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  Compliance is a moving target. Just when you think you’ve got everything under control, the rules change and the target shifts. How your organization manages compliance risks is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as a leader. Are you ready to provide data and reports if required by a federal or state agency? Or will your organization be subject to penalties and fines? Paycor builds federal, state and local compliance and tax expertise into our platform, which is automatically updated, so our customers never have to worry.
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  How Long to Keep Payroll Records
  Running a business, you know that compliance isn’t just about being compliant—you also need to prove it. You never know when the IRS, the DOL or the EEOC will demand to see your paperwork, which is why it’s so important to retain payroll records. To make things more complicated, each agency has its own rules for which documents you have to keep and for how long. The good news is, you don’t have to buy more filing cabinets. HR software can automatically store everything you need, with the added benefit of simplifying the whole payroll process. Why You Need to Retain Payroll Records At a federal level, you’re keeping payroll records primarily for three agencies: The IRS The Department of Labor (Wage and Hour Division) The EEOC These...
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  Terminating Employee Checklist
  Letting an employee go is never easy—but when it happens, no matter the root cause, companies have to act with professionalism and follow correct procedure. It’s the right thing to do, but it’s also essential for compliance. To help you make sure everything is done by the book, Paycor is providing a checklist of the right actions to take. Download Termination Checklist How to Conduct an Involuntary Termination An involuntary termination can never be taken lightly, and before making the decision official you’ll want to confirm with your legal team or advisors that you’re following the right process. If the termination is the result of poor performance or disciplinary issues, the employee may well have been issued warnings of increasing...
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  PTO Payout Laws By State
  Most companies have formal paid time off policies. Regardless of whether you call it vacation time, sick time, furlough, PTO, PDO or some combination of the above, you should pay attention to states’ laws. This is a hot topic, with so many employees delaying using their accrued time off over the course of the pandemic. Considering the unusual circumstances, many companies have rewritten their PTO policies to allow unused days to rollover into 2021. Does your state require employers to payout PTO? Surrendering your terminated employees’ accrued and unused vacation time isn’t subject to federal law, but it’s important to pay attention to states’ laws since regulation is under their purview. If your company has locations in multiple states,...
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  Webinar: How to Meet 2021 Anti-Harassment Training & Policy Requirements - 1/28 @11AM ET
  This session is eligible for 1 HRCI and 1 SHRM credit.2021 has arrived. Have you trained your employees on anti-harassment requirements?Join our webinar for the latest updates on new and pending anti-harassment legislation and learn best practices for meeting (and exceeding) the mandates within your organization.Topics included are: - New training and policy requirements - Pending legislation - Key deadlines and effective dates for 2021 - How you can meet the mandates in 2021 Speaker: Jill AlbrechtJill Albrecht is a labor and employment law attorney, as well as a compliance subject matter expert. She is also a former shareholder at Littler, the world’s largest labor and employment law firm. Jill regularly conducts anti-harassment and...
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  Employee Reimbursement Form [Template]
  Expense reimbursement—whether you’re making the request or receiving it—is one of those business tasks that nobody likes, but which there’s no way to avoid. Whatever kind of expenses we’re talking, it’s important that there’s an efficient and reliable process in place—or else you’ll face disgruntled employees and compliance headaches. Download Employee Reimbursement Form An Efficient Expense Reimbursement Process is EssentialThere’s many reason an employee might need to claim expenses. These are just some of the categories: Business Travel If employees are required to travel for work, they’ll likely have expenses for accommodation, travel and food costs. Not just for them, either, but perhaps also for clients and customers. Business...
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  Payroll Taxes vs Income Taxes: Everything You Need to Know
  If you’re running a business, you need be an expert on a lot of topics. You need to be an expert seller, an expert marketer, expert coach…and so on. What you don’t really want to be is an expert on payroll taxes. That’s why we highly recommend working with an HR provider who can take this burden off your plate (here’s exactly what we mean by “burden”). Taxes in general can be confusing, and business tax even more so. Here’s a quick refresher on one of the basics: businesses are responsible for withholding both payroll and income taxes. There are no excuses for mixing up these up, so here’s a mini refresher course. Payroll Taxes vs Income Taxes: An Introduction Payroll taxes are paid for by both an employer and an employee, and go toward...
