The APA honored nine outstanding individuals for their exemplary service to the Association, locally and nationally, with Meritorious Service Awards. They are: Lisa Anderson, CPP; Brett Cooper; Brian Garrett, CPP; Carlanna Livingstone, CPP; Cheryl Seifritz, CPP; Ansleigh Smith, CPP; Linda Werts,...

Michael Kravitz has played a critical role in developing the relationship between the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the APA, and it is partly because of this that he is the APA’s 2021 Government Partner Award recipient.

Fittingly enough, 2020’s Global Payroll Titan is 2021’s Global Vision Award recipient.

Stephanie “Sam” McAtee, CPP, and Levi Meeske, CPP, received Special Recognition Awards for their continued exemplary service to the APA. Their awards were presented during Wednesday’s Congress Xstream Annual Awards General Session.

McAtee, Director of Payroll for the McLane Company, has been a CPP...

When the APA was forced to pivot from its annual in-person Payroll Congress to the virtual offering Congress Xstream in 2020 (and stayed with the online event this year), Intrado Digital Media’s Jeff Heisler was there every step of the way.

Seven APA staff members were honored for their tenures during Wednesday’s Awards General Session during Congress Xstream. These employees have been valued members of APA and GPMI’s staff for at least 15 years and were given commemorations corresponding with their career lengths.

Now that more than a year has passed since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted business as usual, two knowledgeable presenters explained paid sick leave requirements in the Wednesday Congress Xstream workshop “Paid Sick Leave: From Perk to Mandate.”

The COVID-19 pandemic required businesses to become more flexible, a change that will continue in the years to come, three ADP panelists said in Wednesday’s Congress Xstream General Session, “Beyond Pay: Embracing the Economy of Change.”“Most of us have had to redefine or retool aspects of life and...

Recipients of the 2021 education grants from the APA and Wisely Pay by ADP are ready to give back and pay it forward.