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Registration Now Open for Payroll Webinar

After posting our two-parter blog post about how to choose the best payroll software, many of you have asked for a webinar dedicated to this very topic. You asked, and we answered.


2011 ASCENTIS WEBINAR SERIES

MARCH 2011: What To Look For When Evaluating a Payroll System

Choosing and deploying a new payroll system can be a scary and
intimidating proposition.

For the first time payroll purchaser, there is a lot
to know and a lot to learn, and there is an overwhelming
amount of information available. For those organizations
that have experienced a painful and disruptive payroll
integration in the past, it can virtually paralyze the
decision-making process.

Or perhaps a company is looking for a new solution
because their current system doesn’t provide the
functionality, control or convenience that they need to
produce an error-free payroll on time, every time.

Ascentis understands the complexities and
pitfalls of this
process!

In our 27-plus years of being
in the payroll business, we’ve listened to many
situations just like these. That’s why we’ve developed
this webinar — because we can offer guidance around how
to shop for a payroll system that will meet your needs
now, and for years to come. We’ve developed a list of
issues and considerations some our many satisfied clients have told
us they wish they had thought about before purchasing a new
payroll system, such as:

  • How should a payroll solution integrate with
    various accounting systems?
  • What other products should connect to the payroll system to make
    our organization more automated and integrated?
  • How can robust reporting capabilities help me find errors before they become a concern?
  • What is SaaS-based payroll and what are its
    advantages?

Don’t let fear of change — or of the past — keep
you tethered to a system that isn’t working optimally
for your organization. Register now for this webinar
(links on above right) so you can be on the path to finding the best provider for your needs and circumstances.

Register now for this
informative payroll
webinar!


Register now

Wed., March 16, 10 am, PST*



Register now

Wed., March 23, 10 am, PST*

*Space is limited.
Webinar runs no more than one hour.

Reserve your seat now.

After registering you will receive
a confirmation e-mail that contains
attendance information.

Want to know more about how Ascentis does Payroll? Want to hear it from our customers? Here’s a video of Rhonda Thompson from Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, talking about her experience with Ascentis and Ascentis Payroll.

Click here to watch our other videos.

Tools to Make Your Job Easier

Is this how you feel close to EOY?

Payroll Managers, I wouldn’t change jobs with you for anything. I’m a writer – and a marketer – and that comes easy for me. It’s naturally a part of who am I and what I do. And though there are a lot of “tools” that I use to get my job done, none of it really impacts my company’s business like a Payroll Manager’s job does. My hat is off to you.

Why do I say this? Well, as I sit through this morning’s Ascentis EOY Payroll Webinar, put on by our professional service team, I’m blown away by the complexity of your job function. There is so much to know, so much to do – and all of it is critical in maintaining your company’s business.

There are so many advantages to using payroll software (as well as HRIS and/or Time and Attendance) that make payroll and HR jobs much more manageable – wizard driven reports, auditing, and so on and so forth. Listening in on this webinar I heard our professional services team teach how clients using specific components of our software can make EOY processes easier. From Hire Act Credit reporting, to quarter end tax filing, to showing off the W-2 wizard, our team covered a lot of EOY ground in two hours, and in the end made a lot of those watching relax.

It pleased me to no end to hear our client partners comments on how thankful they were that these options were available to them in Ascentis software – and how incredibly impressed they were to work with a company that just didn’t hand them a software contract and walk away.  And if you don’t know that about Ascentis by now, you should. We do more than sell  you a product- we build a relationship. We support our software - but more so, we support your use of it – every step of the way, and your success because of it is important to us as well.

Yes, Payroll managers have a very difficult job – and this time of year makes it more so. But remember, Ascentis is here to help – we’ve got four more webinars this month – and if you haven’t signed up for one yet – reserve your space now (it’s limited). We’d love to do whatever we can to help you through one of the roughest parts of your year.

So register today for one of the next four Managing Year-End webinars and learn some stress-reducing tips and best practices that will make your job easier. Among other issues, we’ll discuss:

  • Reviewing and signing-off on W-2s
  • Completing turnaround
  • Upcoming changes in limits and payroll-related laws in 2011
  • Common year-end procedures and best practices
  • And much more!

Give yourself some peace of mind and don’t miss this opportunity to learn exactly what you need to know for a successful, accurate and on-time year-end process. This webinar will be offered four more times in November and December — just choose the date most convenient for you (all webinars are held from 10am to noon, PST). Click on a date to register:

If you want to know more about Ascentis Payroll, or any of our products and services,  prior to the webinar dates listed above, just give us a call at 800-229-2713 or email us at any time. We’re happy to be here for you.

Green, Green, Green!

Happy St. Patrick’ Day to all!!  What better day would there be to talk about going green than St. Patrick ’s Day!  Some of us will celebrate in different ways.  Some will wear their lucky green socks.  Others will break out their favorite kelly green shirts…yet others will be drinking their favorite green beer!  Although St. Patrick’s Day is definitely about going green…it shouldn’t just be once a year.  Here are some recommendations that you can use to help your company go green all year long:

  • Use a power strip that senses when appliances are off and cuts draining energy use.
  • Encourage employees to walk/bike/bus to work.  Create a transportation benefit!
  • Offer employees large water coolers rather than bottled water.
  • Simple, Recycle!
  • Recycle electronics, don’t throw them away.
  • Allow telecommuting (when possible)
  • Buy office supplies that are made of recycled goods
  • Use real mugs, plates, silverware, etc. rather than plastic
  • Once a week have a green day (no printing, no driving to lunch, etc)
  • Company cars?  Think hybrid
  • Create a carbon offset program, plant trees or plants for each piece of electronics in your office
  • Buy office supplies from local companies
  • Need to have giveaways?  How about reusable shopping bags?  Travel mugs?
  • Use rechargeable batteries
  • Email billing statements/invoices
  • Put a brick in the back of the toilet (less water flushed)
  • Give up paper towels in the kitchen
  • Have plants.  They recycle the air!
  • Give up rubber bands
  • Think before you print!  Use printers that print on both sides
  • Switch to a laptop instead of using a desktop computer and cut three-quarters off your electrical use. Turn off the laptop at the end of the day

Be safe and enjoy your St. Patrick’s Day!

12 New Year’s Resolutions for HR and Payroll – Concluded

11. Use proper and complete sentences in all business e-mails

We all get those emails from colleagues – the short, quick answers. They return half a sentence in response to our question from a month ago.  Now you have to go back and read the full e-mail string to be able to decipher the meaning of the answer and figure out what that abbreviated sentence is supposed to indicate. If your goal is to save time this year, help those around you save some of their time when reading your e-mails.  A short, precise answer is much easier to read then a cryptic, abbreviated response.

 

12. Find 10 ways to reduce your costs

“What a great idea … like we haven’t already done that.” In the current economy we have all been looking at ways to cut costs. Sometimes some fresh eyes can really help. Ask the receptionist if she has an idea or call on contracts that have been running with vendors for awhile. You might be due for a price reduction; most vendors are not going to alert you to that fact. Stop printing out documents for files; this could save substantial money overtime. Rather than printing e-mails from employees, attach them to their files in your HRIS/HRMS or payroll software.  Don’t have the ability? Go back and read resolution #1, and make life easier for you and your team!  Creating a paperless, or near paperless, office could save your company substantial money and time.

Remember to keep checking back, we are full of ideas!

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