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		<title>Generational Diplomacy: Appreciating &amp; Utilizing Our Differences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lengel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what the major differences between generations in the workplace are? Having trouble communicating to someone younger or older than you? Not sure what to expect from the diverse group of employees in your company? &#160; Check out this chart, made by Judi Clements from her May 21st webinar, &#8220;Generational Diplomacy: Appreciating &#38; Utilizing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform: Are You &#8220;Ready to Pay or Play?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Bansemer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though most employers won’t face the “pay or play” decision until early next year, if there is any doubt in your mind that you are a “large employer” of 50 employees or more, the record-keeping you need to be doing is right now!]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Open Enrollment Process Leave You Feeling Frustrated and Overwhelmed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Bansemer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ascentis Employee Self Service (ESS) allows you to conduct enrollment online, thus eliminating the cumbersome and inaccurate paper process. Through online open enrollment, employees are connected to their benefit options. Upon HR approval, enrollment elections are applied to employee records and employees automatically receive an e-mail detailing their choices. Ascentis Carrier Connect electronically transmits the information to the appropriate providers.]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing Ascentis HCM for NetSuite</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Bansemer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ascentis Corporation, a market leader in human capital management (HCM) solutions, announced today the Ascentis HCM SuiteApp, built using NetSuite’s SuiteCloud Computing Platform.]]></description>
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		<title>Overtime Rules: Understanding a 75-year-old Sentence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 21:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lengel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal rule for paying overtime to employees is contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This comprehensive law was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1938. With only a few minor updates, the rule has remained the same since Oct 24, 1940. The FLSA [...]]]></description>
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