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U.S. Export Documentation & Procedures
Government regulations are always in a stay of change and it is important for companies to be aware of those changes as well as current regulations on export procedures and documentation to be compliant and avoid penalties.This webinar will assist U.S. companies who export commercial shipments around the world by providing most current information on: Export procedures & regulations required..
U.S. Export Regulations and Documentation: The Basics You Must Know
The U.S. Government requires exporters to be familiar with export laws and regulations as well as documentation for a number of different reasons, including national security, control of products in short supply, compiling export statistics, administration of export laws, protection of endangered species, and to protect U.S. export markets by ensuring product quality of specific exports.Exporting from the U..
Understanding Diversity in the Workplace
The definition of diversity in any given situation depends on who you ask. People define the concept based on their individual backgrounds and upbringing. As a result, these definitions are as numerous as the individuals defining it. In today's workplace, there needs to be a consistent definition to facilitate a harmonious work environment. The talk will assist an organization to define and develop a divers..
Understanding Pay Structures and Compensation Systems
Having a competitive and well-designed compensation system is the cornerstone of employee recruitment and retention for most organizations. But did you know, that 30 percent of U.S companies have no formal pay structure in place? And that number increases for small businesses - 50 percent of companies with 100 employees or less are lacking a proper compensation system. When you have an ill-designed or inade..
Understanding the D.I.S.C. Personality Assessment and How It Can Communication In Your Organization
Communication is a two-way process to exchange ideas. We communicate in order to elicit some type of response. Some examples of a response could be more knowledge, a specific action, or some type of emotion.Understanding the D.I.S.C. profile will help understand the four different personality type and how they like to receive information. Do you have a clear understanding of how to communicate with others? ..
Unlimited PTO – Financial, Emotional And Practical Considerations For Implementation
Unlimited PTO – Considerations for Implementation – will walk you through everything you need to consider prior to implementing “unlimited” time off to your employees. The goal of this presentation is not to convince you it’s the “right” thing to do, because this type of time-off program is not for everyone. Indeed, you may walk away with the sound belief that your current vacation policy is just right for ..
Unrelated Business Income Tax – Updates under TCJA
This topic will start off with a general understanding of what is unrelated business income. It will look deeply into how to tell if income streams are related or unrelated to the non-for-profits mission along with the other rules that could exempt the income from this category.We will also look at how to calculate the unrelated business income tax under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The TCJA made it so non-fo..
Update on US Sanctions: Hot Topics and Compliance Best Practices
This program will cover a range of sanctions compliance topics. Beginning with an overview of US economic sanctions and embargoes rules and regulations, the panel will then cover key sanctions compliance issues. This will include topics such as conducting business with or in Russia, identifying and preventing prohibited facilitation of prohibited transactions, and strategies for conducting compliance audits..
Update Your Business Writing Skills – The Rules Have Changed!
Someone, somewhere, for some reason, decided that English needed to change. They changed the rules for punctuation, spacing, and style without notice or warning. If it has been five years or more since you've taken a business-writing course, then you NEED to take this one! This course offers effective strategies to sharpen your writing skills by structuring your ideas logically, exercising diplomacy in lett..
US Expatriate Taxation
This session will cover the US Taxation of Expatriates. Specifically, we will focus on the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, the Foreign Tax Credit and State Tax Issues. During the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion section, we will discuss the two tests to qualify for this exclusion and the additional housing exclusion. During the Foreign Tax Credit section, we will discuss the difference between US and Foreig..
Using Behavior Based Interviewing To Select The Right Candidate
Companies erroneously spend too much time looking for the correct skills and knowledge for the job and paying little or no attention to attitudes and behaviors necessary to a candidate perform at a high level. The fact is that most involuntary terminations occur because of improper attitudes and behaviors.The best way to hire the correct candidate is to see into the future and see how that candidate will pe..
Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Better Performance
This session will go over how to construct a balanced scorecard. We will cover how to survey the key deliverables for success, how to measure them, how to set standards, and how to assign values to each. The balanced scorecard is not new. However, not enough companies are using it.We will discuss using the balanced scorecard as a basis for a manager and executive bonus system. We will use an actual example ..
Valuable Communication Skills: It’s How You Say It
Your message may be a very important one but if no one is willing to listen, its value will be lost. Effective Communication is a commonly used phrase; wherein, effective basically means being successful in what you are trying to accomplish. While you have been successful in sharing the information, it is important that what has been shared is understood and meaningful. Less than 10% of what you say is part..
Verbal Self-Defense For Workplace Violence
De-escalation, diffusion, Verbal Judo, or “talking someone down", are all names for keeping the potentially violent person from becoming an actual violent person. This program will provide strategies, tactics, and techniques for keeping situations from devolving into dangerous confrontations. We’ll take a quick look into the problem of workplace violence, how often it happens and what is the effect on indiv..
Wage & Hour Misclassifications
With new regulations, you want to make sure you’re in compliance with all levels of your staff. We discuss compensation at the hourly and salary levels, DOL definitions and exemption categories. We will talk about the new generations and how their work preferences fit into the wage and hour labyrinth. Don’t forget the most common myths! Stay up to date on the changes and stay out of trouble with the Departm..