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Understanding the New Federal Tax Law on Tips and Overtime: What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare
Understanding the New Federal Tax Law on Tips and Overtime: What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare The federal income tax exemption for tips and overtime pay—part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passedon July 3, 2025—is not just a policy change; it’s a...
Understanding the New Federal Tax Law on Tips and Overtime: What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare
Understanding the New Federal Tax Law on Tips and Overtime: What Employers Need to Know and How to Prepare The federal income tax exemption for tips and overtime pay—part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passedon July 3, 2025—is not just a policy change; it’s a...
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Navigating Minimum Wage Complexity: Why Payroll Software & HR Support Matter
The Growing Challenge of Local & Industry Minimum Wage Ordinances As the labor landscape continues to evolve, employers face increasing complexity in setting wages correctly. Beyond state and federal thresholds, local and industry-specific ordinances are...
The Hidden Costs of Payroll Tax Errors—and How To Prevent Them
In a typical year, the federal government brings in around $1.3 trillion in payroll taxes. These taxes make up 32.5% of federal revenue. As a corporation, you play a key role in making sure these funds reach the federal government throughout the year. Unfortunately,...
Boost Retention and Cut Costs with Better Benefits Management
With the employment rate hovering around 4.2%, finding skilled workers can be a challenge. By offering better benefits, you can entice new hires, reward current workers, and raise your retention rates. However, for your benefits to be successful, you need the right...
From Confused to Confident: A Beginner’s Guide to Employee Benefits
From achieving a positive work-life balance to getting high-quality healthcare, there are many potential benefits workers look for when they’re searching for a job. As an employer, offering these benefits helps you stand out to potential applicants. It can also boost...
How Smarter Benefits Administration Saves You Time and Money
When you run a business, you can’t afford to waste your labor and software spending on unproductive activities. Smarter benefits administration can reduce how much you spend setting up and administering benefits programs at your company. Through benefits software and...
Best Practices for Incorporating Mentoring Into Your Growing Business
Is your small business actively mentoring new hires and freshly promoted workers? If not, you could be missing out on an important employee development tool. By adopting mentorship programs in the workplace, you can welcome new mentees, provide useful feedback, and...
The Benefits and Drawbacks To Using CalSavers for Your Small Business
In California, any business with five or more employees must offer a retirement plan. On December 31, 2025, this will change to any business that has at least one worker. If your company doesn’t have an existing retirement plan, California has set up CalSavers as an...
How AI Can Support Job Postings
While it is unlikely that AI will end up supplanting human workers on a broad scale in the near future, it has the capacity to reshape day-to-day activities in workplaces throughout the world. Your HR department can save time and become more effective at reaching out...
What Are the ACA Reporting Requirements for Employers?
After the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted in 2010, it quickly transformed the insurance requirements companies had to meet. Because of ACA requirements for employers, medium and large organizations are now required to offer health insurance. In addition, many...
How To Perform Wage-and-Hour Audits
With a wage-and-hour audit, you can ensure your company is in legal compliance. During a full wage-and-hour audit, you’ll look at your company’s employee classifications, overtime pay, minimum wage, and compliance history. While the U.S. Department of Labor handles...
HR Compliance Update | March 12, 2025
FEDERAL UPDATES OFCCP Workforce Reduction – Reports of a memorandum from OFCCP’s acting director suggest that the agency will lay off 90% of its workforce and reduce its offices from 55 to 4. It intends to retain a limited number of staff to review contractors for...
Benefits Administration 101: What Every Employer Should Know
Today, one out of six employees reports staying in their current position entirely for their health benefits. This trend is particularly pronounced among workers who earn $48,000. For employers, this type of statistic demonstrates an important point. Workers want...
What Are the Overtime Laws in Each State?
No matter which state you are in, you must follow federal overtime laws. However, many states have overtime regulations that are stricter than the federal rules. Because there are costly penalties for violating these regulations, it’s important to become aware of the...
From Startup to Mid-Size: How Benefits Strategy Evolves With Your Business
Thanks to the ongoing battle for talented workers, it pays to be strategic about your company’s benefits plan. As you move from zero to IPO, a comprehensive benefits plan will help you attract top talent and retain your best workers. A good plan helps you increase...
How Outsourced HR Consulting Helped One Business Owner Maximize Their Company Sale
Selling a business is a major milestone—and often, it’s the behind-the-scenes work that makes or breaks a deal. One savvy business owner knew this and brought in an outsourced HR Consultant from Asure to help ensure a smooth, compliant, and attractive transition for...
How Does Employment Eligibility Verification Work?
Through employment eligibility verification forms, you can ensure your company is legally compliant and make accurate hiring decisions. While every business is required to complete Form I-9 for each worker, how it is used and turned in can vary. Some states have...
How To Improve Retention Rates Among Remote Workers
While offering remote work is attractive to employees, it carries its own unique challenges as well. With in-person workers, you can easily demonstrate employee recognition, provide training, support career development, and increase engagement. To boost remote...
Seasonal Hiring: What Growing Businesses Need to Know
Why Seasonal Hiring Matters For many businesses, seasonal hiring is essential to keep up with increased demand during peak periods. Whether it’s retail gearing up for the holidays, tax firms preparing for tax season, or hospitality businesses ramping up for summer,...
Best Practices for Incorporating Mobile Job Applications at Your Small Business
Today, there are more than 4.6 billion smartphone users on the planet. Considering the world has a population of 8 billion, this means that a majority of adults have a smartphone. As a small business, the prevalence of mobile devices matters because it impacts how you...
Questions To Ask During Exit Interviews
If you want to retain top talent, you need to implement exit interviews. In an exit interview, you can collect valuable data about why workers are leaving your company. Then, you can use this information to improve your company’s retention rates, productivity, and...
Guide to Employer Requirements for Tipped Workers
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), there are specific requirements for minimum wages and overtime. As an employer, you must pay tipped workers a minimum wage. Because of the nature of tips, you also have special obligations when it comes to recordkeeping. If...
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