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Future of Forecasting and Budgeting with Rolling Forecast
The current technology driven turbulent business environment presents many challenges to business managers. One primary challenge is the ability to predict and plan for the future which is unexpectedly unpredictable. Changes are constant. Companies struggle to find ways to manage resources and find ways to thrive and survive in this turbulent business environment.Traditional budgeting has been overtaken by ..
ChatGPT for Accountants
The introductory webinar covers what is ChatGPT?, What can it do?, the Uses of ChatGPT, Benefits for Financial tasks, and the benefits of common Financial usage. It examines the overall impact on Financial Services as well as the limitations and dangers of ChatGPT. It also introduces the second webinar in the series - Getting started in ChatGPT.Areas Covered Automated Customer Services Fraud Detection..
How to Prepare for an OSHA Audit
An OSHA inspection provides a view into your organization’s safety culture. This training will share a step-by-step guide on how to strategically prepare for a safety audit before it happens, which includes newly defined rules that employers need to know. Additionally, this training will help attendees understand the key differences between The employer's rights vs. The Employee’s rights during an OSHA insp..
Issues in Calibrations and Accuracy in Method Validation
Accuracy, the ability for a methodology to give results within acceptable limits when compared to known values, is a fundamental and key requirement. Calibration is the most common approach to obtain accuracy.Accuracy requires a comparison to a validated material. The level of confidence depends on traceability, a chain connecting the samples of interest all the way to the specific metric standards. This ca..
Recruiting 101
The course will provide a high-level overview of recruiting and it will start with the basics so that every attendee of the course at any level will understand the basics of the need and the process. The information will provide insight into how recruiting ties into the budgets of the organization, basic compliance issues, technology overview, and process improvements. Recruiting at the core is the foundati..
Strategies for Discrimination Prevention: An EEO Investigator's Toolkit
Strategies for discrimination prevention require a proactive and comprehensive approach. This session offers an in-depth exploration of discrimination prevention, covering the historical context, legal foundations, and practical tools for EEO investigators. Topics include promoting workplace diversity, conducting effective investigations, implementing preventative measures, and fostering a culture of inclus..
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) - Comparing COSO and ISO
This course is all about Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) standards.COSO and ISO 31000 each represent a standard for managing risk. The key question is what do each of these standards say and most importantly how do they compare. This is the context of this course.Risk management refers to a coordinated set of activities and methods that is used to direct an organization and to control the many risks ..
Everybody’s in Sales
We’ll talk about what is sales, why it’s important, and why it’s everyone’s responsibility in a company to bring in new business. We’ll also go through 5 steps of the sales process step by step. This will be an introduction to the sales process, to give a basic understanding of each step and basic examples of what each step looks like practically.Areas CoveredIntro to topic Why sales is importantSales Call ..
Property Transaction Taxation
This session highlights the current tax rules associated with capital gains and losses because of the change in the COLA calculation from CPE-U to C-CPI-U. In addition, we look at the basis determinations resulting from the different ways to acquire property for business or personal use. Gifts, for example, received by an individual result in some challenges when determining a person’s gains or losses, whic..
The Dos and Dont's of Documenting Employee Performance: What Employers Need to Know?
You’ve heard the statement, “If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen”. The human resources mantra to managers and supervisors is to "document, document, document", because disciplinary actions can often give rise to claims of discrimination, leading to high costs of litigation. But do your managers and supervisor know how, when, and what to document?Badly worded documentation and suspiciously timed admin..
The Key To Effective PIP's
An Employee Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a formal document that outlines specific concerns or gaps in an employee’s performance. It serves as a strategy to help the employee improve on the specific areas of their job where they are not meeting the requirements of the position they were hired for. There are certain items that must be included when presenting an employee with a Performance Improvemen..
Complying with Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Many would think that the answers to how to accommodate the pregnant worker in the workplace would be a no brainer. Of course, it is not that easy – mostly because of a hodgepodge of cases over the years. Cases were so inconsistent that the Supreme Court became involved resulting in its decision of Young v. UPS. Maybe you thought that the Supreme Court would have the final say? No, Congress respon..
The DOL Predicts That The Overtime Rule Would Be Launched in April 2024!
Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions is a semiannual compilation of information about regulations under development by federal agencies, published in the spring and fall.The government’s fall regulatory agenda just dropped. Highlights include overtime regulations slated for April 2024.The DOL plans to finalize updates to the executive, administrative and professional exemption for o..
Human Resource Audits: How to Conduct a Practical Audit Without Overwhelm?
Any HR professional knows that a major part of their responsibility is keeping the company’s employment files organized for many legal reasons but also because it helps to keep your operations going smoothly. An externally-driven audit by a government agency could result in dire consequences including fines, citations, and shutdowns. Without a system or organizing files followed up by regular internal audit..
Garnishments, Subpoena’s, Levies, Summonses and other Legal Orders
New hire reporting laws applicable to all US businesses have one goal in mind to quickly identify where parents who owe child support are employed. In some states, it applies to independent contractors as well. Businesses can expect wage garnishments on some of these individuals shortly after these reports are filed. Of course, garnishments are also filed against workers who owe taxing agencies or other cre..