Lunch and Learn
Understanding KS Employment Security Law – KS Unemployment Insurance 

 

Are you satisfied with your 2010 Unemployment Experience Rating Notice?  Have you seen it?  Maybe your CFO has it . . . Ask for a copy of it.  Does your company consider unemployment insurance “a cost of doing business?”  You will when you realize that your contribution will be a whopping 4.5 times greater than last year if you are in the same rate group; and likely as not, it will be worse.  Do you feel like there’s nothing you can do about it?  That is not entirely true.

 

We would like to invite you to the first in a series of six Lunch and Learn workshops being held in the Board room at the Trusler Business Center.  The first workshop will be held on Wednesday, April 7^th, and will run from 11:45am to 1:00 pm.  Cost is $12 for members and $15 for non-members.  A box lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by calling 342-1600.

 

The objectives for this workshop are:

• Understand how the state computes the #’s and rate tables each year

• Understand how and why the current system is not experience or merit-based

• Learn about the upcoming FUTA increases as well as other compound taxes the legislature is considering for future years

• Learn about possible recommendations that will further tax Kansas employers an additional 5.4% beginning in 2011 (that’s up to $54,000.00 for a company with 1,000 employees)

• Learn how HR can make a positive change for employers in the state of Kansas.  You may be surprised at how little it takes to make a big change

 

In order to make this event more meaningful, we are asking that you please bring copies of your Experience Rating Notices from the KS Department of Labor.  If possible, please bring your notices from 2000 to 2010 so everyone can complete the same exercise with their own information.  If you do not have notices dating back to 2000, please bring the most recent years you have available.  This information is not required, but will help illustrate some of the learning points. 

 

About the Speaker:

 

Phillip M. Hayes, SPHR, provides human resource consulting services and designs and facilitates management and compliance training with a broad spectrum of experience in human resources, strategic planning, operations management, and process redesign.  Phil brings to clients a unique combination of business insight and extensive knowledge of recruiting organizational effectiveness and performance management.  Phil earned a Human Resource Management degree from Bellevue University, and holds a Masters of Management Information Systems from Friends University.  Phil currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Wichita Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management fro 2003 to 2005.  He was recognized in Wichita Business Journal by being selected to the 2006 class of “40 under 40” for making a significant contribution to the area’s economy as well as his involvement in the community.   

 

Vanda Stephens, Office Manager

Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce

719 Commercial St.

Emporia, KS  66801

620-342-1600 - Office

620-342-3223 - Fax

"It's A Great Day in Emporia!"

 

Call to SHRM Chapter members—does your employer provide services or products to the HR community?

If so, your company may wish to Sponsor or Exhibit at our Annual Conference! 

Our 21st Annual Kansas State SHRM Conference will be held September 15-17, 2010 in Overland Park, Kansas at the Convention Center.   We expect to have 100 exhibitors and over 500 HR professionals in attendance.  Please visit the website, www.ksshrm.com to view the combined Sponsor/Exhibitor opportunities and to sign-up:

Exhibitor booths to facilitate networking·        

Sponsorship opportunities to provide high visibility to supporters of the HR profession

Please call Lenora if you have questions. We look forward to working with you to make the 21st Annual Kansas State SHRM Conference the best yet! 

SunfloweHR Connect Newsletter February 2010

Announcement - Parking Permits January 2010

 

Hello HR-PAGE members!

 

In light of some recent concern regarding the parking permits that were mailed to you for this year, I did some checking with the ESU Conference and Scheduling office to determine if the permits would be sufficient with only being stamped for January and November. When the office produced these permits they forgot to include the other months between January and November. The concern then being that we would be ticketed for the months that had been left off.

 

I was assured by Marjory at the Conference and Scheduling office that the campus police do not look at the dates on the permits, but just check to see that you have one for the correct lot. She advised me that we would be able to park in the orange parking lot without a problem.

 

If however you are still concerned, you may take your permit into the Conference and Scheduling office (first office on the right as you come in the east doors) and they will write the word "through" on your permit. You may use the circle drive in order to avoid being ticketed.

 

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any questions, please contact me at 620-342-2239.

Looking forward to seeing you February 10th!

 

Rachel  Pientka

Announcement - SHRM Memberhip January 2010

 

Greetings Everyone!

 

At the HR PAGE meeting last week, the chapter voted to sponsor 4 half-price first time SHRM National Memberships.  If you are not a SHRM National member, please consider this opportunity.  HR PAGE will pay for half of your membership, you will be responsible for the remaining half.

 

If you are interested, please contact me.   The first four to reply will be awarded this opportunity.

 

Thank you!!

 Adrienne Burris, PHR