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Harassment Training: What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know to Protect Their Employees
“I'll make it really easy. Everybody has to do it or should do it to protect their company.” In episode #123 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners’ guide to cash, compliance, and the War for Talent, VP of HR Compliance and Learning...
Harassment Training: What Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know to Protect Their Employees
“I'll make it really easy. Everybody has to do it or should do it to protect their company.” In episode #123 of Mission to Grow, the Asure podcast that serves as small business owners’ guide to cash, compliance, and the War for Talent, VP of HR Compliance and Learning...
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10 Best Practices for Building a Recruitment Brand
If you’re struggling to drive traffic from job sites, your recruitment brand may be to blame. As an employer, you aren’t just branding and marketing a product to your customers. You’re also marketing your business to potential applicants. By building the right...
Additional Record-Keeping Regulations Proposed
In April 2011, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is expected to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the “Right to Know under the Fair Labor Standards Act.” The proposed rule would require employers to provide employees with information about their employment...
OSHA Annual Summary Posting Deadline
By February 1, 2011, an employer subject to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping provisions for 300 Logs regarding workplace injuries and illnesses must post its 2010 annual summary (Form 300A).
Changes to Simple Cafeteria Plans
Effective January 1, 2011, certain employers that establish "simple cafeteria plans" are exempt from the Code Section 125 non-discrimination requirements, as well as the non-discrimination requirements applicable to the plans offered through the cafeteria plan.
Social Security Tax Rate Change for 2011
Effective January 1, 2011 the Social Security tax rate was reduced from 6.2% to 4.2% for working individuals. This decrease will replace the Making Work Pay Credit which offered a maximum credit of $400 on tax returns. The new tax benefit will increase an employee's...
2011 IRS Mileage Rate Increase
Effective January 1, 2011, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (including vans, pickups or panel trucks) is 51 cents per mile for business miles driven, 19 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes, and 14 cents per mile driven in service of...
Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC)
Effective November 27, 2010, Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) will phase out. This had initially originated from President Obama when he signed a law extending the EUC program and providing full federal funding for state extended benefits.
New Employment Compliance Inspection Center
On January 20, 2011, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that a new Virginia-based facility will be dedicated to support audits of company employee identification verification “I-9” forms.
Updated Form I-9 Handbook for Employers
Effective January 5, 2011, a new version of the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form I-9) Handbook for Employers was issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
EEOC Final GINA Regulations
Effective December 31, 2010, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 exempts most healthcare providers from being considered “creditors” subject to the Red Flag Rule. The Rule requires financial institutions and creditors to implement programs to identify and...
Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010
Effective December 31, 2010, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 exempts most healthcare providers from being considered “creditors” subject to the Red Flag Rule. The Rule requires financial institutions and creditors to implement programs to identify and...
IRS Requires Employers to Report COBRA or HIPAA Violations
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires that all employers MUST self-report to the IRS on Form 8928 any COBRA or HIPAA violation! Basically employers are required to turn themselves in if a violation occurs. If they do not report there is an additional $1000...
Health Reform
Find out more about Healthcare options available to small employers and individuals as a result of Healthcare Reform through the Health Reform Q&A's and Small Business Tax Credit Examples. Research plans for Small Employers from various carriers as well as find...
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