ADVISORY/Ceridian Corporate Compliance Executive to Detail Strategies for HIPAA Compliance.

Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (March 5)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2004

Victoria Nemerson will provide an overview of the HIPAA privacy

rules and guidelines for compliance

    Who: Ceridian, a leader in managed human resource solutions that
        maximize the value of people

    What: Ceridian's Vicky Nemerson will co-present with Dana L.
        Thrasher, from the Birmingham office of Constangy Brooks &
        Smith, LLC, on the Health Insurance Portability Accessibility
        Act (HIPAA).

    When: Friday, March 5, 2004 from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. Eastern

    Where: The Alabama Chapter's Annual University Professionals
        Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) Conference, "Doing
        it Smarter: HR in Tough Times," March 5, 2004, Auburn
        University, Birmingham, Ala. For more information about the
        conference, please visit www.cupahr.org.

    Details: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
        of 1996 ("HIPAA") privacy rules became effective on April 14,
        2003 (with a delayed effective date of April 14, 2004 for
        certain small covered entities). The new rules require
        significant changes in the operation of health care providers
        and group health plans, including limitations on disclosures
        from health plans to employers. This will affect not only the
        operation of group health plans, but other benefit plans and
        human resources operations as well. Founded more than 50 years
        ago, CUPA-HR serves more than 6,300 human resource (HR)
        administrators at nearly 1,600 colleges and universities as
        well as others interested in the advancement of human
        resources in higher education, including students and HR
        service providers.

Ceridian is changing the world of work by enabling companies to be free to succeed in their core business through its suite of innovative managed human resource solutions that include payroll and compensation, staffing, compliance, HR administration and employee effectiveness. Ceridian Corporation (NYSE:CEN) is an information services company serving businesses and employees in the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information about Ceridian's comprehensive array of human resource solutions, visit www.myceridian.com or call [phone].

Founded in 1946, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLC (www.constangy.com) counsels and represents employers, and works exclusively with the complex, constantly changing and often contradictory set of labor and employment laws.