1,600-Employee Nonprofit Delivers Business Efficiencies and Improved Communications with Ultimate Software's UltiPro.WESTON, Fla. -- Ultimate Software (Nasdaq:ULTI ULTI Ukraine Land Titling Initiative ULTI Ultra Low Temperature Installation ULTI Ubiquitous Learning Technology Initiative ), a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , payroll, and talent management solutions, announced today that Upstate Cerebral Palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. , one of the largest employers in the central New York Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities: Cayuga County – Auburn Cortland County – Cortland Madison County – Oneida region, has experienced business process efficiencies and improved organization-wide communications with the use of UltiPro's core functionality and Web self-service for managers and employees. The nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. has also realized additional benefits from the UltiPro Open Enrollment feature-set and Ultimate Software's software-as-a-service model Intersourcing. Upstate Cerebral Palsy (Upstate CP) is a premier provider of direct-care services and programs for individuals who are physically, developmentally, or mentally challenged and their families. The nonprofit employs more than 1,600 full- and part-time employees at over 60 locations throughout central New York. Providing direct care and training, employee specialties include medical, clinical and therapeutic, education, social service, maintenance, clerical, and general support. Prior to UltiPro, Upstate CP had been using an in-house system provided by a service bureau for HR. The organization switched to UltiPro in February 2000 after its management team determined a need for more comprehensive functionality. Last year, the nonprofit began using UltiPro's Web self-service to help improve communication with its diverse, geographically-dispersed employee base that includes approximately 100 managers and supervisors. Because users can access the organization's HR news, policies, and forms through the UltiPro portal from anywhere at any time, there has been a marked improvement in communication among HR, managers, and Upstate CP staff. Managers can get their employees' training histories to ensure their staff are current with required certifications. Such certifications are critical for organizations that employ healthcare workers and are heavily regulated by outside agencies. Additionally, supervisors can obtain detailed staff rosters online and locate important documentation such as employee handbooks An employee handbook (or employee manual) details guidelines, expectations and procedures of a business or company to its employees. Employee handbooks are given to employees on one of the first days of his/her job, in order to acquaint them with their new company and , agency site listings, and administrative organization charts. Regardless of location and time of day, Upstate CP's leadership can find facts about their employees such as past performance evaluations Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return , contact information, paid time off balances, pay rates, and more. "Our goal for Intersourcing was to use software-as-service technology to automate manual processes so we could redirect re·di·rect tr.v. re·di·rect·ed, re·di·rect·ing, re·di·rects To change the direction or course of. n. A redirect examination. re our employee services team to projects that have the most impact on the organization, while allowing IT staff to focus on core business projects," said Ward Jones, IT director for Upstate CP. "Manager self-service has been an effective time-saver for both our administrative team and managers." Logging in A colloquial term for the process of making the initial record of the names of individuals who have been brought to the police station upon their arrest. The process of logging in is also called booking. from work computers, home PCs, and kiosks, Upstate CP employees can view compensation history, current paychecks, completed training courses, benefits deductions, and direct deposit choices. They can also make benefits changes using UltiPro Open Enrollment, streamlining benefits management and giving employees greater convenience and flexibility. "Our employees were very eager to have access to the UltiPro portal," said Cynthia Devlin, director of payroll for Upstate CP. "In fact, they were so excited that many of them figured out how to use some tools before we had officially rolled them out. Employees are finding and updating work-related and personal demographic details practically as fast as we can make the pages available on the portal." Because the majority of Upstate CP's employees are distributed in many locations, management developed a communication plan that entailed various mediums to inform employees of the transition to self-service. The HR, Benefits and Payroll teams communicated about the change before, during, and after "rollout" with posters, mailers, check stuffers, and contests with prizes. The result has been enthusiastic, widespread adoption of the system by managers and employees. "Many of our employees don't have desk jobs with computers, so we were not sure how they would react to viewing their paychecks online and completing HR functions over the Internet. But once they understood how much was available to them online and the system's ease of use, everyone embraced it," said Bruce Brodsky, special project manager for Upstate CP. "Most of our people are using UltiPro regularly, and that means we are reducing the costs and inefficiencies associated with paper." "UltiPro is perfect for both non- and for-profit organizations, and Intersourcing is the most convenient, quickest way for organizations to experience the value UltiPro offers," said Greg Swick, chief sales officer for Ultimate Software. "We are happy to see that UltiPro is not only helping Upstate Cerebral Palsy hold down costs but it is helping them manage the additional complexities of stringent regulatory compliance and a dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. workforce spread throughout many locations." About Ultimate Software A leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions, Ultimate Software markets its award-winning UltiPro products as on-demand services through its software-as-a-service offering, Intersourcing, and as licensed software. Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate Software employs approximately 750 professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. Ultimate Software's IT team won a first place award for its management of Intersourcing from the American Business Awards in 2007, and its customer service team won two first-place awards for service excellence in 2006, one from the Service & Support Professionals Association and another from the American Business Awards. Ultimate Software was named a "Leader" in Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
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