Payroll

Remote I-9 document inspection takes one teeny step toward permanence

08/22/2022

Since the onset of the pandemic, employers have generally been allowed to inspect employees’ Form I-9 documents remotely. ICE would now like to actually write this flexibility into the I-9 regulations. Here’s a preview of what that might look like.

E-Verify returns to pre-COVID rule on SSA mismatch

08/18/2022

During the pandemic, employees were given extra time to resolve discrepancies found in E-Verify between their Social Security numbers and government records. But that flexibility has now ended.

It’s open enrollment: What about mental health benefits?

08/17/2022

Employees have been through a lot over the last couple of years and the strain is showing. More say they want robust mental health benefits, including medical time off. With open enrollment coming, now is a good time to take a look at the mental health benefits your group plan offers.

Friday wrap: The ghosts of pandemic relief rise again, DOL wants to know about long covid and more

07/15/2022

Payroll news you can use, from pandemic relief repayment to long covid—to working for the IRS!

More of your employees can now use Labor Department’s Timesheet App

07/05/2022

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division on June 30 launched an Android-compatible app to help employees track work hours, break time and overtime hours and calculate how much they should be paid.

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.