by Shelby Kier | Mar 26, 2020 | News, Payroll
The entire country has been feeling the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the economy has been faced with the most alarming drop in years. Numerous employees have gone without work and employers/business owners have had to close their doors. With the alarming...
by Jackie Clausnitzer, PHR, SHRM-CP, HR Services Partner | Mar 13, 2020 | Compliance, HR Services, Payroll
Employers in 2019 spent $322 million resolving employee back wages claims brought by the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (WHD). In the last five years, the WHD recovered more than $1.4 billion in back wages for employees. With numbers like those, it...
by Shelby Kier | Jul 26, 2019 | Compliance, Payroll, Time & Attendance
Retaining an engaged, happy workforce is important for businesses, especially in these times of low unemployment. Among the perks that employees want are leave policies that allow them to take time off to recharge or for personal, medical, or family reasons. It’s your...
by Shelby Kier | May 3, 2019 | Payroll, Time & Attendance
An estimated 200 million vacation days are forfeited by American workers each year, resulting in more than $66 billion in lost benefits, according to the U.S. Travel Association. While it may seem like that sacrifice is good for your company’s bottom line, the issue...
by Shelby Kier | Aug 10, 2018 | HR Services, Payroll
Minimum wage requirements are constantly changing, leaving you vulnerable to costly and time-consuming lawsuits and investigations into wage practices. To make things worse, wage and hour claims have increased over the years due to better informed employees,...