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Compensation & Benefits

December 2016: Employer’s business tax calendar

10/31/2016
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

No workers: Still need workers’ comp coverage?

10/27/2016
Q. My wife and I run our own business. Are we required to obtain workers’ compensation coverage even though we have no employees?

Must we continue health insurance when employees are out of work on leave?

10/27/2016
Q. Is our business required to continue to offer health benefits to our employees while they are out on family leave?

New OT rules: Determine how bonuses fit into regular rates of pay

10/27/2016
How you set up bonus programs can have a big impact on your overtime budget.

Health premiums up just 3%, deductibles soar

10/25/2016
Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose an average of 3% to $18,142 this year.

No changes to reporting health benefits on W-2s

10/19/2016
If you filed at least 250 W-2s for 2015, you must report the aggregate cost of employees’ health benefits on their 2016 W-2s in Box 12 with Code DD.

Better pay, schedules may boost business

10/18/2016
Need help persuading management that raising wages, providing steady schedules and offering training that may lead to promotions will benefit your organization?

Plan now for 2016 ACA information reporting

10/18/2016
The IRS has released final Affordable Care Act information reporting forms—Forms 1095-C, 1094-C and 1095-B—for 2016 information reporting purposes.

In the Payroll Mailbag …

10/18/2016
Two employees, same name … Withholding for employees who have met their tax liability

EEOC tries once more to collect payroll data on EEO-1 form

10/18/2016
The EEOC’s second attempt to collect W-2 data on the EEO-1 form seems more payroll-friendly, as it relies on W-2, Box 1 data exclusively.