The Affordable Care Act and your Staffing Firm – What You Must Know

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Free Webinar covers the most recent updates on health care reform and important strategies your staffing firm can employ to stay ahead of the curve.

Health Care Reform, the ACA and your staffing firmJoin Bond and our partner, Essential StaffCARE, on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. EDT,  to cover the most recent updates on health care reform and important strategies you can employ to stay ahead of the curve. If you participate in the health reform decision at your company, you should attend this event.

Essential StaffCARE will present step-by-step instructions to help you and your staffing company navigate through health care reform in an easy to understand format. Learn how Bond International Software will reduce the administrative effort necessary for staffing companies in relation to the Affordable Care Act in its recruiting software.

Our presenter will be Aaron Lesher, a licensed insurance producer with Insurance Applications Group (IAG). IAG has approximately 500 staffing companies as clients, employing about 1.5 million temporary employees nationwide. Staffing companies rely on their company to manage their employee benefit plans for their temporary workforce and to help guide them through health reform.  Bond International Software, Inc. is proud to partner with IAG and their Essential StaffCARE solution.

Space for this FREE WEBINAR on Thursday, May 23rd at 3:30 p.m. EDT is limited. Click to register today!

Bond Sponsoring CIETT-ACSESS 2013 World Employment Conference

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Bond International Software is pleased to be a sponsor of the CIETT-ACSESS 2013 World Employment Conference May 15-17.

The Association of Canadian Search Employment & Staffing Services will host the world international conference – the annual event of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT) at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

CIETT 2013 will explore market trends and developments; it will also focus on how to deal with the challenges facing our global industry, and the way to future success.

Attending for Bond International Software, Inc. at booth 202 are Steve Taylor, President and CEO of Bond’s North American operations and Tim Giehll, Chief Strategic Accounts Officer for North America. They will be available to discuss Bond’s global software solutions for staffing and recruiting talent acquisition and management.

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Bond Sponsoring California Staffing Professionals Conference

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Bond International Software is pleased to be a sponsor of the California Staffing Professionals 2013 Staffing & Recruiting Conference May 16-18.

Bond International Software - recruiting and staffing softwareFor three days, hundreds of the BEST staffing, recruiting, and search professionals will gather for the top recruiting conference in the industry at the Newport Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Newport Beach, CA.

Bond International Software, Inc. is represented by Jennifer Palmer, Manager of Account Management, at booth 115. She will be available to demonstrate and discuss the capabilities of Bond’s newest product release, AdaptSuite, a 100% Web-browser-based, cloud-hosted, front-and-back-office staffing and recruiting software solution.

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Bond International Software Announces Industry Partnership with the New York Staffing Association

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Bond International Software to use leadership position in staffing software and recruiting software tools to help New York Staffing Association members improve business processes and productivity

New York Staffing AssociationATLANTA, GA — Bond International Software, Inc. reaffirmed its commitment to the New York State staffing community with its partnership with the New York Staffing Association (NYSA). NYSA is the trade association that promotes the interests of the staffing industry through legal and legislative advocacy, education, and the advancement of high standards of ethical conduct throughout the state of New York. NYSA is one of the largest affiliated chapters of the American Staffing Association (ASA). It has chapters in Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, New York (Metro), Rochester, and Westchester. NYSA represents a diverse base of companies, ranging from small independently-owned staffing companies to large national agencies.

As an Industry Partner to both NYSA and ASA, Bond International Software works to provide the staffing industry with the staffing software and recruiting software tools needed to optimize business processes and improve efficiencies as well as insights into issues including the Affordable Care Act, Workers Compensation and the recently passed New York State Earned Sick Time Act.

In addition, Bond has a dedicated resource team for the New York state region. Larry Jasinover heads up the team and is a tremendous asset to our client partners, with 15-plus years’ experience recruiting and selling staffing services to the New York area. Larry said, “I’m pleased to be associated with Bond, a leader in staffing and recruiting software solutions for more than 40 years. Bond has more than 1,000 users here in New York State alone, and I look forward to helping other staffing and recruiting firms throughout the region find the best solution possible for their unique business needs.”

Larry Jasinover, Regional Sales Manager for Bond’s Northeast Region, may be reached at larry.jasinover@bond-us.com

For more information on Bond International Software and its recruiting and staffing software or to schedule a demonstration, please visit www.bond-us.com or call 800-318-4983.

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Bond International Software streamlines government reporting and employee onboarding with new integrations for AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software

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Bond AdaptSuite reduces effort and improves staffing and recruiting efficiency with seamless integrations to Greenshades Software for government reporting, and Adobe EchoSign electronic signatures for employee onboarding paperwork.

AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting softwareResponding to the continued growth in temporary staffing, Bond International Software today released AdaptSuite Version 2.3, an innovative front-to-back-office, cloud-hosted recruiting and staffing software, with many enhancements, including new partner integrations that streamline government reporting and employee onboarding for staffing organizations to reduce effort and improve efficiency.

Federal, State and Local government tax reporting requirements are constantly changing – presenting a challenge for staffing companies doing business in multiple states to keep up with those changes and deliver accurate reports. Bond AdaptSuite offers fully-integrated payroll-billing that now includes file transmittal to its partner, Greenshades Software, Inc. Greenshade’s reporting expertise and software is used by thousands of firms, and enables Bond AdaptSuite customers to remain compliant with the latest government filing requirements. The key benefits include:

  • Reporting data is accumulated seamlessly as transactions are processed in AdaptSuite.
  • AdaptSuite allows review of the data before transmission to Greenshades to ensure accuracy.
  • Greenshades Center allows the Bond AdaptSuite Financial Administrator to submit all of their electronic filing from a single location securely and efficiently.
  • Extensive support for e-filing Federal, State, Local and New Hire reporting; monthly, quarterly and annually, including SUTA/SUI, and more.
  • Historical reporting data is available within the Employee Financial section in AdaptSuite.

Another challenge facing staffing companies is the tedious, but necessary, paperwork involved in onboarding temporary employees. Answering that challenge, Bond AdaptSuite now includes a thoughtfully designed employee onboarding process to reduce the effort associated with onboarding. This features integration with partner Adobe Systems Incorporated and its EchoSign product. Adobe EchoSign enables staffing companies to easily move electronically signed employee onboarding documents from paper to the web. That means faster cycles, lower costs, a better customer experience ensuring compliance, plus easy and fast reporting.

Electronic signatures are widely used and legally accepted since the year 2000, and Adobe’s EchoSign is an acknowledged leader with a 98% presence in Fortune and Global 1000 companies. The benefits of Adobe EchoSign supports:

  • Signers who insist on printing, signing and faxing back.
  • Capability for documents to be signed by anyone, anywhere with Adobe EchoSign on any computer, tablet or mobile phone with a web browser.
  • New business requirements and changing workflows.
  • A complete web contracting and document process from signing to archiving.
  • Highly secure SaaS environment.

Bond AdaptSuite with Adobe EchoSign provides a seamless onboarding solution for creating, sending, tracking, and managing electronic signatures for the various forms that a staffing company might need. These can include smart forms, event workflows, automated storage and filing, audit trails, and more.

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. President and CEO noted that “Bond continues to lead with world-class front-to-back-office staffing software solutions. These new integrations further improve efficiencies and business processes and when combined with our commitment to customer service and support, we believe that AdaptSuite offers staffing and recruiting companies an unbeatable choice to drive their business success”.

For more information on Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software or to schedule a demonstration, please visit www.bond-us.com or call 800-318-4983.

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Bond StaffSuite Staffing Software Update Adds Mass Activities to Speed Staffing and Recruiting Efforts

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Mass Activities enable staffing and recruiting front-line staff users to update multiple client and candidate records quickly and easily.

Bond International Software StaffSuite Staffing SoftwareBond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, recently announced the 2nd Quarter release of Bond StaffSuite staffing software. The most significant feature of this update release adds Mass Activity functionality providing staffing and recruiting Employees the capability to record multiple activities simultaneously. This ability to mass create “Make a Note” and “Record Sales Call” activities with a few simple steps saves the StaffSuite user valuable time and effort completing these common activities.

Updates also include enhanced User Interface, ACA Reporting, Call-Em-All integration, and more

  • Performance improvements to the StaffSuite User Interface reduce the time needed to switch from session to session by more than 50 percent, improving user efficiency and productivity.
  • A new ACA Cost Calculator Companion report provides a list of calculated values that customers are able to then use in conjunction with the American Staffing Association (ASA) Affordable Care Act (ACA) Cost Calculator. The ASA ACA Cost Calculator tool enables staffing firms to calculate the potential costs under health care reform — and whether to “pay or play.”
  • Call-Em-All’s popular voice and text messaging integration to StaffSuite received enhancements include new Message Types for Voice/Text Combo Campaigns and the ability to track Campaigns by Branch.
  • Tax Updates include several updates to the California Quarterly filing format, OPT updates, and a new Federal 941 Medicare Worksheet.

To learn more about StaffSuite and these new enhancements and benefits to your staffing firm request a free demo of Bond StaffSuite staffing software.

