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Implementing the right technology makes managing your Payroll and HR easier than ever before. Yet multiple versions of products with endless customization make it challenging to know what solution is right for you, and more importantly, what is right for your business. We provide the following white papers to help you understand the important role software can take in your business' operations.

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Human Resources

	Key Performance Indicator Reports for HRMG's Abra Customers Key Performance Indicators for HRMS products including HR, Payroll, Attendance, Training, and Strategic Objectives. Key Performance Indicator Reports for HRMG's Abra Customers		Planning a Layoff No one wants to do it. But when you have to let employees go, remember these tips to ensure the best possible outcome. Planning a Layoff White Paper
	Tax Incentives for Business Software Business software earns large tax deductions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Tax Incentives for Business Software White Paper		The Bottom Line on HR Technology A well-run business needs a strong, talented workforce. Business owners face a range of human resources challenges, from competition for top talent to spiraling benefits costs. Globalization is increasing the competitive pressures on businesses while rapid advances in technology require new skills and accelerated development of the workforce. The Bottom Line on HR Technology White Paper
	Top 10 Best Practices in HR Management For 2008 Top 10 Best Practices in HR Management For 2008 HR professionals have the opportunity to play a more strategic role in the business. The challenge for HR managers is to keep up to date with the latest HR innovations—technological, legal, and otherwise. This special report will discuss the top 10 best practices in HR management for 2008 -- in other words, how HR managers can anticipate and address some of the most challenging HR issues this year. Top 10 Best Practices in HR Management For 2008 White Paper		HR That Fits Like a Glove "Out of the Box" is a common phrase in the world of software. It refers to all the features and functionality that's packed into the box of Sage Abra HRMS software you purchased. HR That Fits Like a Glove
	Automating Benefits Enrollment Benefits enrollment can be a rigorous, paper-intensive process for many HR departments. With the ever-increasing cost of health insurance and other employee benefits, it’s important to identify effective cost-containment strategies. Automating Benefits Enrollment		How to Benefit from Employee Self Service Human Resource technology adoption is often driven by small projects aimed at specific business problems that, when solved, provide a very clear return on investment. How to Benefit from Employee Self Service

Payroll

Paycards: Flexible Electronic Payroll for All Employees

U.S. businesses have recently enjoyed tremendous savings in payroll production costs by encouraging employees to accept direct deposit over paper paychecks. According to the American Payroll Association, businesses pay between one and two dollars to issue each paper paycheck. Conversely, an electronic transfer of payroll costs about twenty cents per employee. Based on these statistics, a company with 300 employees paying $2 per bi-weekly paper paycheck could enjoy an annual savings of over $14,000 if all employees received paperless electronic payroll!

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Evaluating Payroll Options For Your Mid-Sized Business: In-house, Outsourced, or a Blend of Both?

Providing employees with their paychecks on time and without error is a missioncritical aspect of your business. Because payroll is one of the most visible business processes to your employees, a payroll solution that is accurate, efficient, and right for your particular business is essential. It's an important contributor to employee satisfaction, and fundamental to your company's success. Payroll is so fundamental that it's frequently a given, and its strategic importance is often understated.

PDF File Evaluating Payroll Options For Your Mid-Sized Business: In-house, Outsourced, or a Blend of Both? White Paper

The Year-End Challenge: Successfully Managing Payroll Processing and Compliance

Year-end payroll processing, reconciliation and tax compliance can be a grueling experience for human resources staff. Many payroll administrators measure the calendar year against their year-end duties, joking that they spend three months preparing for year-end, three months processing the data, three months recovering and three months dreading the start of the next year-end! Staff resources stretch thin during year-end processing. The extra time needed for such a large task necessitates either excessive overtime, or the retention of additional staff to accommodate year-end needs.

PDF File The Year-End Challenge: Successfully Managing Payroll Processing and Compliance White Paper

Paper or Plastic? The Benefits of electronic payroll paycards

In recent years, businesses have enjoyed tremendous savings in payroll costs by offering direct deposit programs and encouraging employees to participate. In fact, the employee adoption rate of direct deposit is very high. However one challenge remains - extending the convenience and cost savings of electronic payroll to employees who do not have a bank account ("unbanked") and thus cannot accept direct deposits. In this article, we'll discuss the value of Electronic Payroll Cards as an alternative to issuing paper paychecks to your "unbanked" employees.

PDF File Paper or Plastic? The Benefits of electronic payroll paycards

How to Benefit from Employee Self Service

Human Resource technology adoption is often driven by small projects aimed at specific business problems that, when solved, provide a very clear return on investment.

PDF File How to Benefit from Employee Self Service

Time is Money - The Benefit of Automating Time and Attendance Tracking

Time collection and payroll is a critically important part of any business since labor, for many companies, represents the single biggest expense. But for companies that track time and attendance manually, the process can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and costly.

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Employee Benefits

What Every HR Manager Needs To Know About Online Recruiting

For years, large enterprises have been incorporating online recruitment methods into their talent strategies. These companies have been increasingly successful using the Internet as a primary recruiting ground, especially in attracting top-performing candidates who are actively employed in other jobs.

PDF File What Every HR Manager Needs To Know About Online Recruiting White Paper

Paperless Benefits Management Strategies

With healthcare premiums still on the rise, small and midsized businesses continue to search for new ways to contain costs without sacrificing benefits. This guide highlights recent trends in employee benefit costs and discusses the unique challenges faced by small and midsized businesses in the wake of escalating healthcare costs. We'll explain some of the current strategies for cost containment, including alternative healthcare plans, eligibility audits, and wellness initiatives.

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Compliance

New Rules for Cobra

New rules provide government reimbursement for 65 percent of COBRA premiums.

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The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the first new law of his administration, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play Act of 2009, overturning a U.S. Supreme Court decision that limited the time frame for bringing pay discrimination claims. The signing ceremony included Lilly Ledbetter, Worker's Rights advocate groups and leaders from the House and Senate as part of the new administration's interest in revamping the current labor laws and expanding employee coverage under existing employment laws.

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Avoiding Costly Fines: A Guide To Current Compliance Mandates

What every manager in a small to mid-sized business needs to know. View all current compliance mandates.

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Sage Abra and Sarbanes-Oxley Audits

Following the bankruptcy of Enron in 2001, Congress responded to heightened public concern about corporate integrity and accounting firm irregularities by passing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 on July 30, 2002.

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