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Last week Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed into law Senate Bill 218, which replaces the EMST with a modified Local Services Tax.  This change, which primarily benefits employees, adds instruction for withholding and sets income minimums for withholding.

For more information visit the NewPA site here.

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During our Abra User’s Group three weeks ago, we highlighted the changes occurring in Abra v7.6. For an update on the changes, visit our Forum section of the website for details.

We’re pleased to announce 1/2 day seminars designed to get you up to speed with all of the v7.6 changes, including an introduction to Crystal v10 (which will ship with Abra v7.6). These seminars are hands-on sessions in our Training Center, and you’ll experience all of the changes first hand, with the ability to ask your pertinent questions to our knowledgeable trainers.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity! To register, visit our Training section of the website for dates and times.

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SHRM.org reports that thirty-nine percent of employees working full time have called in sick in the past to score a day off during the summer, and 30 percent will or might do so this summer, according to a survey of 2,021 U.S. workers. The two biggest reasons employees take “sick days” in the summer, according to research firm Harris Interactive, are to take a “mental health day” or “to enjoy the weather on a nice day”.

Employer strategies that workers said would most likely prevent them from misusing sick days during the summer were:

• Provide half or full day Fridays off during the summer (utilizing a compressed workweek).
• Provide flexibility through telecommuting or flex-time.
• Provide Paid Time Off plans that give employees a bank of time to use at their discretion.

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We just started the blog, but get ready for some new style and content changes already!

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A report released by The Conference Board states nonprofits will be hit particularly hard by the approaching retirement of baby boomers.

Many nonprofits—especially small and midsize ones—lack the “staffing depth to develop younger leaders coming up in the organization,” as well as time and money, Jill Casner-Lotto writes in the report.

By 2016, nonprofits will need 640,000 new senior managers and will need to recruit 80,000 new professional and management staff, according to Diane Piktialis, leader of The Conference Board’s Mature Workforce Program.

The report says that hiring people over age 50 for part-time work could fill the leadership gap, as many boomers are expected to work beyond retirement age and many are considering nonprofit work as “encore” jobs that allow them to utilize their experience to give back to the community.

For more information on the report, visit The Conference Board.

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