What You Need to Know about Payroll Compliance
If you’re a small or medium sized business, making sure you stay compliant with payroll regulations and laws can be a daunting task. If your company’s not big enough to have an in-house payroll compliance specialist, we strongly advise you outsource to a Small Business Payroll Specialist or you could potentially run the risk of… Continue reading What You Need to Know about Payroll Compliance
Small Business Payroll Specialist
For many small businesses, payroll can be one of the most challenging tasks you take on – and the one you’re least happy about dealing with month-in and month-out. After all: payroll is complex, confusing, the rules change frequently, and a mistake can cost you or your employees money… literally. However, you have options… and… Continue reading Small Business Payroll Specialist
Remote Work Cybersecurity: How To Protect Your Business in the Age of Remote Work
In 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation recorded 1.4 million cybercrime complaints – an increase of around 750,000, from the year prior. The most numerous complaint was identity theft – and the time period reported in these statistics correlates directly to the shift from office work to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This… Continue reading Remote Work Cybersecurity: How To Protect Your Business in the Age of Remote Work
Can You Make Direct Deposit Mandatory?
A question we’re often asked when a new small or medium-sized client chooses us for payroll outsourcing is whether or not they are able mandate that their employees use direct deposit for their paychecks. With over 82% of US employees choosing to be paid by direct deposit, it’s clearly extremely popular. In all honesty, there’s… Continue reading Can You Make Direct Deposit Mandatory?
Should You Pay an Employee Who Resigns With Two Weeks Notice?
When one of your employees puts in their two weeks notice, they may think that the heads-up time they’re giving you is doing you a favor. While the extra time to prepare for their departure can certainly help, you can run into some big time HR and Payroll headaches – especially if you aren’t aware… Continue reading Should You Pay an Employee Who Resigns With Two Weeks Notice?
Employment Record Retention: What Are the Federal Laws?
An important question to ask yourself when dealing with employment (and really any business-related paperwork) is how long are you required to keep the records? Unfortunately when it comes to record retention, there is a myriad of answers and a multitude of regulations for different scenarios. We’ve summarized the most common federal laws that relate… Continue reading Employment Record Retention: What Are the Federal Laws?
Introducing Competency-Based Interviews at Your Business
It might sound like common sense, but you’d be surprised how many firms underestimate the importance of competency-based interviews. Ongoing research shows that competency-based hiring procedures not only improve the initial quality of hires, but also increase employee retention levels and grants access to wider, more diverse field of potential candidates. Surveys show employers note… Continue reading Introducing Competency-Based Interviews at Your Business
Employee Retention in a Competitive Market
Lockdown furloughs forced a large cohort of hourly workers out of their jobs, and because hourly workers don’t tend to be married to their industry, there’s a massive bidding war going on right now for their employment. That means if you’re hiring for an hourly job at your company, you’re not just competing against the… Continue reading Employee Retention in a Competitive Market
Tax Filing Tips for 2022
Tax filing season is here, and the IRS is encouraging individuals to assess their tax situation as the deadline to file approaches. Take a moment before you start on your taxes for the year to read up on the special steps involved in assessing your advance child tax credit payments, your economic impact payments and… Continue reading Tax Filing Tips for 2022
Payroll Security and Data Protection
You may have heard the recent news about Kronos Workforce Central, a payroll and HR system, that was victimized by a ransomware attack and will not be able to provide crucial services to their clients for several weeks. The disruption is so severe that they are urging their customers to look elsewhere for workforce management… Continue reading Payroll Security and Data Protection