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  Webinar: Compliance Watch Outs for 2021 - 1/5 @2pm ET
  How will new compliance regulations impact businesses in 2021?Join our webinar for answers to some of the most frequent questions heading into 2021. It will include an overview of federal and state withholding updates and discuss trends we are seeing in areas of Tax and ACA compliance.Speaker: Arlene Baker and James SchwantesArlene Baker is a Sr Compliance Analyst with over 40 years of payroll and tax experience. Arlene is a member of the National Payroll Reporting Consortium focusing on IRS compliance. Arlene has been a member of the national and local APA for 25 years and is an active member of the American Payroll Association Hotline and SPLTF Hospitality Industry Subcommittee. She was the recipient of the 2003 Ohio Payroll...
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  Employment at Will Laws by State
  Unlike most nations, the US labor law heavily favors employers. Employment is generally ‘at will’, and can therefore be terminated at any time. There is usually no burden on employers to prove “just cause”—they simply have to avoid discriminatory or illegal action. However, many states do apply important exemptions.To visualize these difference, we’ve created a map detailing at-will employment laws across the US.Here are at-will employment rules by state broken down in a helpful table. State Public Policy Exemption Covenant of Good Faith Implied Contract Exception Alabama No Yes Yes Alaska Yes Yes Yes Arizona Yes Yes Yes Arkansas Yes Yes Yes California Yes Yes Yes Colorado Yes Yes Yes Connecticut Yes Yes Yes Delaware Yes Yes No Florida...
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  Emergency COVID Leave Request Form
  Businesses are working overtime to create safe workplaces, but when a COVID surge hits your community, there’s only so much you can do. Employees may suddenly require time off—to isolate, care for their children or quarantine, if instructed to do so by local authorities.In these cases, employees will qualify for Emergency Sick Leave and Emergency FMLA, as established back in March by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Download COVID-Related Leave Request Form Emergency Leave for COVID The FFCRA applies to companies with 500 employees or fewer, and offers: Extended Paid Sick Leave Two weeks (up to 80 hours) at 100% of regular salary (up to $511 daily and $5,110 total) if an employee is … Quarantined (ordered by...
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  Employee COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Policy Template
  UPDATE DECEMBER 18: This article has been updated in accordance with the latest EEOC guidance.Employers have a responsibility for the health and safety of their employees, but is it their place to enforce mandatory vaccinations? And is that even legal? Every year, employers ask these very questions and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Usually, the answer is “it depends”, but pandemics are different. Safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 have arrived and the EEOC have confirmed that employers can make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for employees, with some restrictions. Now is the time to think about creating an employee vaccination policy—here’s everything you need to know. Download COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Template Can...
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  For our HR & Benefits Technology Partners: The State of American Business in 2021
  Paycor surveyed 2,600 leaders of medium and small businesses (your clients and prospects) to find out what they are thinking at the close of the year and how they’re planning for 2021. Paycor delivers these insights to our broker partners to help you better understand what your clients need from you at this critical moment. Here’s an executive summary of the report. For more, click on the download button at the bottom of the page. Part 1: Benefits A majority of your clients and prospects (86%) are concerned about mental health in the workplace, but nearly half (45%) are “not sure” how benefits can address these concerns. Part 2: The Finance/HR Relationship Roughly 40% of respondents agreed that HR and Finance are working more closely...
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  Webinar: I-9 Compliance: Best Practices to Help Leaders Stay Compliant
  In this 60-minute webinar, immigration attorney Bruce Buchanan, co-author of The I-9 and E-Verify Handbook, will discuss immigration compliance for employers. In light of ongoing government enforcement efforts, employers face real and costly risks if they pay insufficient attention to the performance of their immigration and employment eligibility verification obligations. Topics covered are: - Common I-9 mistakes and how to correct them; - How to conduct a self-audit of your I-9 forms; - Best practices in Immigration Compliance; massive increase in ICE enforcement, through I-9 Audits/Inspections. Speaker: Bruce Buchanan Bruce E. Buchanan is the founding partner at Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC with offices in Nashville and Atlanta, where...
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  What Compliance Means for Your Organization
  Do you spend too much or too little time on compliance? The IRS estimates U.S. businesses spend a collective 2.8 billion hours a year on tax compliance alone. Add in the Department of Labor’s requirements for overtime and minimum wage as well as the Affordable Care Act’s tracking and reporting regulations and you’ve only just scratched the surface of compliance.
  Naturally, being compliant is going to mean something different depending on the industry in which you work. Are you a medical facility who can’t allow licensing to lapse or perhaps a manufacturer with concerns about Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) law? What sort of training do you have in place to prevent employment discrimination and a subsequent EEOC lawsuit?
  The right HR partner can offer your organization expert advice on how to mitigate compliance risk. Learn what potential violations should be on your radar and how to avoid them as well as how to maintain compliance through the employee lifecycle.