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2017 all-states chart on vacation pay upon termination

06/09/2017
This chart depicts what you must do with an employer’s leftover vacation upon termination.

Feds charge Philadelphia priest with embezzlement

06/07/2017
Monsignor William A. Dombrow faces charges he embezzled more than a half million dollars from the Villa St. Joseph nursing home for retired priests in suburban Philadelphia.

9th Circuit: Equal Pay Act allows past pay as excuse for current pay differences

06/06/2017
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has concluded that employers are free to use past pay as the starting point for a compensation offer as long as they can justify the practice as having a legitimate business purpose. That’s true even if using past pay ends up perpetuating past pay discrimination.

Research: Gender wage gap established early in careers

06/02/2017
The wage gap between men and women is established early in workers’ careers and increases “considerably” in the first 20 years of their working lives, according to new research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

July 2017: Employer’s business tax calendar

05/25/2017
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

In the Payroll Mailbag …

05/25/2017
Gift cards from HR … Fixing three years’ worth of miscalculated benefits

401(k) robo-advisers: Press 1 for investment advice

05/25/2017
It’s becoming increasingly hard to find a human to talk to when you pick up the phone. It was inevitable that automated advisers—called robo-advisers—would seep into the 401(k) arena.

Paying by installments just got more expensive

05/25/2017
If you can’t pay your back payroll taxes all at once, you may enter into an installment agreement with the IRS and pay them off over time. Bad news: The fees for entering into installment agreements have increased precipitously.

One missing comma = $10 million FLSA liability

05/25/2017
The lack of one pesky comma can sure cause a great deal of trouble. A federal appeals court has ruled that Maine’s overtime law, which omits a comma from a list of overtime-exempt activities, meant that employees were entitled to overtime, after all.

‘Gross receipts’ & other items clarified for research credit

05/25/2017
You say you’re a small start-up company that’s eligible for the payroll tax research credit? Not so fast: The IRS has provided interim guidance on how to figure gross receipts for purposes of this credit.