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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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I recently sat in on a webinar that focused on Data Breach Violations and how HIPAA and HITECH Data Backup rulings are affecting how risks are managed more and more. The subject matter was particularly directed towards healthcare and insurance professionals, but the basic information certainly applies to payroll and HR professionals and their’ use [...]
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There are 3 common methods for overtime setup and calculation in payroll software processing. Overtime at Time and a half Overtime automatically calculated by the payroll software system FLSA Overtime calculation for multiple rates of pay Overtime at Time and a half calculation is accomplished by setting up a pay type code or earnings code, [...]
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Having both biweekly hourly and semimonthly salaried pay cycles to process can create additional work for the payroll processing department. For discussion we will use these assumptions; hourly employees need to have overtime computed on over 40 hours worked per week and salaried employees are all exempt from overtime. Because of this situation most organizations [...]
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You’ve determined that you need a new payroll software solution. You are out-sourcing your payroll software, human resources software and time and attendance software and are not satisfied with the service that you are getting as well as the lack of control over your payroll software program. So, the solution is to bring the payroll, [...]
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Benefits management can be a nightmare when rate changes occur. Payroll and Human Resources software systems that have benefit rate tables triggered by effective date can transform the nightmare into a walk in the park. Take advantage of rate tables whenever possible by coding your employees’ benefit records to use those rate tables. When rates [...]
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The Making Work Pay provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals and up to $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. The credit is being distributed through reduced withholding. The federal tax tables were reduced for single income tax filers making [...]
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You bought a new payroll software system, now what? One of the best pieces of advice a person can adhere to is to keep an open mind. When a company changes payroll and HR software packages, things are going to change in that package that you did or didn’t have before. Everyone knows that most [...]
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An integrated software system solution for payroll (PR) and Human Resources Management (HRMS) does not necessarily mean the systems share a single database. Often payroll will be a hosted solution and human resources will be local. Obviously the two systems do not share the same database. The two applications are integrated by the downloaded/uploaded files [...]
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