Introducing: Customer Spotlight

At Software Techniques, customer satisfaction is our #1 priority. We strive to provide excellent service along side our superior products.
We are introducing a new section on our website and blog, “Customer Spotlight”, where we let our customers talk about their business and how their experience has been with our products. He have about 400 [...]

Bill Passes in Maryland – Maryland Flexible Leave Act

More and more bills are being passed mandating paid sick and family leave, which leaves many states considering the same outcome.
The Maryland Flexible Leave Act (MFLA) officially went into effect on October 1.
This bill doesn’t require companies to provide paid time off for illness, but if they already provide this, they now have to allow [...]

Top 3 HR Software Purchasing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Choosing the right HR product for your company can be difficult and often time consuming. While you’re searching for the right HR Software, try to avoid these three common mistakes when making that final purchase.
1. Ignoring the vendor’s history – Not knowing where your vendor is headed could be deadly to your business. We aren’t [...]

Late night e-mail: Are you sure you want to send it?

Have you ever sent a late-night email? Maybe after a night of bar-hopping, or even after you found out some critical information about your boss or a co-worker, that may have angered you? Well folks, Google wants to prevent that from now on.
The official Gmail blog recently announced that Google is testing a new email [...]

Bush Enacts Mental Health Parity Law

Insurance companies must cover mental and physical illnesses equally, under a provision included in the so-called bailout legislation signed into law October 3 by President Bush (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, H.R. 1424).
The provision is the culmination of years of effort by legislators to expand upon the 1996 Mental Health Parity Act, says Sen. Pete V. [...]

Paperless HR In, Greenhouse Gases Out

This HR News comes from SHRM.ORG
Paperless HR Can Facilitate Eco-Friendly Workspace
By Pete Wolfinger
CheckPoint HR, a New Jersey based company dedicated to helping mid-sized organizations automate their human resource operations, has released its top five steps to establishing an eco-conscious business environment.
Among its first suggestions is moving toward a paperless HR department.
According to a 2007 Environmental [...]

Do you use PayChex? So does our TimeKron program.

Some of you have heard of Paychex. Some of you are saying “Who?” For those who don’t know PayChex, here is a brief overview.
The company processes the payrolls of about 570,000 clients, making it the second-largest payroll accounting firm in the US after Automatic Data Processing. Paychex also provides automatic tax payment, direct deposit, and [...]