlotte Business Journal	The State of North Carolina has negotiated a deal with the NC rate bureau that will lower overall work comp premiums for NC companies by $100 million.	Post the first comment about: North Carolina Work Comp Premiums to drop 9.6%
11/2/2009	State of Texas Proposes Updates to Staff Leasing Regulations Source: State of Texas	Texas is considering amending the law regarding employee leasing companies requirements for "net worth" of the PEO to "working capital" among other changes. Proposed rule 72.40 details the proof of net worth requirements for staff leasing services companies, which are set out in general terms in the statute and which are critical for ensuring the performance of the companies’ obligations to their clients and assigned employees. The proposed rules explain the options for demonstrating net worth that are available to staff leasing services companies. They detail the general requirements that are applicable to all options and the specific requirements that accompany each option.	Post the first comment about: State of Texas Proposes Updates to Staff Leasing Regulations
10/29/2009	Alphastaff Acquires Selective HR Solutions Source: PR Inside	Selective HR Solutions of Sarasota, Florida has been acquired by Alphastaff Inc of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Selective HR Solutions has been part of Selective Insurance with Headquarters on Branchville, New Jersey. According to the press release an estimated 20K worksite employees of Selective HR will be affected by the acquisition and the number of client companies affected was not disclosed. Selective HR has been marketed through their network of Selective insurance agents and the acquisition is being billed as a way for Alphastaff to expand their agent network as well as increase their client count. Alphastaff has committed to maintaining Selective HR's pricing with the affected clients, however the transition planning for clients to move from Selective HR's payroll and PEO platforms to Alphastaff was not disclosed. Starkman noted that a key factor in the deal was the vast potential to increase sales by offering AlphaStaff’s robust product and commission structure to Selective Insurance’s over 900 agents. AlphaStaff will be the only PEO partnering with the insurance subsidiaries of Selective Insurance Group, Inc. for workers compensation insurance pursuant to the terms of the agreement.	Post the first comment about: Alphastaff Acquires Selective HR Solutions
10/2/2009	Vetting E-Verify Source: QDR Magazine	Problems for employers are discussed when social security numbers provided by employees do not match the IRS records and what E-Verify means for employers. Also of concern for quick-service analysts are the added time, cost, and security liabilities E-Verify might bring. Elizabeth Murray is vice president of human resources and chief legal officer for professional employer organization Modern Business Associates. Several of her clients are quick-service owners seeking help in setting up E-Verify for their businesses. Murray says making E-Verify mandatory could place a technological and financial burden on many quick-service businesses that they are not prepared to handle. “A quick-service restaurant that does not have the needed equipment and space, or that does not have back-office support, could find compliance with E-Verify to be difficult and potentially costly,” Murray says.	Post the first comment about: Vetting E-Verify
9/29/2009	Colorado Amends UI Laws Regarding Employee Leasing Source: Commerce Clearing House	Brief on SUTA rules for PEO and employee leasing companies in Colorado. The Act now requires employee leasing companies to notify the Division as to whether the company elects to report and pay unemployment insurance taxes as the employing unit or whether it elects to report taxes attributable to employees under the respective accounts and rates for each work site employer. Employee leasing companies electing to report and pay unemployment insurance taxes as the employing unit under its own unemployment accounts and tax rates are permitted to change the election one time after the initial election by notifying the Division no later than the end of the current calendar quarter. An employee leasing company's election to pay unemployment taxes under the respective unemployment accounts and tax rates of the work site employer is final and may not be reversed.	Post the first comment about: Colorado Amends UI Laws Regarding Employee Leasing
9/29/2009	Employee Leasing Rules Eased in New Hampshire Source: New Hampshire Business Review	New law allows PEO Client Service Agreements to specify which party is responsbile for violations of state labor laws. New Hampshire PEO clients should check their CSA for definition of liability. The new law also allows leasing companies to get two workers' compensation carriers, which should give them more flexibility in which occupations to place their workers. The bill does require leasing companies to file audited financial statements with the state.	Post the first comment about: Employee Leasing Rules Eased in New Hampshire
