Recent government reports found that a high percentage of workplace injuries and illnesses are not being reported by employers. This reporting has prompted the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) to launch an enforcement initiative focused on identifying employers who underreport workplace injuries and illnesses. OSHA has classified this initiative as a National Emphasis [...]
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Are you familiar with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website? How many hours do you as a Payroll or Human Resource Professional spend searching for the information you need. Researching Federal, State and Local government agencies websites to locate what you need to do your job accurately can be long and tedious. Some sites are [...]
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How do you know which minimum wage rate to use when you pay employees that work in multiple states? Your payroll software program should be in compliance with the Department of Labor (DOL), which states, “Where the Federal and state law have different minimum wage rates, the higher standard applies” and use the appropriate rate [...]
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Does your company offer both a pretax 401k deferral and an after tax Roth IRA deferral to your employees? This can be difficult to handle with the separate taxability’s and the fact that the federal contribution limit for each year (eg. 2010 is $16,500) must be allocated between the two deductions based on each employee’s [...]
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There are several types of time and attendance software badge/card technologies available today. The following are the most common: HOLLERITH – A plastic or paper card that has holes punched in it and is read optically. This is one of the earliest technologies and is mostly used as an encoded room key in hotels. They [...]
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When deciding to back up your HRIS software and other data, you have taken an essential first step in protecting your information assets and, in some cases, the actual survival of your organization. But simply deciding to back up data is not enough to sufficiently protect your organization from the numerous perils that can endanger [...]
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And when was the last time you read the complete OSHA Recordkeeping Handbook from cover to cover? Um hm……I thought so. It may sound daunting, but there are really some quite simple things to remember when you track OSHA incidents. First, if you don’t have over 10 employees, you are not required to keep injury/illness [...]
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How can your Human Resource software help reduce employee injuries? While OSHA has certain requirements that must be met to provide a safe and injury free work environment, they are not always adhered to by employees or there may just be an unforeseen accident. If your HR software application can track all incidents and injuries [...]
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How do you know when to pay for travel time? Everybody knows that you don’t pay an employee for regular travel to and from work, but there are some “gotchas” to be aware of. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Portal-to-Portal Act (FLSA amendment), regular travel from home to work and work [...]
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