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Compliance and Culture: How Fast-Growth Companies Win at Onboarding

Compliance and Culture: How Fast-Growth Companies Win at Onboarding

Onboarding is the first real encounter new hires have with your organization. It sets the tone for the rest of their employment experience. From training about company values to using a checklist, there are a few important things you can do to ensure a smooth...

What Are the ACA Rules for Companies With Less Than 50 Workers?

What Are the ACA Rules for Companies With Less Than 50 Workers?

Do you have 50 or more full-time equivalent (FTE) workers? If so, you are required to offer health insurance to your workers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  While it was passed in 2010, many small businesses are still struggling to understand all of the...

The Benefits of Using Employee Handbooks During Onboarding

The Benefits of Using Employee Handbooks During Onboarding

Does your organization codify policies and procedures in an employee handbook? If not, you could be missing out on a key element in your company’s culture. As a building block of your company’s culture, an employee handbook is an integral part of the new employee...

How to Incorporate Formal Employee Orientation Into Your Onboarding

How to Incorporate Formal Employee Orientation Into Your Onboarding

Formal orientation is a chance to introduce new hires to your company’s mission, vision, and values. A well-made orientation can help ensure consistency and compliance. As the first impression of your organization’s culture, it is an important way to engage and excite...

The Most Common I-9 Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

The Most Common I-9 Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Businesses are required to get an I-9 from every worker they hire. This document is designed to reduce the likelihood of unauthorized workers getting hired in the United States. If someone willfully violates this immigration measure, they can face a charge of $698 to...

Why 401(k) Plans Are Now an Expected Benefit for Today’s Workers

Why 401(k) Plans Are Now an Expected Benefit for Today’s Workers

If you’re struggling to recruit top talent, it may be time to rethink your benefit package. Workers today are more likely to expect 401(k)s through their employer, and they’ll prioritize jobs that have retirement plans.  In our 2024 HR Benchmark Report, we found that...

Why Small Businesses Should Offer Health Insurance

Why Small Businesses Should Offer Health Insurance

Should you be offering your workers health coverage? While the ACA might not require all small businesses to provide health insurance, there are occasions when it is a good idea. We’ve found that fast-growth companies are far more likely to provide insurance coverage...

The 10 Most Common Cyberattacks on Payroll

The 10 Most Common Cyberattacks on Payroll

Are you confident about your company’s ability to withstand cyberattacks?  Payroll attacks are incredibly common because of how much money is transferred into and out of payroll accounts every month. Unfortunately, payroll cyberattacks are also incredibly easy to...

How Phishing Attacks Work on Payroll Systems

How Phishing Attacks Work on Payroll Systems

As a small business owner, it’s important to protect your payroll system from unauthorized access. Otherwise, cybercriminals can manipulate your payroll system to steal money from your organization. For more on phishing attacks and how to prevent them, read on.  What...

How to Integrate Wellness Programs Into Your Small Business

How to Integrate Wellness Programs Into Your Small Business

In the war for talent, companies have to compete for the best workers. While salary is important, prospective applicants also consider other benefits. With wellness programs, you can stand out to prospective recruits and show current workers your appreciation. Plus,...

7 Advantages to Providing Paid Time Off for Your Employees

7 Advantages to Providing Paid Time Off for Your Employees

It’s easy to see the attraction of paid time off (PTO) for your employees, but there are also important business benefits to PTO as well. In fact, fast-growth companies are more likely to provide this benefit to workers than zero-growth firms. By offering PTO,...

401(k)s Are More Common in Fast-Growth Companies

401(k)s Are More Common in Fast-Growth Companies

Thanks to SECURE Act 2.0, there are many upcoming changes to how 401(k)s work for employers and employees. With 401(k) retirement plans, employers were previously able to get a deduction for each 401(k) contribution.  Now, the employer benefits for setting up 401(k)...

HR Compliance Update | July 16, 2024

HR Compliance Update | July 16, 2024

FEDERAL UPDATES Federal Agency Powers/”Chevron” Deference Yields to “Loper” – The US Constitution requires Congress to make laws, judges to interpret them, and federal agencies (such as OSHA, DOL, EEOC, etc.) to implement and sometimes enforce them.  Congress is not...

Beware: 1099 Scams May Target Your Payroll

Beware: 1099 Scams May Target Your Payroll

1099 scams are one of the most common ways that cybercriminals target payroll systems. Typically, these scams are perpetrated using a phishing attack on an unsuspecting victim at your company or a third-party vendor. If they are successful, the criminal can easily end...

The 3 Key Ways SECURE Act 2.0 Helps Employers

The 3 Key Ways SECURE Act 2.0 Helps Employers

While there have always been tax benefits of 401(k)s for employers, SECURE Act 2.0 is changing the way businesses and workers save for retirement. As a business owner, it’s important to understand how these 401(k) benefits can impact your bottom line and your ability...

Top 5 Things Businesses Need to Know About Payroll Security

Top 5 Things Businesses Need to Know About Payroll Security

“In some cases, you're smaller, you're more vulnerable.” In episode #108 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners' guide to cash, compliance, and the War for Talent, Vice President of Information Security at Asure, Josh Gohman, sits...

The Top 10 Steps for Making Compliant Job Descriptions

The Top 10 Steps for Making Compliant Job Descriptions

When was the last time your small business audited your job descriptions for legal compliance? As a part of your standard HR practices, you should regularly update your job descriptions. Each job should have its own job description. These descriptions are the...

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