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Compensation & Benefits

Employee benefits are key to engaging with Generation Z

04/23/2025
Attracting and retaining top talent has never been more challenging. A critical component of maintaining a skilled workforce is appealing to the newest generation entering the job market: Generation Z.

DEI in the crosshairs: Review hiring incentives to ensure they’re not based on quotas

04/21/2025
If you pay managers or executives more for achieving diversity, equity and inclusion goals, you might attract the attention of EEOC lawyers intent on curtailing DEI initiatives—and you could find yourself the target of a lawsuit.

Offer financial wellness benefits to help employees weather economic turbulence

04/21/2025
With economic jitters increasing, now might be the time to begin offering financial wellness benefits to help employees learn how to manage their money, set budgets and start setting aside savings.

In the Payroll Mailbag: May ’25

04/16/2025
Time-honored though it may be, the company picnic can raise a host of payroll questions.

Payroll pro or con: Paying per diems or actual expenses

04/16/2025
When companies look to trim costs, travel budgets are an easy target. Not all travel is essential—video meetings can suffice. But for essential travel, you can present the C-suite with some choices before the axe falls.

Throw a bucket of ice water on summer payroll problems

04/16/2025
Regardless of whether employees work in the office or remotely, the one thing they’re all thinking about now is vacations and long weekends. As you gear up for employees’ summer vacation requests, remember the Fair Labor Standards Act has a lot to say about working hours and calculating overtime when employees take a day off during the week.

Happy campers, happier parents

04/16/2025
Employees looking for a place to park their preteens during the summer should consider day camp.

Summer or simmer?

04/16/2025
Nothing upsets your well-oiled Payroll machine more than the influx of summer hires and their paperwork. Instead of simmering under the collar, use these tips to tame the summer hiring process.

Direct deposit is so yesterday. And that’s just fine

04/16/2025
Direct deposit is well over 40 years old. In tech terms, it’s a dinosaur. It keeps motoring on because it remains the safest and fastest way to pay employees. But old processes must confront new challenges: new entrants in the pay market, hacking, mistakes and state laws allowing employees to opt out and receive paper checks.

How to employ your kids and stay out of prison this summer

04/16/2025
Paying his kids from a corporate account for doing no work and then deducting those payments as salary expenses were among the charges that landed a business owner in prison for tax evasion.