Payroll

Technology bytes; the FLSA bites harder

02/22/2016

Odds are your company has a website. If you’re thinking of enhancing that website, say, with employee-written blogs, be careful. A federal trial court provided a stark reminder of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s rule that nonexempts can’t volunteer any time to their employers when it ruled that a nonexempt who volunteered to write a company blog can pursue her claim for unpaid overtime.

Title VII and Payroll make uneasy bedfellows

02/22/2016

Just how far does Payroll have to go to accommodate an employee or job applicant’s religious beliefs under Title VII, the federal antidiscrimination law?

Ignore new IRS notices at your peril

02/19/2016

Last fall, the IRS launched a new pilot program, called the Early Interaction Initiative. This initiative is designed to help employers catch up on their payment and reporting responsibilities.

IRS releases a potpourri of ACA guidance

02/17/2016

The IRS has released guidance covering an assortment of issues under the Affordable Care Act, including how certain cafeteria plan flex contributions affect affordability, adjustments to the affordability safe harbors and penalty relief for failing to file correct Forms 1095-C/1094-C or 1095-B/1094-B.

‘Ghosts’ on payroll haunt HR, but not hallways

02/15/2016

Here’s a new worry for employers: “Ghost” employees who receive paychecks and benefits but never actually show up for work.

2015 W-2s cast their last shadows

02/12/2016

Groundhogs scurry back home after they see their shadows. You have no such luxury. Paper W-2s are due to the Social Security Administration by the end of the month; e-filed forms are due by March 31. This checklist applies to e-filers who are using the SSA’s EFW2 filing specs.

In the mailbag this month …

02/05/2016

Payroll’s Super Bowl, also known as year-end, is done. Congratulations. Now it’s time to tackle what’s piled up during the last several months.

Payroll odds and ends: Uniforms and third-party signatures

02/01/2016

The IRS is a prodigious publisher. Here are digests of two Legal Memoranda.

February 2016: Employer’s business tax calendar

01/31/2016

Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Employer not liable for failing to file W-2s/W-3

01/25/2016

An employer that failed to prove it filed its Forms W-2/W-3 with the Social Security Administration was, nevertheless, not liable for a tax penalty for intentionally disregarding the filing requirement. This may be a comfort if you’re filing paper W-2s/W-3, which are due to the SSA by the end of the month.