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HR Compliance Update | November 19, 2024
FEDERAL UPDATES Exempt Salary Increases Blocked - A federal judge in Texas just invalidated the DOL’s rule increasing the exempt salary thresholds. This means that the mandatory increase that went into effect in July, the additional increase scheduled for January 1,...
HR Compliance Update | November 19, 2024
FEDERAL UPDATES Exempt Salary Increases Blocked - A federal judge in Texas just invalidated the DOL’s rule increasing the exempt salary thresholds. This means that the mandatory increase that went into effect in July, the additional increase scheduled for January 1,...
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Guide to Wage Garnishment for Small Businesses
In the United States, more than one out of 100 workers is subject to wage garnishment at any point in time. As a business owner, it is your responsibility to respond to garnishment notices if you are ordered to garnish the employee’s wages. To ensure your company's...
How long should we keep employee timecards?
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, you are required to keep such records for at least three years from time of creation. However, we recommend that personnel records, including payroll records and timecards, be kept for seven years from the date the record is made or...
Making Molehills Out of Mountains: A Climber Turned Payroll Provider Discovers the Joy of Outsourcing Payroll Taxes
As a guy who has scaled mountains as a rescue climber, you wouldn’t think there would be much that could keep Malcolm Frost up at night.But for a long time, it was this: Handling payroll tax compliance for hundreds of his payroll, human resources and benefits...
Why Meetings Can Be Detrimental to Creatives
Three ways to improve the scheduling and quality of your meeting time Business meetings have a way of creeping into the daily schedule of managers and employees alike. There are 25 million meetings per day in the U.S. alone which ties up 15% of your organization’s...
Watch Out for Deadlines and Document Traps in Benefits Enrollment and Administration
Employers face all kinds of timelines and deadlines when employees are hired or terminate. Benefits administration adds another set of complications. Wanda Bishop All benefit plans – health, dental, vision, life, disability – specify a waiting period for eligibility....
School Proves Parents Will Pay for Excellence in College Prep
Client Profile WILMINGTON, N.C. — After a morning rain, the late-spring sun is drying out the playgrounds. Amid the low yellow-brick classroom buildings, children of various ages are noisily engaged in play as they anticipate the summer break. Wilmington’s Cape Fear...
Is Same-Day Hiring Right for Your Organization?
It’s time to speed up your recruiting and hiring process With the U.S. economy running at record-low unemployment, it is easy to see why competition for top talent is fierce. Unfortunately, it takes organizations nearly 24 days on average to complete interviews and 42...
Time and Attendance Management Challenges in Healthcare
How to choose a system that addresses industry complexities Labor costs make a greater impact on healthcare organizations than perhaps any other industry. Industry experts note that a hospitals labor ratio—the total labor costs divided by total revenue—is one of the...
It’s the Busy Season – if You’re in the Business of Fireworks
For Payroll Providers, It's Project TimeAmerica's most successful companies blend business with technology to achieve big success in the marketplace.In some cases, "spectacular" would not be too strong a word.Fireworks by Grucci is a 168-year-old family-owned business...
Should Employers Help Employees Pay Off Student Loans?
Debt is a leading source of stress for younger employees It was once possible to obtain a university degree in the UK at no cost to the student. Then, in 1998, a tuition fee was introduced, but it cost just £1,000 per year and borrowers did not have to pay it back...
How Gender Bias Creeps into Performance Reviews
Women still haven’t caught up to men in the workplace According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Pay Gap Report, the average pay for men in 2017 was $21,000, but for women it was only $12,000. There hasn’t been meaningful improvement in closing this gap in...
The Consumerization of HR and the Employee Experience
As individuals, employees are increasingly accustomed to personalized experiences in their daily life, from the recommendations offered up by Amazon and Netflix, to the instant gratification of services such as UberEats and the ease of working around traffic delays...
Should you offer cyber security and identity theft management as an employee benefit?
Cyber security and identity theft management are increasingly becoming part of employee benefit plans. Employers who consider adding these benefits are smart to doso for several reasons. First, employees are understandably concerned about identity theft, which reached...
Adapt Your Performance Reviews to Better Manage Millennials
Four ways to improve your process for younger workers Millennials aren’t afraid of criticism. In fact, they welcome feedback in the workplace—and lots of it. Studies show that despite being well-educated and confident, Millennials crave transparency and frequent,...
Three New Reps Support Growth in Payroll Services
Three new reps have joined Savers Admin to support the growing list of payroll clients. William Adeshina, 26, followed his wife, Sara, to Savers Admin. They both worked previously as supervisors in an Orlando call center serving the hearing impaired. Adeshina grew up...
Integrated System Eliminates Paper, Eliminates Errors, and Cuts Costs
The totally paperless Human Resources office has finally arrived, thanks to Advanced HR, a key element in Savers Admin’s Evolution-brand Human Capital Management system. Julie Frye The result, said Julie Frye, Director of Operations, is lower cost with fewer errors....
What is Section 7 of the NLRA? What about employees discussing their wages?
Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to limit certain labor and management practices that can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses, and the...
Strategic Sourcing and the Contingent Workforce
HR and Procurement both have a role to play As the digital revolution continues to empower new and more efficient types of working, a dynamic workforce ecosystem has emerged. From small companies to Fortune 500 enterprises, HR leaders are pursuing the right mix of...
OSHA Reporting Due July 1, Including From State Plan Employers
OSHA-covered employers with 250 or more employees, and those in certain high-risk industries with 20-249 employees, must electronically report their Calendar Year 2017 Form 300A data by July 1, 2018. Reporting must be done through the online Injury Tracking...
Tax Impound Account Best Practices
When it comes to payroll taxes, the margin for getting it wrong is, well, none. And yet some risky practices persist, perhaps in the mistaken belief that high-profile cases of disaster are the result of practices so egregious that anyone with a little common sense can...
When is it appropriate to use a performance improvement plan (PIP) as opposed to a disciplinary action notice or a record of employee conversation?
Performance improvement plans (PIPs) are best suited for performance issues, such as an employee not hitting their required sales goals or failing to complete projects on time. PIPs are put in place for a pre-determined period (often 90—120 days) and involve regular...
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