The last thing any CFO looks forward to is laying off employees, but it's an unfortunate reality for many folks in finance these days. Protecting the company is always priority No. 1 and often that involves letting go of people.…
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Can automated payment systems be guilty of discriminating against certain groups of people? The federal government says yes, they absolutely can - and the feds plan to fine and possibly prosecute companies that rely on automated systems to do business.…
If you're lucky, the only kind of employee theft you'll have to worry about at your company is parents swiping office supplies for their kids to save a few bucks of their own. Or maybe a cheapskate employee who helps…
The more things change, the more they stay the same! The youngest generation of workers entering the workforce isn't earning high marks from the older generations, to put it mildly. Generation Z aka the Zoomers are the "most challenging" age…
Year-end may seem a long way off, but some changes related to Form W-2 may require your attention now. For example, the Social Security Administration (SSA) and IRS have made recent announcements about the form for TY 2023. Here are…
Heads up: Companies can avoid criminal prosecution and million-dollar payouts for serious violations and mistakes by taking advantage of the Justice Department's self-reporting policy. Justice recently revised the parameters for self-reporting so that it's applied evenly in all districts. All…
If your revenue involves digital goods and services, you've noticed more states are expecting you to collect and remit sales tax on them. But sometimes the legal language regarding what's taxable or nontaxable becomes a gray area and a judge…
Small business CEOs and CFOs are as worried about inflation, tight credit, banks going under and a looming recession just as bigger companies' leaders are. One of the widest differences in opinion is staffing. Large companies in a range of…
"Fifteen days to flatten the curve" is what politicians and health officials told us was needed in mid-March of 2020 at the start of COVID-19. More than three years later, the curve continues to point downward for owners and lessees…
Due to new IRS regs, employers will be subject to stricter e-filing requirements in 2024. Find out what's coming and check out the list of forms. When the Service released final regs on February 23, 2023, it came as a…
Those of us who can remember the Internet becoming a fixture in the workplace also remember a lot of so-called experts making dumb predictions. Such as "it's just a fad" and "people will always want the printed page" to "the…
Inflation fears and shrinking credit availability are prompting many companies to limit spending on areas like corporate travel. If your organization is approving fewer trips for industry expos, conferences and outside training, the latest data shows you're not alone -…
