Mar 21, 2018 | Industry News
Last year, nearly 27,000 charges of sexual harassment were filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This number doesn’t include charges filed with state and local agencies or situations where employees went directly to an attorney, and many...
Mar 20, 2018 | Industry News, Product News, Workers Comp
Your business is booming. In three short years, you’ve grown from a solo landscape and lawn treatment service in a home office to a full-blown professional suite with an office manager, administrator and a team of professionals who work all over the city. With three...
Mar 19, 2018 | HR Regulations, Human Resources, Industry News
Your new employee, Anna, starts today. Your onboarding package includes a Form W-4, the Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, which you’ll collect from her and use to ensure she has the correct federal income tax withheld from her paycheck. If your business...
Mar 14, 2018 | HR Regulations, Industry News, Product News
When staffing your business, you need to consider whether your employees are “exempt” or “nonexempt” from being paid overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets out federal guidelines on exempt and nonexempt classifications. Most states have their own wage...
Mar 14, 2018 | Industry News, Product News
“I’ll only hire independent contractors, so I won’t have to deal with taxes and overtime.” If you have had that thought, you may be operating under the false assumption that you can call someone an independent contractor, or mutually agree to that title, when they...
Mar 1, 2018 | Industry News, Regulatory Updates
Helps Employees Withhold the Correct Amount from Their Paychecks If you’ve noticed a bump in your take-home pay since the new withholding tables went into effect, you’re not alone. The Treasury Department estimated that 90% of taxpayers would see higher paychecks...
