Apr 10, 2024 | Benefits, Compliance, Uncategorized
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, commonly referred to as COBRA, is a crucial piece of legislation in the United States that provides employees and their families with the option to continue their health insurance coverage after experiencing a...
Apr 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Enhance Your Benefits Package with Retirement Savings Small businesses in the U.S. employ 61.6 million people, nearly half (45.9%) of the entire workforce. Yet a significant percentage of these businesses do not offer retirement benefits. Here are six reasons why...
Apr 5, 2024 | 401k, Uncategorized
If you’re a small business in the United States, the SECURE Act 2.0 could save you money on the cost of offering retirement 401(k) benefits to your employees. Passed into law in 2022, this legal regulation provides a number of credits to business owners. By removing...
Apr 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
by Tracie Johnson Maurer, Jackson Lewis PC Although the federal COVID-19 Public Health Declaration officially proclaimed the pandemic over nearly a year ago (on May 11, 2023), many employers, especially those in the retail industry, continue to feel the pandemic’s...
Apr 2, 2024 | Compliance, Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has taken action against the owner and manager of a Seafood & Mexican restaurant, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. What’s the difference between salary and hourly employees? Are you...
Apr 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Through a payroll system for small business owners, you can make getting 401(k) benefits as easy as possible. When 401(k) contribution plans first came out in the 1970s, many employers were afraid to get them because they thought the plans would be too complex or...
