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This fine volume appropriately begins with the laws governing the administration of a payroll, the myriad Byzantine rules and regulations for calculating an employee's pay, withholding proper amounts of federal, state, local and FICA taxes, and accommodating all the other programs which are operated via the payroll function.

One sees in the resulting model a system that is deceivingly complex, overwhelmingly important and required to be accurate to the penny. In theory, it all falls together quite well.

What the author doesn't explore, though, is the way payroll people are treated like dirt at most companies. Their function, one of the most important administrative jobs performed in any company, is considered a "necessary evil," and typically receives the least possible resource support. While everyone's paycheck must be absolutely perfect and issued exactly on time, no one honors the Payroll Department's deadlines, schedules and cutoffs. Human Resources representatives might be told, for instance, that salary actions are due at 0800 Monday, because the payroll runs at 1200 Monday. In someone trots, however, at 1130, with a raise that simply MUST be included with the current payroll. Given such circumstances, it's often the case that the only thing more difficult for Payroll than processing the update is NOT processing it... thus everything grinds to a halt, so that some sloppy H.R. rep's late request can be accommodated.

Payroll must withhold funds from paychecks for child support, and for such unpleasant things as IRS levies. You can imagine how some tax-delinquent fellow responds, when you follow the IRS instructions and his take-home pay is suddenly just $3.00 -- he bursts into the office and angrily insists you have fouled up, and he wants his pay NOW. Additionally, Payroll must implement all sorts of idiotic compensation concoctions that management cavalierly declares from time to time -- special pays, retention bonuses, tax-protection gross-up schemes... and the input is typically never submitted on time, leaving everyone in Payroll struggling to all hours. Payroll often becomes responsible for collecting debts to the company from employees who have left the company, with one or another pay scheme receivable still outstanding.... a loan for a car, for home purchase, an up-front cash bonus paid for some critical skill, to be forgiven over a specified time during which the employee must remain with the company (but does not). Payroll then must prepare/submit input for the tax (W-2) implications of such things, frequently a daunting task.

And guess who administers the fine programs for the credit union, for charity contributions, for other paycheck-driven activities: Payroll. (One of my favorite Payroll experiences came when the company had a huge contest to prompt donations to a giant charitable {ha!} organization whose name you would recognize. Your prize eligibility depended on your contribution level, the greatest prize being one free week of vacation. Many, many people pledged, in order to enter the contest, and payroll deductions were set up for everyone. A few weeks after the winners were announced, though, an unbelievable number of employees quietly cancelled their charitable contribution deductions, not willing to pay their full pledges since they had not won any of the prizes. THAT is the sort of sleazy thing you see in Payroll Accounting.)

Read this book for a fine look at the LETTER of the law, for operating a Payroll. Talk to some of the poor minions in the Payroll trenches, however, if you want an idea of the SPIRIT.

Payroll Accountants deserve far, far more compensation and recognition than any company ever extends to them. That is truly a shame.

It is the best book I have read on the subject, gives you tips on the use of the technologies involved and highlights the advantages and disadvantages of a technology with the help of examples. A must read for any Networking Professional and IS Manager.

I had this book with me until recently, unfortunately it got stolen and I miss this book a lot whenever I require to refer something.

Frank Lambert's book Pedlar in Divinity: George Whitefield and the Transatlantic Revivals, constitutes an extensive inquiry into how Whitefield "and his associates organized, publicized, and funded the revivals" of the Great Awakening (p. 7). Lambert wants to learn "how Whitefield exploited demand for 'experimental religion,'" which he defined as a faith expressed in a "conversion experience" as opposed to a "subscription to a particular creed" (p. 7). His study augments the nascent ideas of Whitefield's business sense noticed by Harry Stout, greatly expanding them, explaining where Whitefield obtained his marketing saavy, and giving specific examples of how he employed it. In addition to Whitefield's character and dramatic ability, Lambert argues that Whitefield's "innovative use of print to publicize, deliver, and reinforce the gospel" allowed him to generate public interest for his meetings. Lambert explains that Whitefield faced a problem of disseminating his message to an "ever-expanding audience of anonymous strangers, most of he could not reach face-to-face" (p. 3). Whitefield's employment of merchandising techniques distinguished him from his ministerial mentors and contemporaries. Lambert explores Whitefield's relationships with printers and propagandists and his employment of the press through public conflict intended to make news.

