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Unclaimed Paychecks and Other Employee Property: Payroll's Legal Obligations

Course Description:

What do you to do if an employee fails to pickup a final paycheck?  How do you process a mailed check that’s returned by the post office?  With only 20 percent of businesses complying with escheatment regulations, now’s the time to develop and implement procedures that'll accurately track and resolve your company's unclaimed wages — before it’s too late.

States are aggressive in their quest for revenue through compliance and are frequently using auditors to help them collect!   Failure to comply could result in an unwanted audit, steep interest accumulations, and even criminal and civil penalties.  And, if your organization operates in multiple states you could be liable for penalties across state lines.

So what are your responsibilities if you’re left holding the check?  Do you have to track down the employee that failed to provide you with a forwarding address?  And, what do you do if despite all your efforts you’re still unable to get that check into the employee's hands?

Join CCM and payroll expert Vicki M. Lambert, CPP in this information packed audio seminar to find out how to ensure you’re in compliance, manage your organization’s risk, and ultimately avoid an audit! Plus, in just 75 minutes, you and your staff will learn:

• When wages are considered abandoned
• What laws or regulations cover unclaimed wages
• What payroll’s responsibility is relating to abandoned wages
• What processes to take to correctly report and remit unclaimed wages
• Liability issues—what do you do if you have an outside payroll service
• How to establish proper procedures for tracking unclaimed wages correspondence to comply with due diligence requirements
• How to safeguard unclaimed wages from unauthorized and improper release
• The importance of written procedures
• Steps to surviving an audit

FEATURED FACULTY:

Vicki M. Lambert, CPP, President, Lambert & Associates
Vicki M. Lambert, CPP is the President of Lambert and Associates, a payroll training firm. In business since 1989, the firm is a leader in providing employers with payroll education and research.  Ms. Lambert has a Bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude in Personnel Management and is a Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) with over 28 years of multi-state payroll experience. 

Ms. Lambert has lectured extensively throughout the United States on payroll administration and compliance issues for clients that have included ADP, CCH, Incorporated, Ceridian Employer Services and others.  She has conducted in-house training programs for such clients as Fox Studios, County of Riverside CA, Sun Microsystems and others. She is a former board of advisor member for the CCH, Incorporated “Payroll Management Guide” and has authored, co-authored, or edited numerous payroll publications and newsletters.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

Pricing:

Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

	APA Approved Provider: Receive 1.5 RCH by attending!
	HRCI - Receive 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.