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Why S Corp Owners Need Professional Payroll Services
Becoming an S corp provides you with added liability protection and advantageous tax benefits. However, these advantages come with certain requirements. Besides compliance rules about domestic ownership and share maximums, you must also make sure to pay yourself a...
Why S Corp Owners Need Professional Payroll Services
Becoming an S corp provides you with added liability protection and advantageous tax benefits. However, these advantages come with certain requirements. Besides compliance rules about domestic ownership and share maximums, you must also make sure to pay yourself a...
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U.S. Supreme Court Makes Clear There Is No Heightened Standard for Employers to Establish an FLSA Exemption Applies
By Justin R. Barnes & Jeffrey W. Brecher, Jackson Lewis Attorneys at Law Employers do not have to meet a heightened standard of proof to establish that an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...
DOMA Ruling Will Change FMLA Administration
7/2/2013 by Allen Smith Coordination of state leave-law requirements with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has never been a piece of cake, and it’s just gotten harder after the Supreme Court’s June 26, 2013, ruling that struck down the Defense of...
What Employers Need to Know About the Additional Medicare Tax
With the implementation of the Additional Medicare Tax in 2013, employers need to be aware of how the tax is calculated, paid and reported. Now that we have entered the second half of the calendar year, more and more employees will reach the threshold set by the...
Health Care Law’s Employer Mandate Delayed Until January 2015
7/3/2013 By Stephen Miller, CEBS The Obama administration caught the U.S. business community by surprise when it announced a one-year delay, until Jan. 1, 2015, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandate that employers with 50 or more...
An Example of Savers Admin’s Superior Customer Service
An employee takes time to share an example of his positive experiences with Savers Admin with his employer: "See email below--just wanted to pass along a great act of customer service from Savers that obviously I wouldn't have caught in the midst of trying to get this...
E-Verify Update
July 1, 2013 marks the last effective date in NC’s E-Verify legislation. All employers with 25 or more employees will be required to use E-Verify to check work authorization for all new hires. What is E-Verify? E-Verify is a federal, internet-based program...
Sexual Harassment – Quick Refresh
Since we get quite a few calls on this subject, we thought it would be worthwhile to share the following as a quick refresh?Sexual harassment is, by definition, a type of discrimination which includes gender-based harassment, bullying, or coercion of a sexual nature. ...
Healthcare Reform – Notice of Exchanges
Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies: Deadline Published Employers have an important and far-reaching compliance deadline on the horizon. Virtually all organizations, regardless of size, are required to distribute a Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies to each employee...
Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill
Senate Passes Immigration Reform Bill; Now Heads to the U.S. House of Representatives SHRM UPDATE On Thursday, (June 27, 2013), by a vote of 68-to-32 the Senate passed its immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration...
Q&A – Non-Discretionary Bonuses – include them in OT?
Non-Discretionary Bonuses for OT Q: I heard that we have to include overtime in our bonuses payments for nonexempt employees. Is this true?A: Yes, this is true if the bonus is a non-discretionary bonus in accordance with the federal definition contained in the Fair...
Healthcare Reform Notices Now Available
Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies: The US Department of Labor has released its Model Notices for an important, upcoming employer Health Care Reform requirement. Virtually all employers, regardless of size, are required to distribute a Notice of Exchanges and Subsidies...
Healthcare Reform Delayed a Year for Small Business
Small-business employees will have to wait a year before they can choose their own medical plans after the Obama administration delayed a part of the 2010 U.S. health-care law intended to provide them with coverage options.Starting in 2014, workers at companies with...
Choosing a Background Check Company
Do you know if your background check provider is presenting you quality information? Incomplete or inaccurate background checks may result in hiring someone who poses a risk or potential liability. On the other hand, incorrect data may result in not making an...
Is it Vacation or Paid Time Off?
Traditionally, employers offered separate paid time off benefits to employees, such as paid vacation, sick leave and personal days. However, in the past decade, many companies have moved to a more flexible Paid Time Off or “PTO” benefit that incorporates all policies...
USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9
As a reminder, in early March 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the United States....
OSHA Summary Posting
We have almost reached the end of the 2013 OSHA Summary Posting Period. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires certain employers to post the OSHA Form 300A in a conspicuous workplace location from February 1, 2013 through April 30, 2013....
IRS Tax Filing Deadline
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax return filing deadline is April 15, 2013 for 2012 tax forms.
Spotlight on Small Businesses: Small Business Center of Forsyth Tech
Forsyth Tech Small Business Center. Where dreams become realities. Starting and operating a small business is hard work. Forsyth Tech, through its Small Business Centers in Forsyth and Stokes counties provides: Confidential one-on-one counseling Small...
The Affordable Care Act Roadmap
We began our series of posts on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its effect on employers of all sizes with an overview of how penalties will be determined for employers who do not offer “affordable coverage”(see EMPLOYER...
USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9
Revisions include new user-friendly instructions for completing Form I-9WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for...
New I-9 Form
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a revision of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, effective March 8, 2013. New form: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf The new I-9 form, now two pages long, has new data...
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