What pay frequency works best for your business and your employees? To choose the right schedule, consider employee satisfaction, legal compliance and your own cash flow. Also think about time commitment and money in terms of the number of payrolls you run each month. Let's...
Summer wedding season has arrived, and newlyweds can make their tax filing easier by doing a few things now. A taxpayer's marital status as of December 31 determines their tax filing options for the entire year, but that's not all newlyweds need to know. Report a...
Independence Day in the United States, celebrated on July 4th, marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. This pivotal document, primarily authored by Thomas Jefferson, declared the thirteen American colonies free and independent states, no longer subject to British...
"Retirement" has different meanings for Baby Boomers. But, for most of us, retirement will not be of the rocking chair variety, at least not initially. Many new retirees decide to continue to work, but this time at their own pace and hours. Others can't wait...
TimeWorksPlus Geofencing If you need to know if employees are working at the correct location, you need geofencing. What is Geofencing? Geofencing is a mobile tracking tool that can define a virtual boundary. The virtual boundary is called a geofence. It is based on the genuine...
On-call employees are required by their employers to be available for work even during the employees' time off. Whether you must provide on-call pay for these employees depends on a few factors. But if you're not paying for these hours, you may be violating the Fair...
The Employer-Provided Childcare Tax Credit is an incentive for businesses to provide childcare services to their employees. About the tax credit This tax credit helps employers cover some costs for childcare resource and referral and for a qualified childcare facility. A qualified childcare facility is one...
By the end of the process your payroll system, tax information, benefit plans, and any personnel records (i.e., phone lists, email systems, and other employee lists/systems, etc.) should be updated, but here is some guidance on when and how to update: Prior to updating your...
Frankly, I’ve met a lot of church leaders who are just weary. If that’s where you are, here are some warning signs it’s time to take a day off—whether you work for a church or a secular employer. You haven’t had a day off in...
After determining a leave is covered by FMLA, you should begin tracking time against the 12-week entitlement. You'll track this time in whole-week increments if the need for leave is continuous. Each week missed will be counted as 1/12th of their total entitlement. If the employee...