Core Vs. Non-Core Functions
We all know that payroll is a vital component of any company. Without payroll, employees don’t get paid. When employees don’t get paid, work doesn’t get done, customers don’t get their product, dogs and cats start living together, mass hysteria and the entire business spirals into bankruptcy. So this of course means that payroll is a core function of a business.
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If atoms are the building blocks of the physical universe, then data would be the atoms of the business world. Without data, there is no modern business infrastructure. We don’t mean the data used to send funny cat photos to your friends, or the android from Star Trek either. We mean the raw data that is created and observed on a daily basis.
read more >Workers Compensation
Why do accidents happen in the workplace? many would be quick to say that it is because of negligence, or a simply unsafe working environment. A few would say that the worker is to blame for not following protocol. A extremely small few would say it is because of aliens. Well all but one of these are perfectly viable reasons why accidents happen, in reality a safe worker working in a safe environment is still at risk of injury.
read more >Paid Vacation: Is it Worth It?
When it comes to general labor, such as retail or fast food restaurants, new employment is a dime a dozen. Place a help wanted sign in the window and by the next day you will have a list of applicants to choose from. Although it is time you have to take away from your regular duties to hire someone new
read more >Payroll: Outsource and Reassess
When it comes to opening your own business, it can be easy to burst through the door running at full speed. Opening your own business is a major accomplishment in anyone’s life. It is a time in your life that you are not answering to anyone but yourself.
read more >Paid Holidays: Non-Vacation
Everyone wakes up at least once in their life and wonders if there is an excuse good enough to call out of work. Luckily there are a few days in the year that we can stay in bed instead of getting ready for work. These are the major and some minor holidays that we celebrate. For most they mean a promised day off, and you don’t even need to make up an excuse for them.
read more >Payroll: Final Paychecks for Deceased Employees
One thing that all parts of a company has in common is that the people who run them are only human. This means that they are acceptable to a range of events and accidents. Sadly, sometimes these can mean the passing of an active employee. While it is a difficult time for the co-workers, both in terms of
read more >It’s Not Too Soon to Tackle the Next ACA Compliance Task
As the IRS puts it, “every person that provides minimum essential coverage to an individual during a calendar year must file an information return and a transmittal.” Health plan providers and self-insured employers are “persons,” in the eyes of the IRS The main forms require month-by-month information
read more >Engaging Employees
When you own a business, you want everything to run smoothly for you. This keeps things productive and light for you and everyone working under you. Like any machine, sooner or later a cog is going to get stuck or a wire come unplugged. Also like any machine, these problems can most times be avoided with proper maintenance and inspection.
read more >Payroll Communication
“Nothing in this world is free”. It is a line that has been used in some form for years. It has been in some of the greatest lectures that bosses have given their employees, governments to their people, parents to their rebellious teenagers, and even made an alternative rock band famous. The reason it has been used so many times is because it is the very foundation of the modern economic structure.
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