9/28/2009	Employee Engagement and Transparency Key For HR Professionals Source: The Business Ledger - Chicago	Review by HR experts of the coming changes in the areas of employment laws affecting small and medium sized businesses. Also discusses a new business survey that states that over a three year period the number of businesses that used outsourcing to deal with regulatory compliance has increased from 46 percent to 70 percent. Progressive legislation has created a host of new laws that have complicated the work of HR professionals, said Ross I. Molho, partner in the Wheaton law firm of Clingen, Callow & McLean. “We have a tougher Americans with Disabilities Act and new FMLA regulations,” he said. We have proposals before congress for Paid Family Leave Act. We’ve got something called the Healthy Families Act, which provides for seven paid sick days from employers with 15 employees or more. “The Working Families Flexibility Act includes a statutory right for employees to request a change of schedule. There are various vigorous immigration and customs enforcement laws. Finally we have the Arbitration and Fairness Acts which, for those of you who draft employment contracts, might preclude you from arbitrating in employment disputes.	Post the first comment about: Employee Engagement and Transparency Key For HR Professionals
9/20/2009	Ohio Moves Forward With Legislative Clarity for PEOs Source: State of Ohio	Ohio clarifies the ability of PEO clients to retain all applicable tax credits. For purposes of determining tax credits and other economic incentives that are provided by this state or any political subdivision and based on employment, shared employees under a professional employer organization agreement shall be considered employees solely of the client employer. A client employer shall be entitled to the benefit of any tax credit, economic incentive, or similar benefit arising as the result of the client employer's employment of shared employees. If the grant or amount of any tax credit, economic incentive, or other benefit is based on number of employees, each client employer shall be treated as employing only those shared employees coemployed by the client employer. Shared employees working for other client employers of the professional employer organization shall not be counted as employees for that purpose.	Post the first comment about: Ohio Moves Forward With Legislative Clarity for PEOs
8/8/2009	PEOs: Recession Proof? Source: Bradenton Herald	Article discusses the business environment for several Florida based PEOs. “Small business leaders have learned that the best strategy to navigate a turbulent economy is to devote their finite resources to what they do best and outsource the rest,” said Burton M. Goldfield, president and chief executive officer of TriNet. “These products give them a customized HR solution that will boost their productivity and profitability.”	Latest Comment: - 8/8/2009 Recession and PEOs Read All 1 Comments about: PEOs: Recession Proof?
7/21/2009	PEOs Focus on employees so you can focus on members Source: ASAE	The CEO of the National Association of Dental Plans discusses the benefits they have gained by using a Professional Employer Organization. However, small associations often have difficulty finding and maintaining good health coverage at affordable rates. Through the coemployment relationship established with a PEO, an association's risk is pooled with other businesses to create stability in coverage and cost. NADP's 2009 rate increase for health coverage is less than two thirds the average rate increase for the Dallas area. PEOs also provide 401(k)s, flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, and a host of other benefits that you can tailor to suit your environment.	Post the first comment about: PEOs Focus on employees so you can focus on members
7/7/2009	North Carolina House Insurance Committee Endorses PEO Amendment Source: North Carolina Legislature	The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has endorsed an amendment that would allow PEOs to continue to sponsor self-funded insurance plans. In the wake of the demise of the Castleton Group, the North Carolina department of Insurance sought regulatory changes that require PEOs operating in NC to post a $500K bond and eliminated the ability of PEO to offer self-funded insurance plans. Efforts to change the prohibition on self funded plans is underway, however the new additional PEO bonding requirement appears to be a new requirement in North Carolina that will stand. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED - AN ACT TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION ACT CONCERNING BONDING PROVISIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF TAX CREDITS AND OTHER INCENTIVES TO PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS.	Post the first comment about: North Carolina House Insurance Committee Endorses PEO Amendment
7/2/2009	Arizona Senate to review workers' compensation coverage options for PEOs and PEO clients. Source: State of Arizona	Already passed by the Arizona house, HB 2087 allows PEOs to offer either master policy coverage or individual policies to PEO clients. Insurers will be required to report loss experience at the client level. If a professional employer agreement does not provide for the professional employer organization to purchase workers' compensation for covered employees, the client is responsible to purchase a client based policy for all employees, including the covered employees.If the professional employer agreement provides for the professional employer organization to purchase the workers’ compensation for covered employees pursuant to section 23-562, the professional employer organization shall fulfill the responsibility through an individual policy, a master policy or multiple coordinated policies obtained from a carrier or carriers licensed to do business in this state.	Post the first comment about: Arizona Senate to review workers' compensation coverage options for PEOs and PEO clients.
