A proposed change to overtime eligibility by the Department of Labor is causing a fair share of angst for many employers. Companies in the manufacturing and retail sectors will be impacted most. The Biden administration is calling for a roughly…
Payroll
B notice season (September through October) can be a minefield for A/P pros because nobody wants the extra work of calculating 24% backup withholding or fielding calls from unhappy vendors about the reduced payments. It should come as no surprise…
It's not a coincidence that National Payroll Week is always the same week as Labor Day. This year, it's September 5-9. In an interview, 40-year payroll industry veteran James Paille, CPP, and the director of compliance for IRIS Software Group,…
The requirements for paying the prevailing wage under federal law have been slowly expanding for decades, but now, updated regs have brought marked changes. The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on August 23, 2023, revising the regs…
If you're like most employers, you offer paid holidays. But how about paid floating holidays? As we head toward year-end, consider your company policy on this. Floating holidays can be a bit of a misnomer – they may have more…
Businesses will be able to get new hires on the payroll more quickly, now that inspecting Form I-9 documents remotely has been given the green light. The new procedure took effect August 1, 2023. You may recall that during the…
Be sure your company gets the latest version of Form I-9. The new edition went into circulation on August 1, 2023, with its use required shortly after that. In fact, the last day you can use the old form is…
IRS has updated Form 5300, and that's good news for sponsors of retirement plans wanting to ensure their plans' tax benefits. First, in Revenue Procedure 2022-40, released in November 2022, IRS expanded its determination letter program. Prior to that, only…
If employees' Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) entitlements are impermissibly reduced, your company may face legal consequences. But when someone takes intermittent or reduced-schedule FMLA leave, it's tricky for staffers to accurately calculate how much of the 12 weeks…
Could it be time for a review of your employee severance agreements? Right now Twitter's experiencing major pitfalls from having them, thanks to a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating its own severance policy. Laid-off workers are claiming the…
When IRS reduced the electronic filing threshold, the change impacted a long list of information returns. Now, the list of forms to e-file may get longer. That’s because of a recent recommendation from the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC).…
Employees with wages exceeding $145,000 in 2023 may hesitate to make catch-up contributions next year. They'll be impacted by tax changes, as will employers. To complicate matters, there are still many unanswered questions about the tax changes, which the Secure…
