Looking at Tomorrow
Looking at Tomorrow The year is coming to an end. We are in the middle of the holiday season and New Year’s is just around the corner. It feels like just a month ago we were walking into work for
read more >Focus On the Most Common ACA Compliance Mistakes
Focus On the Most Common ACA Compliance Mistakes Given the complexity of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it should come as no surprise that many employers occasionally stumble in their compliance efforts. The best way to avoid an IRS audit
read more >Should you Post That?
Should you Post That? Literally everyone and their grandma have become involved in some sort of social media site or app. The most popular of these being Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram, while others like Twitter are still prominent in the
read more >Why Employees Shouldn’t Share Wages
Why Employees Shouldn’t Share Wages How much do you feel you are worth? That is an important question when deciding if you are working at a job worth having. Unless of course you are the owner of the company, then
read more >New OSHA Rules Spotlight Workplace Injuries, Illnesses
Currently employers must report work-related injuries or illnesses and maintain a log of these occurrences for review by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The log must be available upon request during an OSHA inspection. However, newly finalized regulations mandate that certain employers submit reports electronically, on an annual basis.
read more >Payroll and Overhead
When it comes to running a business, there are a lot of numbers involved. So many numbers you might not even know how to count them all. You have to use numbers for products and prices and overheads and payroll and this and that. Do you know what numbers go where?
read more >Reasons to Outsource
Have you ever wondered what it would be like in a world without payroll? Well, for starters, I wouldn’t be here writing this article, you most likely wouldn’t be reading it, and the rest of the world? It would quite literally fall apart. Payroll puts money in the hands of employees so they can put that money back into the local market.
read more >New Overtime Rules Issued: What it Means for You
A change in the rules governing overtime has been coming for two years, with a sneak preview of proposed modifications last year. But on May 18, the Department of Labor (DOL) came out with its new final rules, which take effect on December 1, 2016. The rules will significantly raise the salary level used to determine whether employees are eligible for overtime and will affect more than 4 million salaried employees, according to the DOL.
read more >Beards in the Work Place
Perhaps the oldest fashion accessory to date, even older than cloth and jewelry, is the beard. Throughout the ages, the beard has had different connotations to different cultures. Sometimes, they were a favorable fashion trend, other times they were sign as a sign of uncleanliness, or even laziness. In today’s world though, the beard went through a movement that has put it at the forefront of pop culture.
read more >New Overtime Laws
Who here loves overtime? Most people would be raising their hands right about now, unless they work off a salary based paycheck that is. When you work a job that pages you an hourly wage, your maximum workweek is 40 hours. Anything past 40 hours that you work becomes overtime, which pays time and a half.
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