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Tab on $147 in unclaimed wages: Almost $1.4 million

04/06/2015
Delaware is attempting to collect almost $1.4 million from a Tennessee company that failed to properly direct a single unclaimed paycheck worth all of $147 into the state coffers.

Time to get to work on health care reporting forms

04/03/2015
All large employers, even those that offer no health insurance and those that are eligible for transition relief this year, can begin to collect the information needed to complete Forms 1095-C/1094-C.

Consider adding credit union to benefit roster

04/02/2015
A credit union in New York City has begun an aggressive push to improve the fiscal well-being of workers whose employers offer credit union membership as an employee benefit.

April 2015: Employer’s business tax calendar

03/31/2015
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Timely filing requires a USPS stamp of approval

03/27/2015
Why trudge down to the post office for stamps, lease a pricey postage machine or use a private delivery service like FedEx, when you can get the same postage by downloading software to your computer? There is a difference, according to the Tax Court, which ruled that a petition mailed with downloaded postage wasn’t timely filed.

DOL issues standards for locating missing employees

03/25/2015

The IRS and the Social Security Administration used to have letter forwarding services you could use to find employees who terminated with unclaimed wages or money in their 401(k) or other retirement accounts. Bowing to new technologies, both agencies discontinued their services. The Department of Labor has now specified the reasonable steps you must take to find missing 401(k) plan participants.

What goes in a proper wage statement?

03/23/2015
Q. During the last pay period, after my California employees received their paychecks, a few of them asked me where the wage statement was. What information am I required to include in this statement?

What ‘notice-of-pay’ must new hires receive?

03/23/2015
Q. I recently hired new warehouse employees. Is there any information regarding their wage payment that I must present to them?

Are Skyped meetings compensable?

03/19/2015
Q: Department managers conduct monthly meetings in person and via Skype for employees who are off, so they don’t have to come in and attend the meetings. Must we pay a minimum amount of hours?

Chart: Health care information reporting

03/18/2015
Make sure your health care information reporting duties are covered with this handy chart.