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Bond eEmpACT Staffing Software Update Adds Support for SQL Server 2012 and Enriches Product Integrations

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Bond eEmpACT release includes more than 130 updates to improve customer productivity and efficiency.

bond international software eempact staffing softwareBond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, announced the 2nd Quarter release of Bond eEmpACT staffing software. One of the most significant features in the release is the added support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012.

An Affordable Care Act (ACA) Cost Calculator Companion Report was also introduced. This new report provides a list of calculated values that customers are able to then use in conjunction with the American Staffing Association ACA Cost Calculator. The ASA ACA Cost Calculator tool provides key statistics to customers that they can use to analyze and make healthcare decisions.

Updates were released for active versions of eEmpACT, including: V17 Express (Classic and Symmetry), V17 Plus, and V16 Express (Classic and Symmetry). In addition, report and tax updates were made available to V15 customers.

Release highlights include the following:

  • Integration Enrichments
    • TalentWise updates
    • 3rd party or In House Onboarding Capability
    • Auto-Approval functionality for Daxtra Skill Mappings
  • Deduction Enhancements
  • AP ACH Improvements
  • Tax Updates

This update is available to all active Bond eEmpACT customers.

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Bond Staffing and Recruiting Software Provides Powerful Solutions for Managing the Affordable Care Act

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Bond staffing and recruiting software enhancements enable staffing companies to manage Affordable Care Act compliance within a single unified system to provide the greatest efficiency with lowest administrative overhead.

Bond International Software, the global staffing, recruitment, HR and Payroll specialist, announced that upcoming releases of its world-class cloud-based staffing and recruiting software products will offer additional support for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to minimize the administrative burden of ACA-related tracking and documentation for staffing companies.

With the Affordable Care Act mandate driving a new and extensive list of tracking and documentation requirements for employers, staffing and recruiting companies need a way to effectively manage these requirements within their fast-paced, high-volume business environment. Importantly, they must do so without creating or significantly increasing costly overheads.

In response Bond International Software, Inc. has developed a unified staffing and recruiting software solution that provides the capability to manage ACA compliance while minimizing administrative expenses. Bond’s single system combines tracking eligibility and coverage dates, documenting communications with employees, processing payroll data, and delivering consolidated reporting for operational and governmental requirements for ACA administration.

Due to pending legislation and the proposed regulations challenging the staffing industry, Bond understands the importance of providing the flexibility needed today — as well as continued recruiting technology changes for the future. Therefore, in addition to the staffing and recruiting software enhancements already implemented by Bond that are specific to the Affordable Care Act, ongoing updates for ACA administration will be provided within Bond’s established product release cycles to support these evolving requirements.

ACA-Related Enhancements for Bond AdaptSuite Front and Back Office Staffing and Recruiting Software:

  • Capability to track full-time employees that qualify for healthcare, employees who accept or decline coverage and/or if they are covered by another plan, begin and end dates, and measurement periods.
  • Manage ACA Details by Corporation/Tax Group by Calendar Year including Long Term Assignment and Eligible Hour thresholds
  • Ability to flag wage codes as ACA Hours Eligible for inclusion in calculations
  • Perform and document specific actions that will drive workflow processes, calculations, follow-up activities, and reporting necessary for ACA Compliance

ACA-Related Enhancements for Bond Front Office Software Only:

  • Perform and document specific actions that will drive workflow processes, calculations, follow-up activities, and reporting necessary for ACA Compliance

Upcoming Enhancements for Bond Staffing and Recruiting Software:

  • Additional reporting including Activity Auditing, Healthcare Exchange Notification Reporting, and enhancements to the Full Time Employee Report
  • Necessary updates as pending legislation is finalized

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. CEO adds, “For staffing companies, managing ACA requirements efficiently is a critical regulatory necessity. These new enhancements to our products enable staffing companies to not only comply with ACA requirements, but do so in a manner that minimizes the internal administrative costs and burdens. This is a hallmark of Bond’s commitment to provide our customers with unified staffing software solutions that simplify tasks, reduce effort, and increase productivity and profits.”

For more information on Bond recruiting and staffing software or to schedule a demonstration, please visit www.bond-us.com or call 800-318-4983.

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Bond International Software Releases White Paper on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Staffing and Recruiting

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New Bond White Paper – Anticipating the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Staffing Industry – provides valuable insight on the perceptions of staffing and recruiting professionals on the potential effects of the ACA.

Bond International Software, the global staffing, recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, announced the release of a white paper based on more than 300 survey responses from staffing and recruiting professionals about their perceptions of the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on their businesses. The survey and white paper identified widespread uncertainty regarding ACA’s impact, along with the potential costs and opportunities associated with it.

