After payday, an employee flags a missing differential. HR sends the details to payroll, and the team begins retracing punches, schedules, and pay rules. By the next day, the issue has escalated to Finance because the fix now requires a…
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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…
A recent payroll tax fraud sentencing in Pennsylvania shows how off-the-books wage practices can expose a business to criminal charges and liability that grows until it threatens solvency. In this case, a Lancaster County restaurant owner and his two sons…
Regulators are intensifying audits of worker misclassification, elevating it from an administrative detail to a recurring financial risk. Case in point: A recent $10 million California judgment shows how classification errors translate directly into penalties and unplanned costs. State Enforcement…
One-week paycheck delays would leave nearly eight in 10 U.S. workers scrambling to cover bills, according to PayrollOrg’s 2025 Getting Paid In America survey. That’s up slightly from 77% in 2024, showing that financial stress hasn’t eased up for the…
As finance and HR leaders develop 2026 salary budgets, errors in payroll execution can quickly undermine the impact of planned pay raises. Employees rely on their pay to cover rising costs and navigate an uncertain economy – and payroll mistakes…
In our interactive, instructor-led 100-minute event, you will learn how to confidently navigate the complex and ever-changing requirements of taxing and reporting the several forms of insurance benefits. From deciphering ACA compliance to understanding third-party sick pay and life insurance…
A federal investigation forced a contractor to pay nearly $600,000 in back wages and damages after the Department of Labor uncovered systemic overtime violations tied to time rounding. This wasn’t a minor oversight – it exposed serious failures in payroll…
A Coast Guard reservist who is also a federal employee was entitled to differential pay while on active duty, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a 5-4 decision, the nation’s highest court rejected the Justice Department’s argument that a federal…
In our interactive instructor-led 60-minute event, you will learn how to navigate the complex world of taxing and reporting fringe benefits for 2025. With ever-changing tax laws, and potential financial penalties, finance pros must stay ahead of compliance requirements. You’ll…
With TY 2023 forms out the door, you may be thinking about next year-end and what changes you can expect on Form W-2. IRS posted the final version of the 2024 Form W-2 on its website in December of 2023.…
Low-dollar-amount errors that appear on Form W-2 won’t lead to penalties. That’s the official word contained in final regulations from IRS. The law that prompted the IRS regs? The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015. Thanks to…
