May 8, 2018 | Industry News
Graduation season is upon us. The majority of college graduates entering the workforce are saddled with debt. With the job market close to full employment, business owners would do well to consider offering a particularly attractive benefit to appeal to recent...
May 4, 2018 | Benefits, Human Resources, Industry News, Regulatory Updates
The Internal Revenue Service has reversed itself and is allowing taxpayers to use $6,900 as the Health Savings Account (HSA) maximum family contribution for 2018 rather than the updated $6,850 amount it set forth on March 5, 2018. The IRS originally set the...
Should Employees Be Paid for Time Spent in Training Classes?
May 3, 2018 | Benefits, Industry News
You send an employee in your marketing department to a training class on email marketing. The class is meant to improve her skills so you can more consistently communicate with your growing client base. The class is offered during your normal business hours.  Do you...
Tip-Pooling Rules Clarified Under Amended FLSA
May 1, 2018 | Industry News, Regulatory Updates
The rules regarding tip pooling have been bogged down in litigation since 2011, when regulations were issued regarding tip ownership and tip pooling between hospitality industry employees who customarily receive tips (e.g. servers, bartenders, bellhops) and those who...
Small Business Week – April 29 Through May 5
Apr 27, 2018 | Industry News
Next week, April 29 through May 5, 2018 is National Small Business Week. Each year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing the week long celebration, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of small business owners...