Genesee Valley Chapter Society for Human Resources

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Upcoming events

RIT Inn & Conference Center (map)

’Making the Case for Diversity’ A panel discussion March 22, 2012 8:30am until 11:30am RIT Inn and Conference Center This event is hosted by the Genesee Valley Chapter of SHRM. This program has been pre-approvedby the HR Certification Institute for 3.0 General recertification credits. About the Program The GVC SHRM Diversity Council is presenting a Diversity Panel Discussion: ‘Making the Case for Diversity’ This program will provide a better underst...

Apr19 Building Trust and Unity During a Merger or Acquisition

RIT Inn & Conference Center (map)

This event is hosted by the Genesee Valley Chapter of SHRM.This program has been pre-approved for 1.5 Strategic recertification credits by the HR Certification Institute. About the Program:Building Trust and Unity During a Merger or Acquisition Nearly all organizations (large and small) go through some kind of restructuring effort every few years. Often, these changes take the form of mergers and acquisitions, but even smaller restructurings can be incredibly disruptive. In most cases thes...

May31 2012 HR Legislative Briefings

Camp Arrowhead (map)

This event is hosted by the Genesee Valley Chapter of SHRM.This program has been pre-approved for 2.0 Strategic credits by the HR Certification Institute. About the Program Catch up on the latest HR legislative information on the 2012 NYS legislative session. 2012 is an election year and anything can happen in Albany!This HR Legislative briefing will cover HR-related legislative results of the 2011 legislative session, and what’s new or back for 2012. The Assembly has already announced...

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President's Message

NY Wage Theft Prevention Act Forms Available

As everyone should know by now, New York's Wage Theft Prevention Act ("WTPA") goes into effect on Saturday, April 9, 2011. One of the administrative requirements of the WTPA is providing all new hires, and at specific times all employees, a written notice containing a number of items. While the Act does list all of the items required to be included on the forms and provided to employees, the NYS DOL indicated that template forms would be made available to employers. Those template forms are now available on the NYS DOL website at www.labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/wp/ellsformsandpublications.shtm. While use of the NYS DOL-provided forms is not a requirement, use of these forms is a good way to ensure compliance with the WTPA.

For more on the WTPA, click on the "NEWS" tab above, then "GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS" and then the link for "A NEW TRAP FOR THE UNWARY EMPLOYER." This extremely informative article was written by GVCSHRM member and Underberg & Kessler attorney Matthew Miller for the Daily Record. There you'll find all of the details about the WTPA, its new requirements, and also the significantly expanded penalties.

As always, if you have any questions about this, or any other GVCSHRM topic, please feel free to contact me.

Frank A. Cania, SPHR
frank@caniahr.com
President, GVCSHRM