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Celebrating National Payroll Week: Honoring the Backbone of American Workplace
Founded in 1996 by PayrollOrg, NPW is a time to recognize the essential role that payroll professionals play in keeping the wheels of the American economy turning. Celebrated annually during the first full week of September, NPW aligns with Labor Day and highlights...
Celebrating National Payroll Week: Honoring the Backbone of American Workplace
Founded in 1996 by PayrollOrg, NPW is a time to recognize the essential role that payroll professionals play in keeping the wheels of the American economy turning. Celebrated annually during the first full week of September, NPW aligns with Labor Day and highlights...
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The Advantages of Using Exit Interviews in Your Business
When it comes to getting honest feedback, exit interviews are your best friend. Many employees feel intimidated about providing constructive criticism because of how it might affect their career potential. Once someone decides to leave your organization, you have an...
Third Party Administrator (TPA) Services
Enjoy the convenience of streamlined 401k Services and Payroll Services with USA Payroll. By using USA Payroll for your payroll and 401k TPA Services you will benefit from the following: Preparation of Volume Submitter Adoption Agreement, Summary Plan Description...
Background Checks
Our new Web-based pre-employment screening service allows you to submit requests, view results, store results and generate activity reports electronically – quickly, easily, cost-effectively. You'll be able to achieve an unparalleled level of administrative and cost...
Three Trends of Our Changing Workforce- Part 2: Mobilization
By Jennifer Roth, Vice President of MarketingIn Part One of this four-part blog series, I talked about our changing world – how today nearly every organization can think and behave globally. There really are no boundaries that prohibit us from doing business wherever...
Q: Can you require exempt employees to clock in?
Q: What are the rules with respect to salaried, exempt employees clocking in and out using a time clock system?A: Whether you require exempt employees to use a time clock is a matter of preference. There is no requirement to track the hours of exempt employees....
Summer Interns: Help or Hindrance
In one my favorite episodes of “Seinfeld,” Kramer secures the help of an NYU intern, Darin, for his imaginary company, Kramerica Industries. Darin is an eager learner and a meticulous achiever as he sets appointments with Kramer’s friends for the coffee shop, takes...
New Model COBRA Forms Available
The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed new regulations that would revise the COBRA requirements in an effort to increase visibility of the available options available in the Health Insurance Marketplace. While the proposed regulations will only become effective...
Three Trends of Our Changing Workforce- Part 1: Globalization
AsureSpace Vice President of Marketing, Jen Roth, has put together a three part series on emerging trends in the workforce. Below is part 1, focusing on Globalization. Be sure to check back for parts 2 and 3!Learn more about Jen The Three Trends Changing Our Workforce...
New IRS Guidance: Qualified Retirement Plans Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriages Retroactively to June 26, 2013
The IRS has recently issued guidance on how qualified retirement plans (such as 401K plans, profit sharing plans, defined benefit pension plans and 403B plans) should apply the Supreme Court’s 2013 Windsor decision, which ruled that same-sex marriages must be...
What are the HIPAA privacy notice requirements for employers that sponsor a group health plan?
The HIPAA Privacy Rule went into effect in April 2003 and requires covered entities to provide a HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. For employers that sponsor a group health plan, this communication is typically provided in open enrollment packets.Covered entities are...
Is there a limit to the number of consecutive days or the number of hours an exempt employee can work?
Generally speaking, the Fair Labor Standards Act places no limit on the number of hours or days that an employee age 16 or older may be required to work. In many private-employer environments, exempt employees are expected to work a minimum of 40 hours per week and to...
How to Determine Hours Worked for New Variable-Hour Employees Under Health Care Reform
Beginning January 1, 2015, under the shared responsibility provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), all employees with an average of 30 or more hours of service per week or 130 hours of service per month must be eligible for affordable...
Savers Admin Payroll Platform Free of Heartbleed Vulnerability
You may have heard news of the 'Heartbleed Bug' that has affected security on some websites. The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL software library. OpenSSL is used by many websites to provide secure communications between...
Responding to Social Security Number Mismatches
Responding to Social Security Number Mismatches: Threading the Needle between Discrimination and Employment-Eligibility Liability Written: March 7, 2012By Doug HassWith the spring and summer fast approaching, many employers will start hiring additional employees and...
How to handle ADA requirements with a possible mental disorder of an employee
Question:I have an employee who I think has a mental disorder. I know she is having a tough time at home with some personal issues, and I think she is suffering from clinical depression. She seems distracted at work and sometimes we notice her crying at her desk. How...
Why SaaS Makes Sense
By Steven Rodriguez, COO Cloud-based software: Its time has come Workplace and Workforce Management Software in the Cloud has grown in popularity in recent years. Companies that need to serve employees with 24/7 access to software applications know there are distinct...
Obama Proposes Shrinking White-Collar Exemptions
President Obama has proposed expanding the availability of overtime pay, directing the Labor Department to do its first overhaul of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations in 10 years.The president signed a memorandum on March 13, 2014, instructing the Labor...
Marijuana Use and Workplace Drug Policies
Twenty states and the District of Columbia have decriminalized possession of marijuana for medical use. Washington and Colorado allow recreational use, as well. But federal law still classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug—one with no legal use. “This uncertain...
The EEOC: What to Expect in 2014
The EEOC: Looking Back on 2013, What to Expect in 2014 In December, 2013, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Performance and Accountability Report for fiscal year 2013. The last year was filled with challenges for the agency, from financial...
The Whole Point of Change Management is to Change Right?- Part 2:The Three Common Mistakes In Executing Successful Change
By Mike Kinney, Vice President of SalesIn Part 2 of Asure Software's Vice President of AsureSpace Sales, Mike Kinney's look at change management, he delves into the three most common mistakes in executing successful change. We have received some great responses to...
Finally! IRS Provides Final Play-Or-Pay Guidance
On February 11, 2014, the IRS released final regulations implementing the employer shared responsibility provisions of the Affordable Care Act, also known as the “employer mandate” and “play-or-pay” requirement. In this article, we summarize some of the most salient...
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