Growth Hacker’s Blog

A business owner’s guide to effective, compliant workforce management

NC FUTA Tax Rate to Decrease for 2015 Tax Year

North Carolina's governor, Pat McCrory, has announced that North Carolina has paid off its federal unemployment insurance debt. As a result, North Carolina will not be a federal credit reduction state in the 2015 tax year. North Carolina employers will pay federal...

Biometrics: The Next Great Workplace Technology

By: Tom Loveland, Global SVP of Product Strategy If you like 007 or Mission Impossible movies like I do, then you’ve seen biometrics at work – at least the Hollywood version of biometrics. Eye scanners, fingerprint readers, and facial-recognition systems are Ethan...

Millennials – Are employers managing this shift taking place?

This year, the “Millennial” generation is projected to surpass the outsized Baby Boom generation as the nation’s largest living generation, according to the population projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau last month. Millennials (whom we define as between...

Air Travel and Productivity

By: Tom Loveland, Global SVP of Product Strategy Before air travel was ever introduced to the masses, it was evident that taking a plane ride was more designed for business than for leisure. In fact, air travel caters, in large part, to business travelers who need to...

Juggling Multiple Summer Vacation Requests

You want to support employees by providing the opportunity for work/life harmony, but you also have customers to service and a business to run. Sometimes it is difficult to juggle multiple vacation requests around popular vacation times, especially during the summer...

New and Enhanced Payroll Employee Portal Adds Mobile Access

The Employee Self-Serve website has a new address and a new look. Now called the Payroll Employee Portal, the site allows employees to access their pay information from a computer and their mobile devices! The Payroll Employee Portal allows employees to see their pay...

Spring Cleaning Your Leadership Checklist

In a recent edition of the New York Times, Daniel Goleman summarized his key list of leadership imperatives. There's no breakthrough learnings in Mr. Goleman's list but it serves as a constant reminder of the distinction between managing and leading. Spring...

There’s A New Way to Work – Get Used to It!

By: Steven Rodriguez, Chief Operating Officer There’s a new way to work and I’m not talking about your commute to the office. Actually, when you look at work trends closely, there are several new ways to work.The movements I’m talking about include: Working from home...

Is It Time to Put the Performance Review on a PIP?

Recently, the Society of Human Resources posted the following article which continues the movement towards alternative performance management processes that more realistically reflect the nature of how work is performed and communications around performance are more...

Maximizing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Program at Your Organization

By Joe Karbowski, Global SVP of Technology The term BYOD first emerged in 2009. That’s when Intel first recognized that many of its own employees chose to use their personal mobile phones instead of an IT-approved device. Today, around 60% of U.S. employees say they...

Individual Health Plan Premium Reimbursement Delay

The IRS recently issued a notice that provides transitional relief to small employers who provide reimbursements for their employees to purchase individual health insurance on the marketplace. With that relief, however, the IRS also clarified that the new...

The Internet of Things Designed for Businesses of Today

By: Joe Karbowski, Global SVP of Technology “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” said the Wizard of Oz to Dorothy and her trio of friends when they returned to the Emerald City. The mysterious man behind the curtain comes to mind when I read articles...

Is It Time for Wearable Tech in the Workplace?

By Tom Loveland, Global SVP of Product Strategy In just a few short years, wearable technology has gone from birth, to crawl to run. In fact the first wearable, produced by Jawbone in 2011, just celebrated its fourth birthday. You can see a complete history of...

Reminder: OSHA 300A Forms Must Be Posted by February 1

Have you prepared your OSHA 300A Form to be posted by February 1, 2015 yet? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandates that all employers who are required to maintain the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses post a summary of the...

Independent Contractor (Self-Employed) or Employee?

Independent Contractor (Self-Employed) or Employee?It is critical that business owners correctly determine whether the individuals providing services are employees or independent contractors.Generally, you must withhold income taxes, withhold and pay Social Security...

Did You Know – Workers’ Compensation

To kick off 2015, we are offering a workers’ compensation promotion for all of our clients. If you use TelePay Insurance for your workers’ comp needs, you will receive a 20% discount on your payroll service.Our pay-as-you-go service allows you to pay exact premiums at...

California Mandatory Sick Leave Frequently Asked Questions (Updated)

California Mandatory Sick Leave Frequently Asked Questions (Updated)Back in our February newsletter, we posted a list of frequently asked questions from the state of California’s website about the mandatory sick leave law. Since then, our clients have asked specific...

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