PayPlus is pleased to announce the launch of a new Employee Workforce Management product that will make your life as a business owner so much easier. Eliminate onboarding paperwork for new employees. Employees enter their details themselves (everything on the New Hire form!), plus I-9, W4, etc. and their information is automatically loaded into the payroll [...]
Several new updates are coming to E-Verify to make it easier to use for Payroll pros. For starters, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) just launched everify.gov, a brand-new website where companies can sign up for E-Verify or access existing accounts. Additional changes Future updates will streamline the case creation process in [...]
Dian Ponto, payroll manager, Resort Asset Management LLC, Ludlow, VT writes: We dealt with an influx of seasonal workers every year, which made payroll extremely hectic. Between entering their info into our system and making sure they were paid on time, it was tough to juggle it all. Plus, with [...]
IRS definition of ‘first date of employment’ The wait is finally over! The IRS has just issued its new Form W-4 in response to the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Here’s a rundown of what Payroll needs to know. Changes to boxes For starters, you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A new study shows huge increase in lies on job applications. By J.T. O'Donnell Founder and CEO, WorkItDaily.com@jtodonnell According to HireRight's 2017 employment screening benchmark report, 85 percent of employers caught applicants fibbing on their résumés or applications, up from just 66 percent five years ago. Given we have the lowest unemployment rate in a decade, [...]
Court says how info is acquired can determine accountability It’s time of year again: Some Payroll pros are getting peppered with returned W-2s that are marked undeliverable. That’s despite all of your hard work in making sure you got the correct address the first time around. And all those W-2s that are [...]
Successful pilot program expected to be widely adopted Some employers may be hearing from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) about potential problems with new hire reporting. That's because OCSE plans to expand a pilot program to increase compliance with new hire reporting. Under the pilot program, the OCSE sent letters to employers who [...]
