With a new year comes new state laws with compliance challenges that could disrupt business as usual. In addition to the minimum wage hikes that we recently reported on, there are other rules in effect, or about to go into…
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Here's a checklist of the 2023 legal and banking holidays. As for Veterans Day, Payroll pros in some states have additional considerations. First, the checklist: It'll help Payroll get a plan in place for 2023, making adjustments to schedules as…
The struggle to recruit and retain top talent has many employers at least considering upgrades to their employee benefits – including on-demand pay, flexible hours and resources for managing work-life balance – in order to avoid productivity loss, burnout and…
Besides the adoption of remote and hybrid work schedules, the approaches your peers are taking with paid leave benefits for their employees seem to be getting more flexible as well. According to a recent leave programs survey conducted by Mercer,…
Just like many of your peers, Goldman Sachs felt like it had to do something big to retain top Finance talent. In its case, it was offering unlimited PTO for senior employees, and adding two days off each year for…
It’s time to look ahead to 2022 and see how legal and banking holidays will affect you and your team. That way, you can ensure you’ll have coverage for Payroll’s responsibilities, such as making tax deposits. Plus, if you’ll need…
Prep for 2022 is underway, and that includes thinking ahead to holidays. The new federal holiday, Juneteenth, will require some careful thought for employers. In 2021, you had zero time to prepare. President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day…
Between state and local mandates, and the coronavirus pandemic, more employers must provide workers with paid sick and family leave. These initiatives are meant to be beneficial – but they’re full of red tape and confusion. That’s according to the…
It’s important for your Payroll pros to treat exempt workers differently than hourly employees in most circumstances. But there are exceptions your people need to know about, especially if your company has some common policies in place for absences and…
Summertime and the living is … less easy than usual for many folks. And that’s being reflected in your employees’ summer vacation plans. Normally at this time you’re used to fewer employees being at their desks because they’re away at…
Following an array of state and local paid leave laws and loud calls from employers and prominent business groups, Congress has introduced a bill to make paid leave on a federal level a reality. But the legislation probably isn’t what…
Three words that leave even the most cool, calm and collect Finance chiefs reaching for their Advil and/or Tums: Intermittent FMLA leave. (more…)
