WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service today encouraged taxpayers to do an end-of-summer tax checkup to make tax withholding or payment updates to avoid a potential surprise next year at tax time. While most taxpayers get a refund after filing their taxes, many also find they...
Employee classifications are based on job duties and responsibilities. The classifications impact compensation, benefits and work hours; they are also used by employers to maintain compliance with labor laws. The most common classifications are exempt and nonexempt. Exempt employees are typically salaried workers who (a) are paid the same...
Seventy-five percent of employees have witnessed harassment in the workplace. That’s not a small number. While many ministries think that they are immune to that kind of unsavory behavior, the unfortunate reality is that people are still people who make mistakes whether or not they...
How can you have trouble tracking employee hours and overtime? Let us count the ways: Illegible handwriting. Handwriting can be difficult to decipher. Let's say someone writes their 1 like a 4 or a 5 looks like a 6. Misreading the number of hours can lead...
What’s the best payroll advice you've ever received? There’s no shortage of words of wisdom, and we have a handful of tips we’d like to share with you. Ways to improve the way your business handles payroll Let’s take a look at tips and tricks people...
There are many tax credits that business owners can take advantage of, and today we're talking about the Disabled Access Credit, which is specifically extended to business owners who employ people who have disabilities. What is the Disabled Access Credit? This is a nonrefundable tax credit...
Even if employers do not think of it this way, they rely on the health and well-being of their employees to keep their businesses running. Employee absences disrupt any business's workflow. Businesses can support their employees' good health by offering health-related benefits. One such benefit might...
Sarah Secretary starts her new job with high hopes. At the end of week one, she doesn’t have login information for her project management software, is still not quite sure what her health plan covers and isn’t even aware of her option for a retirement...
Question: Can we use comp time with our employees? Answer: It depends. For nonexempt employees of a private employer, no. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) doesn’t permit private employers to offer compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay. You could offer time off to your exempt...
Labor Day is celebrated the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. Both Payroll Partners and the Federal Reserve will be closed in observance of...