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Payroll Badge Program

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What You'll Learn:

  • PSAB Supplement Requirements 14 requirements, local policies, and union agreement impacts on payroll
  • Payroll preparation, processing best practices, and internal controls between HR and Payroll
  • FLSA compliance, overtime, calculations, and employees vs. independent contractor classification
  • Benefits administration, Section 125 plans, payroll reporting, and year-round compliance requirements
  • Specialized payroll situations, including garnishments, J-1 Visa employees, W-4 exempt status, employee death processing, take-home vehicles, and weighted average overtime calculations

 

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    Unique Situations Live Zoom: December 17 at 9:00 am

    Unique Situations

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Reporting Live Zoom: December 10 at 9:00 am

    Reporting

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Benefits & Section 125 Live Zoom: December 3 at 9:00 am

    Benefits & Section 125

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Employee vs Independent Contractor Live Zoom: November 19 at 9:00 am

    Employee vs Independent Contractor

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA Live Zoom: November 12 at 9:00 am

    Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Payroll Prep and Processing Live Zoom: November 5 at 9:00 am

    Payroll Prep and Processing

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Internal Controls: HR vs. Payroll Live Zoom: October 22 at 9:00 am

    Internal Controls: HR vs. Payroll

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Product not yet rated Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Local Policies and Union Agreements Live Zoom: October 8 at 9:00 am

    Local Polices and Union Agreements

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan. 

  • Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Introduction to the PSAB Supplement 14 Live Zoom: October 1 at 9:00 am

    Introduction to the PSAB Supplement 14

    Cristina Thomson

    Cristina Thomson

    Payroll Manager

    Rio Rancho Public Schools

    Cristina Thomson has over 11 years of Payroll/Benefits/Human Resource experience. Cristina has an undergraduate degree from The Anderson School of Management at UNM and has just recently began her journey to obtain her MBA. 

    She began her career as an HR Assistant with the State Personnel Office, where she spent a little over 2 years in the Shared Services Department. This department provided HR and Payroll oversight to multiple smaller State agencies. She transferred to the New Mexico Corrections Department and spent over 2 years there as an HR/Payroll Analyst. In 2017 she moved back to her hometown of Bernalillo and started her career in the School Business world! She was a Payroll/Benefits Specialist for 3 years there before transferring to Rio Rancho Public Schools. She spent about a 1 ½ years as a Payroll Specialist before being promoted into her current role as Payroll Manager.   

    She currently serves on the NMASBO Scholarship committee and is on the Board of Directors for Coronado Little League.  Cristina has been married to her husband, Mark, for 10 years (together 18!) and together they have 2 children, Lauren and Tristan.