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Celebrating National 401(k) Day: A Time to Focus on Retirement Savings
National 401(k) Day is the perfect occasion to focus on the importance of retirement savings. Created in 1996 by the Plan Sponsor Council of America, this day is celebrated on the Friday after Labor Day. It encourages businesses and employees to understand the...
Celebrating National 401(k) Day: A Time to Focus on Retirement Savings
National 401(k) Day is the perfect occasion to focus on the importance of retirement savings. Created in 1996 by the Plan Sponsor Council of America, this day is celebrated on the Friday after Labor Day. It encourages businesses and employees to understand the...
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The Top 10 HR Best Practices for When a Worker’s Job Ends
Do you have a policy in place for what happens after an employee’s job ends? Depending on where you live, there may be special legal requirements about providing unemployment notices, termination letters, and final paychecks. Other than improving your compliance,...
Waiver – Medicare Advantage Expands
Waiver – Medicare Advantage ExpandsRecently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a plan to expand products and services covered by Medicare Advantage plans.The department has revised its definition of “primarily health-related” benefits to...
The Impact of Culture on Talent
Do your employees reflect your organization’s values? CEOs and leadership teams recognize the importance of company culture on long-term success. Deloitte’s 2016 Global Human Capital Trends survey revealed that 82% of respondents recognize culture as a potential...
Ohio Requests Individual ACA Mandate
Ohio Requests Individual ACA MandateOhio is the first state to seek a waiver for the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.Ohio officials asked the Administration on Friday to formally waive the ACA individual mandate that requires residents to have health...
Payroll Providers: Outsource Your Way to Part-Time Retirement
If you are a payroll provider who owns your business, picture yourself semi-retired – still enjoying all of the perks of owning a business and keeping intellectually active, but with less work and more time to take restorative vacations. Are you ready to unload some...
One State Steps Up to Move Health Care Forward
One State Steps Up to Move Health Care ForwardIowa’s governor on Monday signed into law legislation that allows insurers to sell cheaper plans that don’t comply with certain ACA regulations.Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state’s market is collapsing because of the high...
How Will Changes in Human Resource Management Affect My Business?
In today’s rapidly changing business environment, Human Resource Management must also evolve to be effective. Understanding how and why HR needs to transform can help business owners implement the changes they need to stay ahead. Traditional HR Roles And Why They No...
ACA Signups Dip
ACA Signups DipThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator announced Tuesday that 11.8 million people signed up for 2018 plans on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The total is roughly 400,000 fewer than last year, a much smaller number than...
How Buddy Punching is Hurting Your Business
Biometric authentication stops this costly form of time fraud Time fraud isn’t always obvious or easy to detect. But when an employee accepts pay for time not actually worked, it’s considered a theft of time from the employer. To improve time tracking accuracy and...
Austin HR has been acquired by Asure Software – Exciting Times and Growth Anticipated !
We are super excited to be joining the Asure Software family! Our acquisition provides us phenomenal resources and talent that allows us to expand in ways we've hoped for and to meet client needs we've been asked to provide. Clients, partners, friends of the company...
Health Care Tops Americans’ Worries for Third Year
Health Care Tops Americans’ Worries for Third YearHealth care is the issue Americans worry about the most, topping the economy as the public’s primary concern for the third year in a row.More than half of adults – 55 percent – in a new National Gallup Survey say they...
Austin HR Gives Back — Announcing Spring Session of Career Transitions
Austin HR's Cofounder, David Hughen, is hosting a 9th year of Career Transitions - a free to the public five week session, designed to help Austin area professionals who are considering their 'next'. This program is made available as a gift to the community. Anyone...
Can Healthcare Be Fixed?
Can Healthcare Be Fixed?Even though the U.S. economy appears to be doing well, Americans are concerned about what Congress will be doing in the next six months about the ACA.The Current StateThe ACA has single handedly tripled the overall cost of health care since it...
Will Small Biz ACA Problems Be Saved by Association Health Plans?
Will Small Biz ACA Problems Be Saved by Association Health Plans?Out of 75 Major Concerns, Small Business Owners RankHealth Insurance Costs as the Number One Problem They FaceBetween 2008 and 2015, the proportion of employers with fewer than 10 employees providing...
Understanding a 401k Retirement Plan for Your Employees
Depending on the age of your employees, they might not be familiar with a 401k retirement plan. What’s more, you might be among the crowd of the uninformed yourself. We can help you understand just what kind of retirement plans are available to your employees. How Did...
Managing Multistate Payroll Taxes for Multistate Healthcare Workers
With the growing need for health care provider mobility, an increasing number of doctors, nurses and physical therapists are crossing state borders to work.But with a multistate workforce comes multistate tax laws, and multi opportunities to find yourself out of...
COBRA Deadlines are Complex, Full of Traps for the Unwary
COBRA requires negotiating a thicket of deadlines. They’re easy to forget and the penalties for missing them can be costly. Wanda Bishop For the beneficiary, usually a departing employee, the risk is losing the health insurance coverage that’s provided under COBRA....
Sarah Yelvington Joins Savers Admin as Specialist in FMLA Administration
Sarah Yelvington, Savers Admin’s new FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) benefits specialist, first learned the ins and outs of FMLA as a front-line supervisor. So she knows the perspective of the clients she’ll be serving. Sarah Yelvington The 25-year-old Florida native...
Savers Admin Introduces FMLA Admin Services
Starting April 1, Savers Admin will begin offering FMLA administration to employers. Debbie Berg FMLA is the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993. It requires employers above a certain size to provide job-protected, unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons,...
Client Profile: City of Winston-Salem HR Department Promotes Service Through Its Own Example to Staff
Personnel management in the public sector is a little different, explained Carmen Caruth, human resources director for the City of Winston-Salem. The positive part, she explained, is that “you really are a public servant. Every day, we meet the needs of the people...
Expecting a Large Payroll? We’ll Help You Avoid ACH Delays
Will your payroll total more than $500,000 or include an individual payment of more than $100,000, such as sometimes happens with year-end bonuses? If so, you should be aware that Savers Admin’s ACH (Automated Clearing House) provider now requires pre-funding. There...
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