7/1/2009	ICE Steps up I9 Audits Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement	The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is increasing the number of businesses being audited for I9 verification. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a bold, new audit initiative today by issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 652 businesses nationwide - which is more than ICE issued throughout all of last fiscal year.	Post the first comment about: ICE Steps up I9 Audits
6/10/2009	Ohio legislature considers amendments to PEO laws Source: State of Ohio	The state of Ohio moves to enact legislation that establishes financial capacities and clarify the rights of PEOs and their client companies. A financial statement required under division (B)(7) of this section for initial registration shall be the most recent financial statement of the professional employer organization or professional employer organization group of which the professional employer organization is a member and shall not be older than thirteen months. For each registration renewal, the professional employer organization shall file the required financial statement within one hundred eighty days after the end of the professional employer organization's or professional employer organization group's fiscal year. A professional employer organization may apply to the administrator for an extension beyond that time if the professional employer organization provides the administrator with a letter from the professional employer organization's auditor stating the reason for delay and the anticipated completion date.	Post the first comment about: Ohio legislature considers amendments to PEO laws
6/5/2009	Florida puts new reporting requirements on Professional Employer Organizations. Source: State of Florida	Florida passes "Accurate Employment Statistics Enhancement Act" to require PEO and Employee Leasing companies to submit client level detail information to the state government for use in unemployment compensation data analysis. Known as Florida House bill HB641 and Senate bill SB1062. The bill amends the definition of “employee leasing company” in s. 443.036(18), F.S., to include a statement that requires employee leasing companies to produce quarterly reports concerning their clients and internal staff. The new definition will require employee leasing companies to “produce quarterly reports concerning the clients of the employee leasing company and the internal staff of the employee leasing company.” Quarterly reports will provide AWI with more timely and accurate labor market statistics.	Latest Comment: - 6/9/2009 What about client names? Read All 1 Comments about: Florida puts new reporting requirements on Professional Employer Organizations.
6/3/2009	State of Nevada approves PEO legislation Source: State of Nevada	The state of Nevada has approved significant enhancements to PEO legislation. New provisions ensure PEOs have flexibility for providing clients with workers' compensation insurance coverage and ensures uniform financial standards for the PEO industry. AN ACT relating to employee leasing companies; authorizing the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry to adopt regulations relating to a third party that may act on behalf of an employee leasing company; providing various means for an employee leasing company and its clients to provide workers’ compensation coverage; requiring employee leasing companies to pay an annual registration fee; requiring employee leasing companies to submit certain audited financial statements; providing the means by which an employee of an employee leasing company may notify a supervisor of an injury for the purposes of industrial insurance; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.	Latest Comment: - 6/11/2009 PEO Legislation Read All 1 Comments about: State of Nevada approves PEO legislation
5/29/2009	State of Texas upgrades PEO legislation Source: State of Texas	The State of Texas has modified the Texas PEO statutes to include new definitions for PEO working capital requirements as well as ensure PEO clients are defined as the eligible parties for other employer based tax credits. PEOs renewing their licenses and seeking new licenses to operate in Texas will need to be compliant with the provision effective December 31, 2011. C.S.H.B. 2249 strengthens financial standards for staff leasing services companies, establishes a superior standard for determining a staff leasing services company's liquidity, creates maximum efficiencies at TDLR for the staff leasing services company licensing process, and allows a staff leasing services company to use an approved assurance organization to act on its behalf in complying with licensing requirements. The bill clarifies that nothing in a staff leasing services arrangement affects the ability of a client company to qualify for tax credits or other economic incentives. The bill requires a staff leasing services company to provide employment information required for the administration of any tax credit, grant, or economic incentive that is based on employment.	Post the first comment about: State of Texas upgrades PEO legislation
5/29/2009	Nebraska moves forward with PEO legislation Source: State of Nebraska	Nebraska moves forward with proposed PEO legislation and will consider the bill (LB570) as early as January 2010. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the professional employer organization and the client in a professional employer agreement, the client retains the exclusive right to direct and control the covered employees as is necessary to conduct the client’s business, to discharge any of the client’s fiduciary responsibilities, or to comply with any licensure requirements applicable to the client or to the covered employees.	Post the first comment about: Nebraska moves forward with PEO legislation
5/7/2009	The Coming of Zerocare Source: American Thinker	A Florida doctor discusses the ramifications of nationalized health care. Throughout this, there will be an encouragement to expand primary care while restricting access to anything sophisticated or expensive. Primary and preventative care as forms of cost savings are myths, as frankly these are of little use in an aging population. We spend one third of our budget now on individuals who are in the last three months of their life with terminal incurable illness. The government has a vested interest in having the end of life take place at an earlier date once their productive years are over and they become a negative financial entity on the books for healthcare, Social Security and nursing homes.	Post the first comment about: The Coming of Zerocare
5/6/2009	North Carolina Senate moves to amend PEO regulations Source: State of North Carolina	The North Carolina Senate has approved an amendment to the state regulations for PEOs to be licensed in the state. The act - Senate Bill S1029 stipulates that all PEOs licensed prior to October 1, 2008 must post a $100,000 surety bond. PEOs licensed after this date must post a bond equal to five percent of the prior years total sages, benefits, work comp premiums and UI contributions up to a max $500,000.	Post the first comment about: North Carolina Senate moves to amend PEO regulations
4/28/2009	PEOs Ease Human Resource Concerns for Small Business Source: Nebraska Cattleman	Nebraska feedlot owners and managers discover the advantages of using a PEO. In the case of the feedlot, the frequency and severity of workmen’s comp issues is much higher than in urban companies, as feedlot cowboys grapple with getting potloads of finished cattle into loading chutes, and ranch cowboys tangle with disagreeable cows at weaning time. Accordingly, aside from HR services, ag-related PEOs provide guidance for improving workplace safety and managing workers’ compensation claims.	Post the first comment about: PEOs Ease Human Resource Concerns for Small Business
4/17/2009	New Hampshire Employee Leasing Law May Change Source: State of New Hampshire	Audit requirements for employee leasing companies in New Hampshire may be improved if senate passed legislation is approved. An employee leasing company may meet its obligation to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage for leased employees through 2 carriers, provided that each client company’s leased employees shall be covered by only one carrier and that such coverage shall clearly delineate such client company employees by client company name and federal identification number.	Latest Comment: - 4/20/2009 NH law Read All 1 Comments about: New Hampshire Employee Leasing Law May Change
4/11/2009	Outsourcing still effective in saving business funds Source: Wisconsin Post-Crescent	New Wisconsin law makes HR outsourcing with a PEO more viable. Not only do PEOs save businesses money and tackle HR matters, they can provide additional savings not accessible to all businesses. Because PEOs provide services to many companies, they can take advantage of economies of scale by combining all of their "employees" to obtain cheaper group rates for life, disability, health, unemployment or workers' compensation insurance and other benefits.	Post the first comment about: Outsourcing still effective in saving business funds
4/6/2009	Outsource human resources to make time for making money Source: Kansas City Star	Kansas City companies confirm the operating efficiencies obtained when they hire a PEO to take over non-revenue producing tasks. "The way many small businesses survive bad economic times is to cut costs, which I refer to as saving paper clips," Milan Yager of NAPEO said. "But you can't save enough paper clips to make money. At some point, you have to increase revenues. What PEOs do is give owners their time back." The concept behind PEOs isn't new. Employers have been using outside services for payroll, insurance and other functions for years. The difference is that PEOs provide one-stop shopping for everything from payroll and risk management to employee recruitment, retention and termination.	Post the first comment about: Outsource human resources to make time for making money
4/1/2009	Avoiding Court During a Recession Source: Risk Management Magazine	Good advice for avoiding lawsuits for unfair employment termination. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 2007 had the highest number of incoming private sector discrimination charge filings since 2002, along with the largest annual increase since the early 1990s. All this combined with the expected onslaught of age-bias lawsuits from baby boomers means that risk managers must work harder than ever to avoid employment-related lawsuits during the current recession.	Latest Comment: - 6/19/2009 Termination Read All 1 Comments about: Avoiding Court During a Recession
3/17/2009	Texas makes correct call to reject SUTA - UI strings Source: Texas Public Policy	Texas governor Rick Perry rejects federal unemployment insurance assistance because of long term burdens for Texas businesses. This article explores the rationale behind the governor's decision. The fallacy promoted by advocates of these eligibility changes is that the federal funds will "pay" for several years of the expanded benefits. In fact, those dollars will be used immediately to partially shore up the UI trust fund, and employers will foot the cost of the expanded benefits from Day One. There are better options to address the projected trust fund deficit that control the level of taxes paid by Texas employers and preserve Texas' ability to manage our unemployment system as we see fit.	Post the first comment about: Texas makes correct call to reject SUTA - UI strings
3/14/2009	Gevity - Trinet Merger Acquisition Source: StaffMarket News	General Atlantic Partners engineers taking Gevity private through Trinet merger.	Post the first comment about: Gevity - Trinet Merger Acquisition
3/13/2009	State of New Hampshire clarifies rules for PEOs with Group Health Plans. Source: State of New Hampshire	Earlier communications from the state of New Hampshire were incorrect and were corrected in the linked memo.	Post the first comment about: State of New Hampshire clarifies rules for PEOs with Group Health Plans.
