For small businesses, navigating employment related laws and regulations has long been a challenge. The COVID-19 outbreak has produced a double whammy for many companies. Many employers are dealing with a loss of revenue combined with increasing employer related costs due to newly expanded rules related to sick leave, paid family leave and expansion of […]
Category Archives: Employment Law
SSA Announces Higher 2020 Wage Cap
In order to fund Social Security benefits for millions of American citizens, employee wages are taxed up to a specified earnings limit, known as the taxable wage cap. The Social Security Administration recently announced changes to the maximum limit on earnings subject to the tax. In October 2019, the SSA announced that the taxable wage […]
New Overtime Rule Coming for Employers
New Overtime rules for employers effective January 1, 2020.
Gig Economy Challenges May Propel Growth of Professional Employer Organizations
Can a PEO help in the “Gig Economy”
New Overtime Rules Proposed – Again
New rules for overtime proposed by US Department of Labor
Contractors for Federal Government Projects – Know the Wage Rules
How a Professional Employer Organization can assist contractors with prevailing wage compliance.
The Gig Economy Shrinks?
A recent US Department of Labor study shows that the percentage of workers in an employer/employee relationship has increased in many industries despite the much discussed rise of the freelance or “gig” economy. According to an article in the June 8, 2018 Wall Street Journal: “The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Thursday […]
Trouble finding skilled workers? Grow your own.
Companies across the USA are having difficulties finding skilled workers especially in manufacturing. Apprenticeship programs are becoming more popular but employers need guidance to do it right. Joining a Professional Employer Organizations – PEO will help.
Certified Professional Employer Organization – CPEO – What’s it all about?
IRS rolls out new certification program for Professional Employer Organizations.
Offering Comp Time to Employees – Considerations for Employers
If passed the US House of Representatives law H.R. 1180 will allow employers to offer workers compensatory time off from work instead of getting paid overtime.
