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People Management Solutions: What Software Does Your Small Business Need?
Around half of small businesses fail by their fifth year of operations. Fortunately, there are a few important measures you can take to be more efficient and profitable. By deploying your company’s resources in a smarter way, you can save money on labor costs, prevent...
People Management Solutions: What Software Does Your Small Business Need?
Around half of small businesses fail by their fifth year of operations. Fortunately, there are a few important measures you can take to be more efficient and profitable. By deploying your company’s resources in a smarter way, you can save money on labor costs, prevent...
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How Small Businesses Can Benefit From Employee Self-Service Tools
Many small businesses don’t realize just how much time is spent on entering data. Each time an employee needs to update their W-4 form or adjust their benefits, an HR employee has to manually change that information. Then, the HR professional has to update the same...
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...
What do we do when an employee shares they are diagnosed with depression?
Q: One of my employees has been spoken to about his diminished job performance. The employee opened up and stated the change in work output is due to a diagnosis of depression. We have given the employee a week off; can we obligate the employee to take a medical leave...
Health Care Reform: The Employer Mandate
The Department of Treasury announced on February 10 that businesses with 50 to 99 full time equivalent employees will not face a tax penalty under the Employer Mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a result of not providing health care coverage to...
Minimum Wage Increase for Federal Contract Employees
President Obama announced that in the next few weeks, he will sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for workers covered by new federal contracts to $10.10 an hour. This increase will be very limited in scope; it will only apply to employees who would...
The Whole Point of “Change Management” is to Change, Right?- Part 1: What, Why & How
By Mike Kinney, Vice President of SalesAs part of our Executive Series, Asure Software's Vice President of AsureSpace Sales, Mike Kinney, has put together a 2 part look at change management, "The Whole Point of “Change Management” is to Change, Right?"Read more about...
The OFCCP Disability Self-Identification Form Has Been Finalized
On January 22, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the OFCCP's disability status form, which will be used by federal contractors. Revised regulations under the Rehabilitation Act will require federal contractors to invite applicants and employees...
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