Compliance Newsletter September 2009

Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time: 8:00am Pacific, 11:00am Eastern

Are you following OSHA regulations? Are you prepared if an OSHA inspector knocks on your door? Concerned about your employees wellbeing? Do you want to implement procedures to control workers’ compensation costs? Join this webinar as you can never know too much about OSHA regulations.

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The Outten family of dealerships has had great success with the implementation of HotlinkHR, KPA's online HR compliance solution.

"KPA offered a risk free 60 day trial period. Within 30 days we were taking job applications and managing employees, and by the end of 60 days we did not know how we had done without it."
-- Renee Derenzo, Controller

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The latest amendment to the SPCC rules has been delayed by the EPA several times since the beginning of the year. KPA clients regularly ask what this means for current regulatory requirements. The EPA is clear about that: “Neither this delay, nor the December 5, 2008, final rule remove any regulatory requirement for owners or operators of facilities in operation before August 16, 2002, to maintain an SPCC Plan in accordance with the SPCC regulations.” In other words, you need an SPCC Plan today to be compliant.

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Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Time: 9:00am Pacific, 12:00pm Eastern

Dealing ethically and legally with employee performance issues and when necessary firing non-performing employees is a challenge.

This webinar is designed to give you the tools and techniques to improve employee performance and to help reduce the risk of employment litigation when it is necessary to terminate an employee. You will learn how to document employee performance concerns and define plans for improvement. Also learn the ten questions you must be able to answer prior to termination of an employee to reduce your legal liability.

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UPTIME 2009
September 18-20, 2009
KPA will be at UPTIME 2009 – Bill Duclos, KPA Vice President of Operations and Kathryn Carlson, Director of Product Marketing for HotlinkHR will be available to provide hands-on demonstrations of KPA’s compliance solutions.
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How to Bulletproof your Employment Practices
Recorded on August 27, 2009
This webinar is designed to help reduce the risk of employment litigation by showing dealerships how they can utilize HotlinkHR to implement complete HR compliance. HotlinkHR updates all regulations and documents, eliminating additional HR expense.
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Environmental Considerations for the Value of your Business
Recorded on August 11, 2009
Concerned about past, current or future environmental contamination? Learn how you can protect your assets with simple processes and documentation. Presented by Eric Schmitz, Registered Environmental Assessor.
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