PRISM Perspectives – Issue # 2002-2
Date of Original
Distribution: September 25, 2002
To: Clients and Friends of PRISM Consulting
Group
From: PRISM Consulting Group --
Delivering Human Resources Solutions to
Small and Mid-sized Businesses
Re: Important
Deadlines Approaching
We've heard from
several clients about filing deadlines that are looming on the horizon. Here's a short summary that may help in your
year-end planning regarding three key deadlines:
EEO-1
(Employer Information Report)
Deadline is
September 30th.
Employers with
either 1) 100 or more employees, or 2) 50 or more employees and $50,000 or more
in federal contracts, are required to report by gender and job classification,
the ethnic and racial composition of your workforce. The report is filed with the Joint Reporting Committee of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs. Sample forms,
filing instructions, and questions & answers are available at http://www.mimdms.com/jrc.html. If you're a first time filer, you can
register at the same site to be added to the JRC database to receive forms and
special instructions.
Deadline is
normally September 30th, but the DOL’s Federal Contractor Program Manager has
extended this year’s deadline to November 1, 2002 for those needing additional
time to file.
Employers who
are Federal contractors with contracts for $25,000 or more, REGARDLESS of how
many employees they have, must file the VETS-100 form on which you report the
number and job classifications of veterans you employ.
Forms,
instructions, and the letter summarizing the deadline extension are available
at http://vets100.cudenver.edu/
.
October 16, 2002
is the deadline to obtain a one-year extension of time for complying with
HIPAA's rules for electronic medical and personal (EDI) transaction standards.
HIPAA affects
all health plans including self-insured, full or partially insured, federal
programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and all health care providers.
Information
regarding the new regulations is available at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa
.
Please contact
PRISM Consulting Group for further information or guidance on any of these
deadlines, or to discuss any other people challenges you're facing in your
business. We also invite you to visit our
website at http://www.prismhr.com/
to become more familiar with PRISM and the services we can provide to assist
you.
PRISM Perspectives is produced and distributed periodically to clients and friends of PRISM Consulting Group. If you know of others who may benefit from receiving this information directly, please forward this memo to them, and ask us to add them to our distribution list.
Kent M. Edwards, PHR Consultant / Principal
PRISM Consulting Group Phone: 713.545.4422
114 Cove Creek Lane Fax :
713.787.9240
Houston, TX
77042-1020 Res : 713.977.8551
Email: kent@prismhr.com Web : http://www.prismhr.com/
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