Lambert's approach to Whitefield inherently reflects a traditional disdain for sophism, in this case manifest through merchandising and advertising. Lambert analyzes every aspect of Whitefield's enterprise through a lens of suspicion, interpreting his actions in terms of exploitation and self-promotion. His interpretation and perspective are not without warrant. Chapter 4 is sophisticated and insightful, analyzing the interpretive task taken up by Whitefield's audience as they received his message and complicitly adapted it to their own personal circumstances. A fundamental claim Lambert makes is that a "public sphere" emerged for the first time in American history, constituted through the medium of print as Awakening supporters and opponents debated and critiqued the revivals and each other. Lambert maintains that the rise of this public sphere links the Great Awakening to the American revolution "as evangelical experiences with Anglican arbitrariness reinforced fears of imperial tyranny" (p. 10). Lambert's emphasis on print as the central medium for this public sphere contrasts with the theses of Heimert, Stout, Looby and Fliegleman who insist that the oral medium was more critical. Chapters 2 and 3 are especially insightful and well researched. Lambert's claims about the rise of the print industry, public sphere and how Whitefield effectively and ingeniously used these tools are well supported with textual evidence and well written. Lambert displays a depth of research that illuminates the rise of the print industry as it emerged in the context of colonial America and the Great Awakening. In addition, Chapter 6 boldly places Whitefield in context to the emerging American nation in general positing Whitefield as an essential element necessary to the revolution. The work is a must for any serious Great Awakening or Whitefield scholar-not to mention scholars of American History.

The last time I had drawn a figure was as a 10 year old boy. That drawing was of Abe Lincoln. Now, at the age of 37, I decided it would be fun to draw with a pencil again. This book was the first one, I bought this year, and am I glad I did. It leads you step by step the process of drawing a lifelike figure, from fixtures, to animals, cars, barns, etc. After completing my first drawing using the book, I was amazed at the result, and so is every one who has looked at it. I completed the second drawing with similar results, again, of a quality we could hang n our home and be proud of. The book tells you what pencil type to use, how to use it, with plenty of examples. If you are after a step by step book, that will give you lifelike results, I highly reccomend this book.

Este libro es la culminacion de la fenomenal trama de Esta Patente Oscuridad, la cual establece la victoria atravez del poder de la Oracion. Si fuiste impactado por la primera parte, no te puedes perder esta. Es de super bendicion.

Here is a great way to teach counting wothout providing extra sugary snacks to children. The Pepperidge Farm company makes a variety of goldfish that can be used with this book to entice children to learn to count from 1 to 10. Have fun eating the counters at the end of the book!

This fable is common throughout Ethiopia, Eritrea and surrounding countries and the author choose this Ethiopian version to write.

The wonderful images along with simple beautiful text which includes some Ethiopian words is just lovely.

It tells the story of a orphan girl Tshai, her selfless gift to the countries ruler and the darstadly thinking of the wicked Jib. The telling is enhanced by the legend of Ethiopian pronounciations and all round is a lovely addition your library if like me you have an Ethiopian child in your home.

This is the only book dealing with this subject in the US, yet its subject is one that the practicing physician deals with on a day to day basis. The book is comprehensive and has an enormous clinical content. It belongs in the library of every practicing internist. We can only hope that, in the year 2000, a new edition is being planned.

This book offers great tips when it comes to this field. It offers an extensive history on the industry and describes all modern types of digital printing. The common variable layout toolsets are also analyzed, including Darwin, PageFlex and Print Shop Mail, giving the reader great pros and cons for each. It also leaves the reader feeling comfortable with the variable data printing workflow.