Payroll

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April 17, 2019 

The Importance of New Hire Training

It doesn’t take much work on your part to get a warm body into an empty seat. It does take your attention to keep them there. Give your new hire their best possible shot at staying. Give them the training they need, the way they need it, with ...

Richard Roppa-Roberts

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April 17, 2019 

3 Reasons to Add Payroll to Your Practice

Payroll is often one of the largest expenses for small businesses. In fact, according to the Intuit State of Small Business Cash Flow - Payroll study, nearly half of small business owners who aren’t self-employed estimate 30 percent of their company’s ...

Scott Cytron

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April 16, 2019 

4 Tips to Overcome Hiring Challenges

Recent research shows many organizations are already flexible with their hiring demands. In a Robert Half survey, 84 percent of human resources managers said they are at least somewhat open to hiring and training an employee who doesn't meet the ...

Paul McDonald

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April 15, 2019 

First Date Finances: It’s a New World for Millennials

Overall, most Americans would be uncomfortable discussing money on the first date (67%), where, on average, they would expect to spend $87. Fifty-five percent admit a credit confessional could send a date to the friend zone, including 1 in 6 (17%) who ...

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April 11, 2019 

IRS Highlights Importance of Payroll Tax Compliance

Payroll taxes withheld by employers account for nearly 72 percent of all revenue collected by the IRS, making noncompliance and cheating in this area one of the biggest problems for the nation’s tax system. Payroll taxes are a priority area for the ...

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April 2, 2019 

Small Business Hiring Drops in March, Wages Steady

After remaining relatively flat in January and February, the Small Business Jobs Index declined 0.15 percent to 98.78. However, despite a 0.88 percent slowdown year-over-year, the first calendar quarter of 2019 represents the strongest quarter in the ...

BenefitMall

April 1, 2019 

BenefitMall Introduces Agency Workspace

Agency Workspace is instrumental in streamlining the management of a broker’s BenefitMall book of business. Whether it’s managing their clients, starting or reviewing quotes, setting up enrollments, viewing their commissions or more, brokers instantly ...

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April 1, 2019 

Giving Workers a ‘Voice’ Improves Retention

Giving low-wage workers a “voice” on the job — the ability to communicate concerns to management — is believed to improve employee satisfaction and retention. Now a new paper supports this theory using a field-based, randomized, controlled ...

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March 19, 2019 

Employers: SSN No-Match Letters are Back

Many employers still recall opening a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) informing them that the name or Social Security number (SSN) reported on a recent wage report does not match a name or SSN in the SSA’s records. At times the ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD