Feds said employer violated equal pay act It can pay to double-check employees’ salaries to make sure men and women who do, in large part, the same jobs are paid equally. After all, if you’re not regularly looking at existing employee’s salaries, it can be easy to pay someone a salary that violates [...]
DOL’s $47,476 salary threshold too high The 2016 overtime rule has been stopped in its tracks by a federal judge. That means Payroll no longer has to worry about a sudden, sharp increase in the number of employees needing to be paid time-and-a-half. If you already had this number memorized -- $47,476 – [...]
Preventing identity theft with new data safeguards Cybersecurity and identity theft are key concerns of the IRS, as evidenced by the latest edition of the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee’s (ETAAC) annual report to Congress. This year, as part of its identity theft prevention strategy, ETAAC announced several new security initiatives that’ll [...]
Be prepared to show the overall impact isn’t a negative one There’s a common, and understandable, line of thinking that rounding nonexempt employees’ hours to a set time works because their hours will even out over time. But this practice has come under scrutiny, warned Tammy McCutchen, attorney and former administrator of [...]
Watch which documents you request from new workers By now, most savvy companies know they must treat everyone equally during the hiring process and work-authorization process. But that hasn’t stopped this disturbing trend: The Dept. of Justice (DOJ) has been slapping employers with hefty penalties for not treating U.S. citizens and non-citizens the [...]
