Monthly Archives: October 2009

Important Federal Update – EEO Poster Revised

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The law requires an employer to post notices describing the Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability and genetic information. .

EEOC has revised its “Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law” poster. This new version reflects current federal employment discrimination law (including the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008). The poster was revised to add information about the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which is effective November 21, 2009. The revised poster also includes updates from the Department of Labor.

There are several ways for employers to comply with the law:

1. Print the supplement poster and place it alongside EEOC’s September 2002 “EEO is the Law” poster or OFCCP’s August 2008 “EEO is the Law” poster.

2. Print and post the EEOC’s November 2009 version of the “EEO is the Law” poster.

Be sure that your Federal and State posters are placed in a conspicuous area in your workplace.  If you need posters, they are all available to HR Made Simple members at no additional cost.  Just type in posters in search and you will have immediate access to all Federal and State poster information.

Amerind Awarded Top Ranking in Business Insurance Best Places to Work

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HRSentry congratulates Amerind Risk Management Corporation for being this year’s top-ranked company among small insurers in the Business Insurance Best Places to Work in Insurance. Amerind is a multitribal federal corporation formed to protect Native American tribes, their treasuries and their enrolled members from unforeseen or catastrophic financial loss using self-insurance and other risk-financing strategies.

Amerind bases many of their beliefs on a “family-friendly” work atmosphere. Talking about what this award meant to him, Dean Haller, President of HRSentry said “At HRSentry we also promote a family friendly workplace so we are very excited when our customers also take very good care of their employees. Amerind exemplifies the type of employer we love to work with. We are proud to provide our online service to Amerind and to the Native American tribes that they serve in 32 states across the US.”

Read more about the Amerind and the award from Business Insurance here.

IRS – 2010 Tax Calendar Ready for Pre-Order

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The complimentary 2010 IRS Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed is now available for pre-order. This 12-month wall calendar is filled with useful information on general business taxes, IRS and SSA customer assistance, electronic filing and paying options, retirement plans, business publications and forms, and common tax filing dates. Each page highlights different tax issues and tips that may be relevant to small business owners with room on each month to add notes, state tax dates, or business appointments.

If you order now, the English version of the 2010 Tax Calendar will be shipped on November 1, and the Spanish version will be shipped December 1.

Pre-Order Free 2010 Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed (English)

Pre-Order Free 2010 Tax Calendar for Small Businesses and Self-Employed (Spanish)

Free Webinar: Employee Recordkeeping – Maintaining Your Personnel Files

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Join us on Thursday October 15th th from 2:00 – 3:00PM for this webinar presented by Brenda JM Sabin,CBP HRSentry’s Director of Operations and Site Administration.  In this webinar you will learn which records you need to keep in and out of your personnel records. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has requirements, The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has requirements, Workers Compensation has requirements along with lots of other agencies! What and where should you keep records? Join us to get a comprehensive up to date list of how you should create and maintain employee records.  Click Here for more information.