A new opinion letter looked at whether one company needed to add bonuses into its overtime calculations under federal law. The answer from the Department of Labor (DOL)? Yes. That meant the company dropped the ball and had to either…
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Finance rarely sees jury duty or bereavement as risk. They're payroll line items. Until courts link them to USERRA military leave – and eight-figure payouts. Case in point: The proposed $18.5 million settlement in Huntsman v. Southwest Airlines shows how…
IRS has released 2026 mileage rates and other updates impacting employees who drive personal vehicles for work or employer-provided vehicles. First, IRS said in a recent notice that the business standard mileage rate for 2026 is 72.5 cents per mile.…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recovered $17,311 in back wages and assessed civil penalties against a Rowland Heights, California restaurant after finding multiple violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a Dec. 19 press…
A California roofing and painting contractor will pay more than $320,000 after federal investigators found overtime violations tied to unrecorded work hours, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced. An investigation by the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division found Howard…
New data from ADP sheds light on how small employers are adjusting to shifting hiring trends and compensation strategies amid today's economy. These insights offer Finance Pros a clearer view into labor cost dynamics and workforce planning at a time…
The IRS has revised Form W-4 for 2026, making the newly revised form available to employers during mid-December 2025. The updated form incorporates several of the income tax provisions contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), and it…
Employers will see clearer control over pharmacy benefit costs and their impact on the income statement, with Finance and HR sharing more explicit oversight. The new California PBM law, Senate Bill 41, requires full rebate pass-through, prohibits spread pricing and…
Wage bases for 2026 are rolling out. You can ensure you’re accurately withholding for state unemployment insurance (UI) tax. Here's the latest info. While most states with changes have increased their wage bases for UI tax purposes, four states —…
Think it’s acceptable to agree with other employers not to recruit their employees if they don’t go after yours? If you’ve ever nodded along while two executives agreed, as a professional courtesy, to stop pulling talent from each other’s teams…
Client companies thought they were outsourcing payroll and HR compliance to a vendor. But the tax exposure never really left their books. Federal prosecutors say a Southern California staffing group is at the center of an alleged payroll tax fraud…
Misclassification risk becomes a financial problem as soon as regulators decide contractor oversight looks like employee management. Case in point: Minnesota’s attorney general just turned tightly controlled delivery work into an $800K settlement for one company. Every time business units…
