Workers' compensation premiums are one of those costs most companies pay without ever really examining. The policy renews, the bill arrives, finance grumbles, everyone moves...Read More
It's late October, and somewhere right now an operations leader is telling HR they need 80 seasonal workers on the floor by the Friday after Thanksgiving. The req was...Read More
A few years ago, pay transparency was a conversation topic. Now it's a posting requirement. A growing list of states and cities require employers to publish salary ranges in...Read More
Every January, the same story plays out in payroll departments across the country. W-2s go out, and within a week the calls start. "My name is spelled wrong." "This isn't my...Read More
It usually starts with an email in September or October. The CFO, or an FP&A analyst working on her behalf, needs labor numbers for next year's budget: headcount by...Read More
There is a special kind of dread that arrives with a 401(k) question. An employee says her deferral looks wrong. The recordkeeper's report does not match the payroll...Read More
You found the perfect candidate. The only catch: she lives in a state where your company has never had an employee. The offer is signed, the start date is three weeks out,...Read More
Every December, the same call comes in. A payroll manager opens the new year's schedule, spots a pay date sitting on a bank holiday, and realizes the whole calendar was...Read More
Nobody thinks about holiday pay in October. Then Thanksgiving week arrives, half the warehouse works the holiday and the other half doesn't, three supervisors interpret the...Read More
