I Hope Your Company Is Conducting Human Resource Audits In 2010
Who’s handling you HR audits in 2010. An HR audit can be conducted by your HR staff, an outside consultant or an employment law attorney. This individual must have significant HR experience and should use a checklist or structured method to assess a company’s risks and needs. In addition to bringing key advice and knowledge of all pertinent laws to the table, an audit conducted by an outside consultant can add an extra layer of credibility to the findings of the audit. Records from a self-audit do not have the same credibility as audits done by independent sources; however it is better to do a self-audit than not audit at all.
You can read the full article linked below.
http://resources.pricesstop.com/2010/01/07/conducting-human-resource-audits/
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Business Security still Plagued By Data Breaches
More than 1 million Massachusetts residents were hit by 807 data breach instances from Nov. 1, 2007, to Oct. 31 of this year, according to a report by the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, which monitors and enforces state data breach regulations. In the six weeks since, 59 additional breaches have been reported to the state.
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Tancredo Ballot Measure Would Require Employers to Verify Imigration Status Of All New Hires
Tancredo filed a ballot proposal today that would force the 2011 Colorado Legislature to pass a law requiring businesses to use a federal program to check the immigration status of all newly hired workers.
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http://www.denverpost.com/technology/ci_13926561
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Human Capital Management
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1,000 New Workplace Audits Announced by Immigration Enforcement Compliance
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (”ICE”) announced recently that ICE would be issuing Notices of Inspection (NOI) to 1,000 employers across the United States associated with critical infrastructure. The NOIS will seek to determine the employers’ compliance with employment eligibility verification laws.
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http://www.laborimmigration.com/2009/11/ice-announces-1000-workplace-audits/
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Labor Department Audit Hits Home after a Random Audit – Qdoba Paying Back Wages After Audit
The Department of Labor says a company that runs Qdoba Mexican Grill restaurants in nine states is paying $13,865 in back wages to 187 employees.
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http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_13422842
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New IRS Audit Policies May Focus on HR Departments
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that it will be focusing attention on issues that involve many HR departments. For some HR professionals this will likely be their first experience with an IRS audit. This article explains these developments and suggests actions that will help HR be prepared to handle IRS inquiries. The issues concern the reporting of, and withholding on, payments to foreign persons and the documentation of those persons’ status.
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Employers, HR Audits Improve a Firm’s Operations
human resource audit is a procedure to measure the degree of compliance an organisation has with the existing legal obligations and labour laws. It also suggests corrective actions which may be necessary. Generally, it tends to be broad in nature since no one can measure the attitude of human beings, and also their problems are not confined to the HR department alone.
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http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/692145
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United States: U.S. Government Begins Crackdown On I-9 Compliance
Under federal law, all employers (regardless of size) are required to use Form I-9 to verify the identity and work eligibility of all new employees (including U.S. citizens) at the time the employees are hired. Completed I-9 forms must be maintained by the employer, in hard-copy or electronic format, for three years after the employee’s date of hire, or for a year after the employee’s termination date, whichever is later. Completed forms are not submitted to the government, but must be retained by the employer throughout this period.
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http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=83654&email_access=on
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Recently Published an Updated List of Common Plan Mistakes Found During IRS Employee Plans Team Audits
The EPTA materials are important tools that plan administrators may use to conduct self-audits of plan compliance.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published an updated list of common plan mistakes found during IRS Employee Plans Team Audits (EPTA) and an internal controls questionnaire used by EPTA auditors. Although the EPTA Program focuses on retirement plans with at least 2,500 participants, the published materials give all plan administrators valuable insights into the IRS’s audit process and what the IRS believes plan sponsors can do to avoid common errors in plan administration….
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http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=83872
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How to Deal Personal Conversations at the Office Should be Private
A co-worker of mine, a 20-year-old recovering alcoholic, on occasion counsels fellow alcoholics over the phone at work. She is in the cube across aisle and I hear her counseling sessions clearly.
The text of the full article is linked below.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202274.html
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