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Compensation & Benefits

PWFA: Routinely grant requests for leave to attend pregnancy-related appointments

10/16/2024
EEOC rules implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act say employers should routinely grant pregnant employees’ requests for time off to attend pregnancy-related medical appointments. It’s so clear-cut that one employer just quickly agreed to settle when the EEOC threatened to file a failure-to-accommodate lawsuit under the PWFA.

GLP-1 benefits coverage lags behind clinical eligibility

10/16/2024
About 42% of adults could be clinically eligible for GLP-1 medications that treat diabetes and obesity, but only 3% of those with employer-provided health insurance have a prescription for the drugs.

In the Payroll Mailbag: November ’24

10/16/2024
Is Login.gov portable? … Does IRIS confirm name/TIN matches?

Holiday bonuses: Great for everyone’s morale but yours

10/16/2024
Some companies may be tightening their belts a bit, but holiday bonuses are still the traditional way for companies to recognize employees’ performance for the year. Though employees usually receive their bonuses in December, Payroll must begin planning for them now.

Let the festivities begin

10/16/2024
We’re talking about year-end, not Thanksgiving. Instead of stuffing (no pun intended) year-end duties into December, you’ll lighten your load considerably by completing some key tasks now.

Never mind the myths—know the facts about Form 1099-NEC

10/16/2024
Completing Forms W-2, getting them into employees’ hands and e-filing with the Social Security Administration by Jan. 31, 2025, is challenging enough. Your stress compounds exponentially if, in addition, you handle Forms 1099-NEC for the company’s independent contractors. Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming 1099-filing season.

‘Anyway’ is an adverb, not a category of business expenses

10/16/2024
“Anyway expenses” aren’t a category of deductible business expenses. A business owner who billed himself as a tax expert peddling these “anyway expenses” and other dubious tax-avoidance strategies met his match when the Tax Court disallowed the vast majority of his expenses.

Benefits: Ease young workers’ financial stress

10/15/2024
According to a recent survey conducted by PNC Bank, three in five U.S. workers say they are living paycheck to paycheck. The feeling that they’re skating on financially thin ice is most prevalent among the youngest employees—members of Gen Z and millennials.

Time off to vote? It may be required in your state

10/15/2024
There is no federal law that requires employers to provide voting leave. Whether you provide paid time off depends on your policies and whether you are in a jurisdiction that requires it.

Social Security wage base increases to $176,100 in 2025

10/10/2024
The 2025 taxable wage base for the Social Security portion of FICA increases to $176,100, the Social Security Administration announced this morning. This is a 4.44% hike over the 2024 wage base of $168,600.