New IRS per diem rates for 2017-2018 were recently announced, impacting business travelers who incur expenses on the road. The new rates are effective from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 and include rates for transportation industry meals and incidental...
In an effort to help protect individual identities from theft, the IRS has recently proposed permitting truncated Social Security numbers on W-2s. Employers would be voluntarily allowed to use truncated SSNs on the copies of Form W-2 distributed to employees. The...
New York State’s Department of Taxation and Finance released guidance regarding the tax implications of New York Paid Family Leave (PFL), the benefits of which take effect on January 1, 2018. As PFL premiums are funded through employee payroll deductions, the...
We’ve posted a few articles about how the upcoming New York Paid Family Leave (PFL) law will affect employers, but your employees may have many questions about how they can use this new benefit. Our friends at ShelterPoint have put together this handy list of 10...
Employee turnover is expensive—more so than you might think. According to a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, the average cost-per-hire is $4,129. However, the real costs of employee turnover can vary depending on the length of time it takes...
Along with recently passing a new health care bill, the House also passed the Working Families Flexibility Act. The Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek to choose between overtime vs. comp time pay...