Bond developed the white paper — Anticipating the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Staffing Industry — to put a finger on the collective pulse of the staffing industry. Bond’s aim is to help staffing and recruiting professionals gain clarity on the anticipated effects of ACA by providing a platform to compare their viewpoints with industry peers. The whole purpose is to dig deep into why the uncertainties exist, and then talk about what staffing and recruiting businesses can do to manage the effects of the ACA.

So what impact does the staffing industry see in the ACA?

A big part of the uncertainty – especially for smaller staffing companies – is not knowing whether the operational slack exists to meet all the new requirements. This white paper covers some important questions that need to be answered and will also help staffing businesses ensure that their recruiting software is prepared to help meet all the new requirements with efficiency.

Predictions that staffing professionals shared included:    

  • More than 56 percent felt that the ACA would impact their cost of doing business ‘a lot’
  • 46 percent were unsure if they would offer healthcare benefits in response to ACA
  • 81 percent felt they would have to change their processes to manage ACA requirements

To see how staffing and recruiting professionals feel about managing the ACA puzzle, read the Bond white paper Anticipating the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Staffing Industry.

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Bond International Software Upgrades AdaptSuite Recruiting Software with Improvements for Sales, Recruiting, and Payroll/Billing

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Latest release of Bond’s cloud-based AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software delivers developments to drive sales and recruiting efficiency as well as expanded back office capabilities.

Bond International Software, the global staffing, recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, announced the release of AdaptSuite 2.4 staffing and recruiting software with a wide array of enhancements for forward-thinking staffing and recruiting companies. The range of advancements to AdaptSuite’s sales, recruiting, and back office payroll/billing capabilities are focused on helping end-users be more productive in AdaptSuite’s intuitive environment while also delivering greater operational efficiencies and Affordable Care Act compliance management. Among the many significant new benefits are:

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Compliance Management

Bond AdaptSuite offers a unified staffing and recruiting software solution that provides the capability to manage ACA compliance while minimizing administrative expenses. AdaptSuite introduces ACA-specific activities for tracking of employee coverage dates, decline reasons, and more. With the back office, AdaptSuite automatically calculates eligibility based upon payroll data to manage changes in employee eligibility and status. Administrative options allow the staffing service to qualify the parameters used in calculating eligibility.

Sales Studio for Improved Sales Productivity

The new cloud-based AdaptSuite Sales Studio improves sales productivity by giving sales reps easy access to 80 percent of their daily staffing and recruiting sales tasks on one screen. With AdaptSuite Sales Studio sales reps will be able to better plan, prioritize, and manage sales activities; thus enabling them to close more business. Bond has scheduled an online Webinar on December 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM EST to demonstrate how the AdaptSuite Sales Studio can turn wasted time into selling time.

Branch Studios for Better Collaboration

Joining the new innovative Sales Studio and the Recruitment Studio, is functionality to share information and work together to generate and fill orders as a team. AdaptSuite users can create and manage talent pools in the branch, collaborate on open orders, and view contacts and prospects for team sales planning.

Staffing Back Office Expanded Payroll/Billing Management

The AdaptSuite Back Office enables staffing companies to more efficiently manage time-consuming back office payroll and billing tasks while reducing the costs associated with service delivery. Some of the many new developments include:

  • A new Employer Costing Module which allows the user to calculate the burden costs for FICA, FUTA, SUI, Workers Comp and additional burden to more accurately project profit margins.
  • The ability to map and import time card data from virtually any time keeping system, thereby reducing the time and effort of data entry into the system.

Expanded Reporting for Sales and Business Management

AdaptSuite offers quick and easy access to a wide variety of staffing and recruiting-specific reports designed to drive business success. AdaptSuite’s standard reports are supplemented with the ability to create ad hoc reports for use and/or export. This release of AdaptSuite features the addition of ten new reports for management and sales that provide insight into sales forecasts, margins, billable hours and revenue, and other business performance factors.

Web Portal Enhancements

AdaptSuite’s Web Portal gives staffing customers and contract employees quick and intuitive access to a number of powerful cloud-based functions to improve customer and contract employee service delivery. A number of improvements have been made including online W2 access from the candidate web portal to Greenshades.

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. President and CEO said that “We are delivering a great deal for our customers in this release of AdaptSuite, and by every measure, it’s a success. These new advantages will help staffing and recruiting companies improve their sales, recruiting, and back office processes and efficiency while giving management more insight into their operations. We’re also particularly pleased with how our unified approach to managing Affordable Care Act compliance will help staffing companies reduce the administrative burdens related to the ACA.”

For more information on Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software or to schedule a demonstration, please visit www.bond-us.com or call 800-318-4983.

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