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How On-Demand Pay Helps You Attract and Retain Hourly Workers
In today’s fast-moving labor market, attracting and keeping reliable hourly workers is one of the biggest challenges facing small businesses. Whether you run a restaurant, retail store, warehouse, or healthcare facility, the struggle is the same: high turnover, missed...
How On-Demand Pay Helps You Attract and Retain Hourly Workers
In today’s fast-moving labor market, attracting and keeping reliable hourly workers is one of the biggest challenges facing small businesses. Whether you run a restaurant, retail store, warehouse, or healthcare facility, the struggle is the same: high turnover, missed...
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Harnessing Technology for Payroll Tax Efficiency
Thanks to new developments in automation, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, a revolution is underway in how large employers handle payroll tax management. Learn more now.
How the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Impacts Your Small Business
Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), small businesses are required to provide accommodations for pregnant workers. While these accommodations are only for a temporary period of time, they can legally cover essential job duties. To avoid falling afoul of...
Navigating Small Business Growth: Performance Management for 50+ Employees
When Jack Welch took over as the head of GE in 1981, he instituted a “rank-and-yank” system where employees were ranked against each other. Originally based on the military’s method for identifying officer candidates in World War II, this rank-and-yank system involved...
Payroll Integrations and Deductions: Making the Right Connections
With the right payroll integrations, you can save valuable labor hours and decrease payroll errors. Once your payroll program is integrated into other HR software, you can easily track deductions, garnishments, and pay stubs. If you’re worried about your company’s...
Top 7 HR Steps for Ensuring Growth in the Early Stages of a Business Startup
Whether you just started operations this year or have been slowly growing for several years, there are a few important things you should do to set your business up for long-term success. While HR and payroll practices might not play a major role today, they will...
How Payroll and Tax Software Helps You Improve Accuracy and Remain Compliant
When you implement payroll and tax software, it helps to decrease the hours your employees have to spend on time-consuming tasks. More importantly, it improves your company’s accuracy and regulatory compliance. Instead of devoting your time to handling payroll and tax...
People Management Solutions: What Software Does Your Small Business Need?
Around half of small businesses fail by their fifth year of operations. Fortunately, there are a few important measures you can take to be more efficient and profitable. By deploying your company’s resources in a smarter way, you can save money on labor costs, prevent...
How Small Businesses Can Benefit From Employee Self-Service Tools
Many small businesses don’t realize just how much time is spent on entering data. Each time an employee needs to update their W-4 form or adjust their benefits, an HR employee has to manually change that information. Then, the HR professional has to update the same...
Managing Employee Data: The Benefits of All-in-One-Place People Management Tools
By investing in people management tools, you can simplify your employee management tasks and ensure your data is protected. Depending on your goals, the best people management tools can involve HR, payroll, and tax software programs. When you choose an all-in-one...
The Risks of 1099 Contractors
“A 1099 is happy being a 1099 until the moment they’re not. And the moment they’re not, the burden of proof is on the business owner to prove that they should truly be a 1099.” - Rob Campbell, E-COMP’s vice president of HR compliance, learning, and development in a...
3 Ways To Reduce Workers’ Comp Expenses
Workers’ compensation claims can be incredibly expensive for insurers. At the top end of the spectrum, an amputation can cost an average of $126,033. Even a fracture or dislocation can add up to $62,240. When your workers’ comp claims increase, the insurer passes on...
Understanding PWFA Accommodations: Insights for Employers
“So the goal of this was to put pregnant women in a place where they don't have to decide between economic security or health.” In episode #118 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners' guide to cash, compliance, and the War for...
10 Tips to Ensure HR Compliance at Your Small Business
For your company to do its best, your HR policies must be in compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Unfortunately, this can be challenging for many small businesses. There are just so many different regulations that it can be hard to keep up. When companies...
Best Practices for Setting HR Priorities at Your Small Business
When businesses reach a point where they have 16 to 49 employees, certain compliance laws start to kick in. You need to prepare for additional laws and regulations as early as you can. Additionally, this is a good time to get your organizational culture, employee...
HR Compliance Update | September 24, 2024
FEDERAL UPDATES Exempt Salary Basis: Reminder that the exempt salary basis for executive, administrative, and professional employees will increase again on January 1, to $58,656 ($1,128 per week). It is then expected to increase every three years in July. Legal...
Thrust into HR? A Guide for Small Business Owners and Employees
If you've unexpectedly found yourself managing HR at your small business, you're not alone. Many small business owners or employees take on human resources duties without formal training, and the experience can be overwhelming. You may be responsible for managing...
Controlling Workers’ Comp Costs: Compliance Doesn’t Have to Be Costly
Workers’ compensation is a legal requirement that can quickly add up. If you have more workers’ comp claims, you can end up spending more on workers’ comp than other workplaces in your industry. Fortunately, there are a few important steps you can take to reduce your...
Common Payroll Deductions Explained: A Quick Guide for Employers
Understanding payroll deductions can feel overwhelming, whether you're running a business or simply managing your paycheck. Each pay period, employees see a portion of their earnings withheld for various reasons, and it’s important to know where that money is going....
Unlocking Team Potential with Personality Tests
How Personality Tests Can Boost Team Building and HR Best Practices for Small Businesses In today’s evolving workplace, small businesses are always seeking ways to improve team performance and create cohesive work environments. One emerging HR best practice for team...
HR Benchmark Report: A Look Back to the 8 Chapters Covering the HR Benchmark Report
In episode #117 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners' guide to cash, compliance, and the War for Talent, we look back at the 8 chapters of the HR Benchmark Report that VP of HR Compliance and Learning and Development at Asure...
HR Compliance Update | September 10, 2024
FEDERAL UPDATES Tip credits: A Texas federal appeals court just blocked the DOL’s 2021 80/20 (aka 80/20/30 or 80/20 plus 30) regulation related to tip credits. The rule disallowed tip credits for (i) time spent performing directly supporting work (i.e. rolling...
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