Online Timesheet Solutions

More and more companies are starting to prefer managing their timesheets online. In the race of delivering better online environment to them, service providers keep introducing new features in their product line. Enterprise CRM and salesforce.com is one such service provider. They recently introduced Timetrack CRM for salesforce.com's AppExchange. Last week iemployee.com in their newsletter announced new features in their product line. iEmployee is one of the leading online workforce management solution providers in U.S.

Challenge for HR professionals

According to a survey conducted by the Business & Legal Reports (BLR) website, HR.BLR.com, complaiance with the state and federal laws is the most important challenge for HR professionals. The human resource professionals would definately find this information handy and the best part is the copies of the report are available for free on their website. Some of the paramaters of the survey are well covered in the latest article on tmcnet.com.

Money in the tip jar

Do you know that you can take the money kept in the tip jar! Yes, however not to take the jar.
The money in the tip jar is considered as public money and only when the restuarant provide W2 form stating that they make income from the tips. Read on progressiveu.org for a true incident.

Don't play with your timesheet

Manupulating your timesheet to increase your earning can put you behind bars. According to latest news on mcall.com, Charles Wistuba Jr., 40, of Newton, N.J., was sentenced by Superior Court Judge John Pursel to five years in state prison on two counts of theft by deception. Wistuba increased his overtime earnings on his online time sheet at a rate of 24 hours a day, seven days a week to obtain $336,348. Wistuba also used a vender number to charge his credit card bills to JCP&L to obtain $76,294.50, the affidavit said. Click here for more details.

Spring Cleaning advices

After you pay your taxes and spring is about to arrive, the first thing that comes into mind is spring cleaning of documents. abclocal.go.com has published a detailed article on what to keep and what not to.
Like keep all current insurance policies- home, health, disability and auto, to hold on with your Pay Stubs- to match to the year-end statement. Then you may shred the stubs.
However do keep the year end paystubs for three years. Click here for more details.

Strong growth in demand for skilled workers

The recent article on reliableplant.com indicates strong growth in demand for skilled workers in the month of April according to the findings of Society for Human Resource Management(SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, for the month of April in U.S. The stats are well explained keeping in mind the manufacturing and service industry.

HR as a Strategic Partner

For all of you in the HR industry and are in & around Central Missouri, The Human Resource Association of Central Missouri is holding a program titled “HR as a Strategic Partner,” starting from Friday. Click here for more details.

Walker Prize 2006

From the reports on chron.com on 21st, Thomas Sy from California State University and Laura Sue D'Annunzio from Booz Allen Hamilton, were announced the winners of 2006 Walker Prize by The Human Resource Planning Society (HRPS). In the year 1977, Jim Walker has helped establish this award named after him as Walker Prize. It celebrates the tradition of vision, quality and innovation exemplified. It is awarded annually to the paper, article or commentary published by HRPS that best advances state-of-the-art thinking or practices in human resources.

The Housing Authority to track workers where abouts

The GPS system - that works on Sprint Nextel phones and walkie-talkies - sends location information from employee phones to a central computer, that inturn generates real-time maps and reports for employers. This information then gets imported into payroll or billing systems for time-sheet purposes. The Housing Authority is considering this technology to track their employees where abouts. Click here for more details.

Companies hire professionals to check accuracy of resumes

From the latest reports on taipeitimes.com, The Human Resource Management did a survey last year that showed 40 percent of human resource professionals had increased the time they spent checking references since 2002, and 52 percent said they contracted out at least part of the background checking to professionals.
It is not new that employees lie on their resume about their work experience. More and more companies are hiring professionals to check their background to track the accuracy of the details mentioned in their resumes when they apply for a new job.

The Housing Authority to track workers where abouts

The GPS system - that works on Sprint Nextel phones and walkie-talkies - sends location information from employee phones to a central computer, that inturn generates real-time maps and reports for employers. This information then gets imported into payroll or billing systems for time-sheet purposes. The Housing Authority is considering this technology to track their employees where abouts. Click here for more details.

West Bend Police suspended for falsifying time sheets

West Bend Police suspended 3 offiers Andrew Adee, Kurt Bohn and Todd Yerges, on March 8th, accused of knowingly falsifying their time sheets over a two-year period. The West Bend Fire and Police Commission will reconvene on Monday to continue deliberations on the fate of these three city police officers. Click here for more.

Human resource professionals

This article is worth reading for all human resource professionals in shrm.org that covers sharing quotes by Kimberly A. Wheeler, SPHR about alertness in finding hr solutions during natural disasters.
Some of her quotes were, “If there’s a loss of power, computer system failure, etc., the phones will not work if they are routed through your computer or other electronic systems,”
“We identified several areas in our building and installed stand-alone landlines [that] we were able to use during and after the storm,".

Reslove reported record sales of $31.1 million

Resolve Staffing, Inc. a Human Resource (HR) Services providers, reported record sales of $31.1 million for 2005, an increase of 423% over 2004 sales of $6.0 million.
Ron Heineman, President and Chief Executive Officer, was quoted in the latest article on chron.com saying "We had a great 2005 and our business continues to grow. Not only did we report our first profitable quarter in 2005, our EBITDA was also close to breakeven for the entire year,"