3/9/2009	Verifying Green Cards Not So Easy Source: Long Island Business News	New York company gets caught in grey area when applicants provide bogus work credentials. We’re clearly moving toward more oversight,” said Dawn Davidson Drantch, director of employee relations and counsel a professional employer organization providing human resources services. Mitchell Zwaik, an immigration attorney based in Bohemia, said, “The move is toward enforcement of the rules more than toward changing the rules. The basic principle hasn’t changed.” Employers must complete I-9 forms within three days of hiring, obtaining documents showing identification and right to work. But employers have traditionally filed and forgotten these documents.	Post the first comment about: Verifying Green Cards Not So Easy
3/2/2009	Some companies find savings in outsourced HR services Source: Jacksonville Business Journal	PEOs can offer hard and soft dollar savings for small businesses. The added pressures of a harsh economic climate that has forced many businesses to lay off workers and do more with less have provided little relief. But professional employer organizations, which are essentially outsourced human resources, are flourishing in this climate by offering small businesses the chance to outsource their headaches and save money at the same time.	Post the first comment about: Some companies find savings in outsourced HR services
3/1/2009	MetLife Releases Annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends Source: Met Life	Study demonstrates the value of employee benefit programs to their client companies.	Post the first comment about: MetLife Releases Annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends
2/25/2009	Mass Layoffs in January 2009 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics	The BLS reports on the industries reporting the highest number of mass layoffs initial claims in January 2009. Professional Employer Organizations report 11,345 initial claims for January 2009.	Post the first comment about: Mass Layoffs in January 2009
2/17/2009	ADP TotalSource Financial Results Source: Seeking Alpha	ADP Reports 2008 fourth quarter financial results By segment, Employer Services (ES) revenue grew 6% to $1.64 billion with 3% growth in the U.S. payroll and tax filing business and 10% growth in beyond payroll revenue. Year–to-date client retention declined 0.5 percentage points. The dollar value of new business sales declined 13% for ES and Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Services due to price sensitivity and the increased number of companies going out of business. PEO Services revenue grew 14% to $285.4 million and Dealer Services revenue decreased 1% to $342.7 million.	Latest Comment: - 2/17/2009 Dollar Value? Read All 1 Comments about: ADP TotalSource Financial Results
1/29/2009	Workers' Comp Rates to Rise in Florida Source: South Florida Business Journal	Florida Workers' Compensation rates will be going up as a result of a recent Florida supreme court ruling that disallows a rate schedule for lawyers. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is expected to approve a 6.4 percent increase in Florida's workers' compensation insurance rates on April 1.	Latest Comment: - 2/17/2009 Just great - not Read All 1 Comments about: Workers' Comp Rates to Rise in Florida
1/28/2009	OSHA 300 Log Posting Requirement Source: US Department of Labor	All employers are reminded that workplace posting of OSHA 300 logs must be audited and completed by February 1. You must post a copy of the annual summary in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. You must ensure that the posted annual summary is not altered, defaced or covered by other material.	Post the first comment about: OSHA 300 Log Posting Requirement
1/27/2009	New I9 effective February 2 2009 Source: US Citizenship and Immigration Service	All employers must transition to the new I9 form after February 2 2009.	Post the first comment about: New I9 effective February 2 2009
1/22/2009	Making Ledbetter Better, or at Least Less Bad Source: The Heritage Foundation	The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (HR 11-S181) is being pushed through congress. All employers need to understand the ramifications for HR practices and the long term financial exposure of this legislation. In particular, three words in the legislation that have received little attention would be particularly conducive to this sort of abuse. Rather than focusing on discriminatory pay decisions, the Ledbetter Act would include within the definition of an unlawful employment practice “a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice.” This loose language would allow trial lawyers to channel potentially all discrimination claims, no matter how tenuously related to compensation, through the Ledbetter Act, thereby evading Title VII’s and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act’s (ADEA) limitations periods entirely. In this way, nearly any alleged discrimination could be the subject of claims brought years after the fact—a recipe for abuse.	Latest Comment: - 1/27/2009 Full employment act for lawyer Read All 1 Comments about: Making Ledbetter Better, or at Least Less Bad
