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PerfectSoftware to offer expert employment law advice through its HR and Payroll software.

PerfectSoftware® and the workplace HELPLINE® Announce Strategic Partnership PerfectSoftware to offer expert employment law advice through its HR and Payroll software.

Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) June 11, 2008 — For employers, understanding employment law decisions and legislation is fundamental in our increasingly litigious society. Human resource and payroll departments need to stay informed on employment law issues and have the ability to take decisive action without fear of costly legal settlements. Just look at some the recent court verdicts and settlements ruled against these companies, according “Top Ten Hot Issues in Employment Law-2008″ by HRN Management Group, May 2008.

-News Image Sheet Metal Worker’s Union: $6.2 million. Race & natural origin discrimination in job placement.
- Starbucks: $100 million. Tips improperly paid to supervisors.
- New York Knicks: $11 million. Sexual harassment.
- Walgreens: $25 million. Race bias promotions.

Our customers will be pleased with this new addition to our solution and will be able to save valuable time while avoiding potential legal risks.

These cases involved some well known names, but big settlements hit smaller organizations as well. A little prevention could help avoid costly legal battles.

EEOC reports discrimination complaints increased significantly in 2007 over 2006:
-Total claims: up 9% (largest % increase since 1993)
- Race: up 12% (highest level since 1994)
- Sex: up 7% (highest level in six years)
- National origin: up 12%
- Disability: up 14%
- Religion: up 13%
- Age: up 15%

Discrimination charges are increasing at an even greater rate in 2008 and may set a new record. Online filing forms at the EEOC make it easier for employees to submit complaints, and recessions historically have brought increases in employee filings.

How do your HR and Payroll departments minimize exposure to costly legal battles? PerfectSoftware has the answer by empowering your HR & Payroll departments with HR Legal Connect.

PerfectSoftware and the workplace HELPLINE announced today a strategic partnership to provide PerfectSoftware users with access to HELPLINE’S team of experienced employment law attorneys; Epstein, Becker & Green. PerfectSoftware will brand the service as HR Legal Connect™ and it will be available to its clients August 1st within its PerfectHR and PerfectPayroll software modules.

HR Legal Connect™ will provide PerfectSoftware clients with toll-free phone & on-line access to experienced employment law attorneys. The attorneys will answer specific HR and employment related questions, with specific documented advice, no later than the end of the next business day.

“This partnership will prove to be a valuable benefit to our clients and the workplace HELPLINE is a terrific provider of this unique and useful service,” says Michael Gabriele, CEO of PerfectSoftware. “Our customers will be pleased with this new addition to our solution and will be able to save valuable time while avoiding potential legal risks.”

The employment law advice ranges from regulatory & compliance including Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Exempt/non-exempt, wage & hour, pre-employment screening and hiring questions to handling sexual harassment & discrimination complaints, documenting warnings, terminating employees as well as benefits questions. HR Legal Connect™ employment law attorneys are experienced and well versed on over 60 different human resource issues, and more.

Jim McSherry; CEO of Workplace Helpline had this to add, “We are excited to partner with Perfect Software to provide the HR Legal Connect™ employment law service! PerfectHR and Perfect Payroll clients can now be seamlessly connected, through the software, to experienced attorneys. Employers will be provided specific documented advice and counsel, no later than the next business day. How exciting is that!”

About the workplace HELPLINE®
As an industry leading Employment Law and Human Resource (HR) Information Company, HELPLINE has revolutionized the way that Professional Services are brought to the workplace. Through insurance, financial services, payroll and governmental channels, they provide legal advice to thousands of employers in all 50 states. They range from the small to medium size firm in the private and public sectors to large organizations that have in-house legal and HR departments. HELPLINE’s “high touch” Relationship Management approach seamlessly integrates human contact with cutting edge technology and experienced professional expertise to answer and document responses to employers’ specific questions.

About PerfectSoftware®
PerfectSoftware empowers Human Resource and Payroll professionals with customer driven solutions that help them recruit, develop, pay and retain key employees. PerfectSoftware focuses on middle market companies and provides its customers with unique features that provide key benefits toward corporate goals and objectives. The solutions help the HR and Payroll Professionals position the Human Capital of the company in such a way that revenue and expenses are directly impacted through positive results.

