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Be Your Company’s Data Security Hero!

Payroll professionals are the key guardians of businesses’ most critical data and should redouble their efforts to make that data as secure as possible, speakers said May 25 at the American Payroll Association’s 25th Annual Congress.

How to Comply With Garnishments

“Compliance is a huge part of our job and our job is to protect our company from penalties and interest. Our job is to understand what the rules are,” said Karen Salemi, Payroll Manager for IBM.

Electronic Filing Is the Way to Go for Payroll Departments, Practitioners Say

Various Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration forms can be filed electronically, Martin Armstrong, Harrah's Entertainment's director of payroll, and Bill Bates, president of Colorado Payroll Consulting, told the Electronic Filing workshop at the 25th annual APA Congress in Las Vegas. Among them are Forms W-4, 940, 941, W-2, and W-2c and the 1099 series.

Use Six Sigma to Improve Quality

Payroll professionals can move closer to eliminating all payroll mistakes by using the techniques of the Six Sigma quality improvement process, Ginny Elkins, senior process consultant, Ceridian HRO Outsourcing, said May 24 at the American Payroll Association’s 25th Annual Congress.

Live, from Las Vegas!

Welcome to BNA's online coverage of the 25th American Payroll Association Congress! Beginning May 23, BNA's reporters and editors will be navigating through the significant events to give you a variety of general session and workshop coverage on this site--all free to you!