Payroll August 7, 2026
Employers Unexpectedly Shed Jobs in July
Nonfarm payrolls decreased 23,000 last month following a combined 103,000 downward revision to the May and June figures, Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed Friday.
July 12, 2017
How to Help Your Clients Comply With Minimum Wage Requirements
In January 2017, 40 states and jurisdictions across the country raised the minimum wage for small businesses. For many of those states, this increase is just the first step in a bigger plan to boost the minimum wage to $15 per hour within the next ...
July 11, 2017
Tech Job Hiring Expected to Rise 5%
Twenty-one percent of CIOs surveyed expect to add members to their teams in the second half of the year; another 64 percent foresee maintaining staff levels by only filling vacant roles. An active hiring environment has intensified ...
July 10, 2017
Where’s Your Firm’s Talent Going?
The accounting industry needs to be proactive in its efforts to recruiting and retaining talent
July 3, 2017
The Happiest Workers in the World are in the U.S., Germany and Netherlands
The report shows the United States, Germany and the Netherlands have the happiest employees among the countries included in the research, ranking 71.8, 71.2 and 69.9, respectively, on a happiness scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being the happiest.
June 28, 2017
Thomson Reuters to Host 19th Annual EBIA Advanced Cafeteria Plans and Benefits Conference
Thomson Reuters will host its 19th annual EBIA Advanced Cafeteria Plans and Benefits Conference on July 12-14, 2017 in La Jolla, CA. The three-day event is designed for benefits professionals to learn about advanced compliance issues for employer ...
June 27, 2017
Are You Responsible for Labor Violations Committed by Companies You Work With?
Do you hire other companies to complete jobs in your workplace? Did you realize that you could be liable for labor violations that the company commits while working there? There are two pending and one recently decided case that will alter how ...
June 27, 2017
June 2017 Payroll Channel
It’s essential for your employees to have time away from work. They need to spend time with their families and follow their interests. And, rested employees will perform better than tired, burned out employees. Your employees value their time, and you ...
June 26, 2017
5 Reasons to Put Your Nanny on Payroll
Paying a nanny off the books, i.e. in cash, can be tempting to both sides of the relationship. Although it is illegal, employers could avoid the hassle of payroll paperwork, and nannies would get to keep their full pay without handing money over to ...
June 26, 2017
Payroll Problems Make Employees Go Job Hunting
Payroll problems may be the fastest way to send top talent to the exits. According to a new survey from The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated, about half of the American workforce (49 percent) will begin searching for a new job after ...
June 16, 2017
U.S. Homeowners Pay More Than $15k to Sell Their Homes, $40K+ In California
More than eight out of 10 home sellers make improvements before listing. While some sellers prefer to complete these projects themselves, those who outsource can expect to spend more than $2,650 nationally to cover staging, carpet cleaning, interior ...
June 15, 2017
More Americans Taking Vacation Days
American workers took an average of 16.8 days of vacation in 2016, according to new research from Project: Time Off, turning the trend line in a positive direction after losing almost a week of vacation time since 2000. The jump, up from 16.2 days in ...
June 15, 2017
Mortgage Payments Out of Reach in Half of Largest U.S. Cities
Buying the typical home listed for sale in more than half of the nation's 35 largest markets will require a greater share of income than the median-valued home required historically, according to a new Zillow® analysisi.