Their software modules run the gamut of Payroll Software, Human Resources Management Software, Applicant Tracking Software, Time & Attendance, Benefit Election & Enrollment, Salary Planning & Administration, Position Control, Alerts, Employee Self Service Software, COBRA management and Ad Hoc Reporting.

For more information on HR Legal Connect, visit http://www.perfectsoftware.com/employment_law_assistance.php.

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NEW - PerfectSoftware Online Discussion Forum

PerfectSoftware has added a new online forum to their website which will allow prospects and users to to freely discuss and share their experiences with PerfectSoftware’s suite of HRIS and Payroll products. Sign up today!

 

http://forum.perfectsoftware.com

Payroll’s Best Kept Secret

No one understands how hard it is to run payroll in today’s compliance crazed business environment. Unless, of course, you are one of the vigilant professionals that gets people paid and keeps your employer on the IRS’s good side. If this is you, then you know it’s more challenging than ever to find the right solutions partner.In the last decade, one company has been quietly making inroads in the mid-market sector. They’ve gained a following by focusing more on customer service than on sales, more on technology than on trade shows. You owe it to yourself to find out more.

Download the full PDF version of Payroll’s Best Kept Secret.

PerfectSoftware appointed as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Norwalk, CT - (August 29, 2006) – PerfectSoftware announced that it has achieved the highest level of partner recognition from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) of Redmond Washington. The status was granted in 2006 recognizing PerfectSoftware’s achievements in product technology and customer satisfaction.

According to Microsoft’s website the definition of a Gold Certified Partner is as follows:

“Microsoft Gold Certified Partners are the elite Microsoft Business Partners who earn the highest customer endorsement. They have the knowledge, skills, and commitment to help implement technology solutions that match your exact business needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners have passed the highest level of requirements from Microsoft and have demonstrated the most robust, efficient and scalable implementations of Microsoft technologies in demonstrated enterprise customer deployments or an on-site Microsoft assessment.”

“PerfectSoftware is pleased to accept this appointment from Microsoft, and is proud to be in an elite group of professionals and particularly in the Human Resource and Payroll software category” said Michael Gabriele President of PerfectSoftware.

PerfectSoftware has been named a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Application Software Products, as a result of its commitment to the Microsoft platform and its proven track record of developing quality software products and superior customer support. PerfectSoftware’s products include the PerfectHR a human resource software management system, PerfectPayroll a Payroll management and processing system and Eventrix, a human resource process automation engine.

“Our new status as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for human resource and payroll products will enable potential customers to further qualify PerfectSoftware as a provider of proven high-quality software products,” said Michael Gabriele, PerfectSoftware’s CEO. “PerfectSoftware has been Microsoft certified since 2002 and we are extremely pleased about this latest accomplishment.”

According to Microsoft’s website the definition of a Gold Certified Partner is as follows:

“Microsoft Gold Certified Partners are the elite Microsoft Business Partners who earn the highest customer endorsement. They have the knowledge, skills, and commitment to help implement technology solutions that match your exact business needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners have passed the highest level of requirements from Microsoft and have demonstrated the most robust, efficient and scalable implementations of Microsoft technologies in demonstrated enterprise customer deployments or an on-site Microsoft assessment.”

The Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program provides a way for customers and potential customers to identify companies that have proven their commitment and expertise in one or more specialized areas when delivering Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners need to meet a higher set of criteria for each category, including enhanced certification and a portfolio of real-world customer references, and are thus identified as the most skilled partners in specific solution areas.

“Given the number of choices in software products in the market today, customers need to quickly learn who is committed to integration and testing,” said Rosa Garcia, general manager of the Partner Programs Group at Microsoft. “They need to be assured that a software provider has a policy of platform testing and integration. With commitments to the Microsoft Windows and .NET platforms, GFI has clearly demonstrated that its software products are robust and credible. Microsoft is pleased to have GFI as a Gold Certified Partner for Software Products.”

About PerfectSoftware
PerfectSoftware empowers Human Resource and Payroll professionals with customer-driven solutions that recruit, develop, pay and retain key employees. PerfectSoftware focuses on middle market companies and provides its customers with unique features that provide key benefits toward corporate goals and objectives. Revenue and expenses are directly impacted through positive results.