For 11 days every spring, Winston-Salem becomes a hub of cinema, for the region and the world. Thousands converge here, schedules in hand, to watch a diverse array of more than 150 films from around the world and to interact with the producers who made them. ...

What Employers Need To Know About New Parent LOA In – 2018New Parent Leave Of Absence Act: Effective January 1, 2018, employers with 20 to 49 employees are now required to allow qualified employees to take unpaid leave as much as 12 weeks to bond with a new child.To...

How Tax Reform, Wages, and Benefits Costs May Affect Employer-Employee Relationships  Most companies would agree that the global economy improved in 2017, yet many employees still struggle financially—and have been since the financial meltdown of 2009. As we move...

Four ways to bring out the best How can you build a community of collaboration in your organization? It may seem like a daunting task given that recent Gallup numbers show only 32% of U.S. workers are engaged in their work. In fact, workers and experts tend to agree...

Do you know someone who is “married to their job”? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average full-time worker logs 8.56 hours per weekday and 5.48 hours per day on weekends. About half of U.S. workers say they routinely put in 50 or more hours a...

What Employers Need To Know About Reproductive Health RightsUpdate #4: Employment Policies – Reproductive Health Rights Because employees have the right of freedom to make their own reproductive health decisions without interference from their employers, this law is...

What Employers Need To Know About Immigration I-9 Forms – 2018Update #3: What To Do About Immigration I-9 Forms Do not allow any government entity, and specifically DO NOT ALLOW the Customs & Immigration Service, or U.S. Homeland Security to obtain or review your...

Adapt your organization to this new challenge for recruiting For many employers, a standard part of the recruiting process has been to attempt to determine how much a prospective job candidate currently earns before deciding on a salary offer. The most common way to...

Employers TelePayroll Can Help You Prepare For New California HR Employment Laws2018 brought in numerous new laws that every California employer must understand and implement. These laws are not optional and must be followed to avoid costly penalties or potential...

New Tax Proposal Exempts Small Businesses From Some ACA RulesThe White House is proposing changes that would allow millions of small businesses and the self-employed to buy health-insurance plans that don’t comply with all ACA requirements through regulatory...

Make adjustments now for these tax code changes Another year has come and gone. As we bid farewell to 2017, payroll administrators need to consider several new changes for 2018. To reduce your risk of noncompliance penalties, stay informed of updates that may occur...

Give Your Employees Room to Move and Socialize You’ve probably heard the mantra, “sitting is the new smoking,” and all the negative consequences that come with being deskbound for 8 hours every day at work. According to the American Heart Association, long periods of...

A Holistic Approach to Employee Well-Being As the holidays approach and everyone is making their New Year’s resolutions about losing weight, taking exercise and quitting unhealthy habits like smoking. For human resources executives, keeping these resolutions may do...

ACA QUANDARY: REPEAL OR PROP UP?Big Issues to Watch: How will the national budget reconciliation be treated – will it go back to the existing law or move on to welfare reform & will they use it for both, or nothing?More Review Over the 340-B Program. A judge last...

Will A New ACA Finally Emerge in 2018?The sweeping 2018 tax bill approved on Wednesday, December 20th, will repeal the individual mandate in 2019, which could potentially take millions of people out of the health insurance market. It also eliminates some existing...