1/15/2009	Nebraska PEO Legislation Introduced Source: State of Nebraska	The Legislature finds: That professional employer organizations provide a valuable service to commerce and the citizens of this state by increasing the opportunities of employers to develop cost-effective methods of satisfying their personnel requirements and providing employees with access to certain employment benefits which might otherwise not be available to them; That professional employer organizations operating in this state should be regulated by the Department of Labor; and That any allocation of the employer duties and responsibilities pursuant to the Professional Employer Organization Registration Act will preserve all rights to which covered employees would be entitled under a traditional employment relationship.	Post the first comment about: Nebraska PEO Legislation Introduced
1/15/2009	Wyoming PEO Legislation Source: State of Wyoming	Each professional employer organization operating within this state as of July 1, 2009 shall complete its initial registration not later than one hundred eighty days after July 1, 2009. The initial registration shall be valid until one hundred eighty (180) days from the end of the professional employer organization's first fiscal year end that is more than one (1) year after July 1, 2009. Each professional employer organization not operating within this state as of July 1, 2009 shall complete its initial registration prior to commencement of operations within this state.	Post the first comment about: Wyoming PEO Legislation
1/14/2009	North Dakota Debates removing PEO Financial Requirements Source: State of North Dakota	The state of North Dakota proposed amending existing legislation that requires professional employer organizations to provide audited financial statements as a condition of obtaining a license to operate in the state. Industry representatives are opposing the measure and it has been tabled until a subcommittee returns to the legislature with its findings. A person may not provide, advertise, or otherwise hold itself out as providing professional employer services, unless the person is licensed under this chapter. A person engaged in the business of providing professional employer services shall obtain a license regardless of its use of the term or conducting business as a "professional employer organization", "staff leasing company", "registered staff leasing company", "employee leasing company", "administrative employer", or any other name.	Post the first comment about: North Dakota Debates removing PEO Financial Requirements
1/9/2009	State of Colorado moves forward with Employee Leasing Legislation Source: State of Colorado	The Colorado department of Labor and Employment moves to implement PEO and employee leasing regulations for the first quarter of 2009. Each employee leasing company shall pay wages and collect, report, and pay all payroll-related taxes from its own accounts for all covered employees. each employee leasing company shall pay unemployment compensation insurance taxes and provide, maintain, and secure all records and documents required of work-site employers under the unemployment insurance laws of this state for covered employees. For unemployment reporting purposes, each employee leasing company is the only employing unit for covered employees and shall have the responsibility for unemployment compensation insurance as required of an employer pursuant to the "Colorado employment security act", articles 70 to 82 of this title.	Post the first comment about: State of Colorado moves forward with Employee Leasing Legislation
1/8/2009	State of North Carolina sets PEO bond requirements Source: State of North Carolina	Renewal application still must meet the $100K bond requirements.	Post the first comment about: State of North Carolina sets PEO bond requirements
12/11/2008	New Jersey Family Leave Posters Now Required Source: State of New Jersey	Starting December 18, 2008 all New Jersey employers are required to post notifications about the new provisions available to employees regarding the family leave insurance provisions that will become effective July 1, 2009. New Jersey law will require up to six weeks of Family Leave Insurance benefits. Employers covered under the Family Leave Insurance provisions of the New Jersey Temporary Disability Benefits Law are required by law to post notification detailing program information and employee rights to New Jersey Family Leave Insurance benefits. Employers must conspicuously display the notification poster in each of your workplaces, in a place or places accessible to all employees by December 15, 2008. Employers must also provide each employee with a written copy of the notification: no later than December 15, 2008; at the time of an employee's hiring; whenever an employee notifies you that he/she is taking time off to bond with a newborn or newly adopted child or to care for a seriously ill family member; at any time, upon the first request of an employee.	Post the first comment about: New Jersey Family Leave Posters Now Required

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