Keeping Up With Compliance: What HR & Payroll Professionals Need to Know

First things first, compliance is everything in the back office. Whether you’re running the payroll, tracking employee hours, calculating who is eligible for ACA, or what have you, the key to success is making sure all your ducks are in a row. Issues with compliance can lead to hefty fines and working backward to correct what has been wronged. All-in-all, it should be avoided at all costs and with the help of a few tools, it can be for the most part. Even the most seasoned HR and payroll professionals can find themselves with a penalty due to error.

ACA, Human Resources, Payroll, TaxMarketing TeamJanuary 13, 2017Payroll Compliance, Tax Compliance, Taxes, Tax Filing, ACA Reporting, ACA, FLSAComment

What You Need to Know About Overtime Exemption Rules

Next month is the month many employers are, and have been, dreading for quite some time now. On December 1, 2016, the overtime exemption rules will be updated to reflect a hefty pay increase for those workers who are exempt. Not sure what qualifies as an exempt employee? According to the American Payroll Association, an exempt employee is one who does not need to be paid the minimum wage or overtime pay; with this, the employer does not need to record details involving their work (such as hours worked).

Human Resources, Payroll, BusinessMarketing TeamNovember 4, 2016FLSA, Overtime Changes, DOL Overtime Exemptions, Labor LawsComment

Paying Employees on Jury Duty Leave

Jury duty is never fun, not for the person who has been summoned as a juror, and especially not for their employer who has to go on with one less employee. As an employer it can be extremely frustrating to have your staff pulled away for jury duty, but there isn’t much you can do about it other than disperse work to others in order to make up for that absence of the juror. The U.S. has a few provisions set in place to protect workers who do get called for jury duty in order to make sure their employment is not at jeopardy.