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State, local minimum wages set to increase on July 1

06/24/2022
Be prepared for these changes.

Friday wrap: standard mileage rate, Social Security taxable wage base, more

06/10/2022
Your Friday round-up of payroll-related news

The wage-and-hour risks of rounding time

05/19/2022
The DOL says employers should discourage “major discrepancies” between “clock records and actual hours worked.” In other words, frequent and repeated rounding could call into question the accuracy of an employer’s overall time records. So what’s an employer to do?

Inflation effect: HSA contribution limits to increase in 2023

05/03/2022
The IRS has announced a significant jump in the amount employees can contribute to health savings accounts that are tied to high-deductible health plans. It’s tacit recognition from the federal government that the inflation that has rocked the economy will probably continue well into 2023.

Uh oh, crypto’s creep into your workplace is causing very real concerns

05/02/2022
Working through the intricacies of cryptocompensation, bit by Bitcoin.

Last Friday wrap in March: No more expired List B docs for I-9 purposes, telehealth returns and more

03/25/2022
In which we cover college coaches’ compensation, I-9 forms, telehealth coverage, IRS training and payroll trouble for the foreign service.

Software glitch not enough for penalty abatement

02/16/2022
Nothing is perfect, even tax filing software. Through a programming glitch, it can, for example, fail to file your information returns. Warning: You’re still liable for failure-to-file penalties. One employer must now persuade the Tax Court otherwise.

DOL raises penalties for 2022

02/15/2022
The Department of Labor has announced the 2022 inflation adjustments to penalties for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the FMLA and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

OSHA throws in the towel on the shot mandate, at least for now

01/27/2022
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Jan. 13 ruling, OSHA has withdrawn its vaccinate-or-test emergency temporary standard, but that’s not the end of the story.

Paying with 91,500 pennies draws DOL’s attention—and more charges

01/11/2022
A Georgia business owner is being sued for retaliation after delivering a former employee’s final pay in the form of 91,500 oil-covered pennies dumped in the man’s driveway.