Are Your Posters Up to Date?

Workplace experts are advising businesses to check on the required federal posters they display at their businesses. Some recent regulatory changes have led to poster modifications this year, and HR departments need to review the rules and post the latest notices. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination Is […]

Is This Your Situation: Confused About How to Track Attendance

While standard time clocks and punch cards are still being used, they have long been subject to tampering, misuse and accidental recordings. Over the years, various technological resources have emerged to help companies better track the time of their hourly employees. Everything from electronic clocks to biometric tools can keep your records up to date […]

4 Common Types of Employee Complaints

Whenever an employee files a complaint with the HR department, the issue at hand should be taken seriously. Failure to properly address the matter, whether intentional or not, can result in the employee feeling demoralized. Employees who do not feel heard may turn to the internet or media outlets and air their grievances publicly. You […]

IRS Extends a Roth Catch-Up Requirement

As the Wall Street Journal pithily summarizes it, “Higher earners age 50 and up will get two more years to use pretax dollars for all of their retirement savings in 401(k)s and similar plans, after the Internal Revenue Service delayed a new requirement.” The IRS has announced an administrative transition period that extends until 2026 the new […]

State and Local Tax Issues Businesses Should Consider

State and local tax issues are a big part of a company’s tax liability. In fact, they are so impactful that a lot of companies actively decide to relocate to states that are regarded as low-tax states by the Tax Foundation, such as Florida, Nevada and North Carolina. That said, businesses that choose to operate […]

Is This Your Situation: Considering HR Outsourcing

Outsourced HR services are designed to streamline functions, reduce expenses and help meet your firm’s operational goals. You may hire a third party to oversee some or all of your HR functions, including payroll processing, employee benefits administration and talent acquisition. Outsourcing is a partnership between your company and the outsourcing firm — sharing business […]

Employment Probation Is Stale and Out of Date

In theory, a brief probation period allows both employee and employer to familiarize themselves with each other and learn the ground rules. Many newbies resign before their first 90 days have elapsed. How can you work around this? What’s in a name? Probation began in the days of union dominance as a measure to protect […]

The Many Wonders of Direct Deposit

Are you unsure about how to set up direct deposit for your employees or contract workers? Though it may seem daunting at first, especially if you’re not familiar with the process, direct deposits can be set up rather quickly. Let’s start by defining direct deposit. In essence, a direct deposit is an electronic payment of […]

New Form I-9 Released

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has made changes to Form I-9: On Aug. 1, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (PDF, 899.28 KB). Among the improvements to the form is a checkbox employers enrolled in E-Verify can use to indicate they remotely examined identity and employment […]

A New Look at SECURE Act 2.0 Issues

The SECURE Act 2.0 has a new provision that speaks to the nature of auto-enrollment for new 401(k) plans. All eligible hires will be required to enroll at a pretax rate of 3% at the minimum. Furthermore, the mandatory enrollment will come with an auto-escalation of 1% annually, but this is only effective until the […]