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California Wildfire Victims Granted Payroll Tax Relief: Updated Deadline for Quarterly Payroll Taxes
The IRS recently announced tax relief for individuals and businesses affected by the devastating wildfires in California. This relief includes extended deadlines for filing various tax forms and making payments, aiming to provide some breathing room for those dealing...
California Wildfire Victims Granted Payroll Tax Relief: Updated Deadline for Quarterly Payroll Taxes
The IRS recently announced tax relief for individuals and businesses affected by the devastating wildfires in California. This relief includes extended deadlines for filing various tax forms and making payments, aiming to provide some breathing room for those dealing...
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Health and Welfare Plans: Recent Topics in Year-End Compliance
by Caitlin M. Britos & Kellie M. Thomas, Jackon Lewis, attorneys at law As we begin the new year, we reflect on the many evolving compliance obligations that health and welfare plan sponsors tackle each year. Although this list is by no means exhaustive, it...
Top 10 Questions to Ask Prospective Payroll Providers
When it comes to payroll solutions, there are plenty of options. Each solution has its own personality. Choosing a solution your business can grow with is a smart approach. While switching payroll services isn’t uncommon, it can be costly in...
COBRA Subsidy in ARPA
The DOL has recently released a webpage full of resources, helpful information, model notices and FAQs related to COBRA Premium Assistance under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) for both workers and families and employers and...
IRS notices dated February 15, 2021 regarding December 31, 2020 Form 940
Have you received an IRS notice dated “February 15, 2021” indicating “Changes to your December 31, 2020 Form 940 - Adjusted Amount Due”?We've recently learned of an error where 940 timely deposits made to the IRS in January for the 2020 period were not properly...
Cybersecurity and the HR Tech Stack
Organizations of all sizes collect and store sensitive, confidential employee data on a daily basis. As the number of cyberattacks on businesses grow, it’s important for human resources leaders to take a closer look at cyber security practices. Additionally, existing...
3 Technologies and 3 Tips for Successful Remote Recruiting
Remote recruiting is gaining traction at organizations of all sizes, and not just because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The move to a digital-first workforce has been in motion for a long time, with high-tech companies leading the charge. The remote revolution...
Compensation Issues for the Remote Workforce
As we continue to examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on work life, let’s take a closer look at compensation issues related to managing a remote workforce. If your business allowed employees to work from home during the pandemic, are you now planning to make...
Pay Equity and 2021 Compensation Planning
Every worker has the right to equal pay for equal work regardless of gender, race, religion, national origin, age, or physical or mental abilities. There have been several laws enacted to protect pay equity at both the state and federal level including the new...
Good Riddance 2020! Get Ready for Payroll Year-End
This year has been tough and many will be glad to ring in the New Year for 2021. There are substantial changes to year-end payroll and tax reporting employers need to know about in order to close the books on the year 2020. As we look back to January, we began the...
Multistate Payroll Tax Compliance Best Practices for Higher Ed
Online learning for higher education is one of the sectors greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been increasing relentlessly already over the past decade, with 6.3 million higher education students taking classes online in 2017, according to...
Startups, Small Bureaus, and CPAs…Oh My!
7 Tips for Starting Your Own Payroll Service BureauHave you been selling payroll services for years and often thought ‘why do I have to sell so many new accounts every month, while the owner collects recurring revenue forever?’...
7 Signs You’ve Outgrown Your Current HR System
Human Resources (HR) tools must grow in tandem with your company. Doing timesheets, taxes, and onboarding manually might make sense when there are just a few employees, but that changes when a few turns into dozens. Controlling costs upfront makes sense. However,...
COBRA Subsidies Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, the President signed the American Rescue Plan Act (the 'Act') which includes continuation coverage premium assistance for certain individuals and their families receiving COBRA due to an involuntary termination of employment or a reduction...
5 Steps to Improving Motivation in Remote Teams
Keeping remote employees motivated and productive requires a different approach. What works to improve motivation for on-site employees often fails in remote settings. While offering benefits in terms of flexibility and access to top talent,...
Monitoring Employees: Ethics and Privacy Considerations for the Hybrid Workforce
In pursuit of growth and higher levels of business performance, business leaders continue to seek new ways to unlock the true potential of their workforce. That’s one reason why the use of employee monitoring technology is on the rise. Even before the...
What Small Businesses Need to Know about the $900 Billion COVID-19 Relief Bill
After months of delays and stalled negotiations, Congress passed the second largest stimulus bill in U.S. history: The Consolidated Appropriations Act. President Trump signed the bill on December 27, 2020. This much-needed and long-awaited pandemic relief package...
Two Ways to Reduce the Cost of Human Capital Administration
The costs of human capital administration and compliance can be significant in businesses of all sizes. Core human capital administration functions include personnel, benefits, payroll, and maintaining compliance with workforce-related rules such as employee...
How to Build Incentive Plans that Motivate Employees
One of the most important functions of HR is to attract and retain productive employees. To succeed, HR must create an effective compensation program that provides fair and equitable pay. Additionally, many organizations establish incentive plans to motivate employees...
IRS Contends with an Unopened Mail Backlog of Unprocessed Tax Returns and Payments
Throughout 2020, the IRS has struggled to keep up with the manual process of opening US postal mail. As the pandemic took hold, the IRS sent workers home. The offices remained shutdown for most of the spring. With no one on site to perform administrative tasks,...
Healing Workplace Political Rifts and Refocusing Your Team
Political discussion in the office has long been a lightning rod issue. In the past, talk about politics and religion was largely avoided in the workplace, but in today’s climate, it’s practically omnipresent. In February 2020, a Gartner survey found that 91% of US...
Election Impacts: How Trump & Biden Differ on Worker Classification Issues
Election Day is just days away—and in many states, the presidential election is already in full swing as millions have cast their ballot via expanded early voting and mail-in programs. There are many issues top of mind for voters this year from COVID-19 response and...
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