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Compensation & Benefits

Is there any law that prohibits scheduling back-to-back closing and opening shifts in Texas?

05/03/2017
Q. When one of our two store managers goes on vacation, we want the other to cover both opening and closing shifts for a few days. However, this would give her only seven hours of rest between shifts. How much time between shifts must we give employees under Texas law?

Gig economy reshaping benefits expectations

05/03/2017
The rise of the gig economy and changing demographics are creating a cultural mash-up that’s redefining what workers expect from the benefits employers offer.

June 2017: Employer’s business tax calendar

04/26/2017
Here’s your monthly guide to critical payroll due dates.

Regs ease up on employers’ matching 401(k) contributions

04/26/2017
Employees are always vested in the amounts they contribute into their 401(k) plan accounts on a pretax basis. The same isn’t true for employer matching contributions, which means that 401(k) plans must account for forfeitures when employees leave before they become vested.

In the Payroll Mailbag …

04/26/2017
Will this W-2 attract the IRS? … Free legal services as a tax-free fringe benefit

Payroll odds and ends from recent IRS email advice

04/26/2017
The IRS is a prodigious publisher. Here are digests of emails sent between IRS offices.

Federal poverty line safe harbor set for 2019 plan year

04/26/2017
Under the Affordable Care Act’s federal poverty line safe harbor, group health benefits are affordable during the 2019 plan year if employees don’t pay more than $102.63 a month.

Your kids’ summer employment: Yes, you need time sheets

04/26/2017
Even children who work in the family business must have their time recorded on time sheets. What’s more, those time sheets must be credible, if you want to take a salary deduction for the wages you’ll pay your kids this summer.

Minnesota bill would limit municipal minimum wages

04/25/2017
Add Minnesota to the growing list of states where conservative legislators are trying to overturn local ordinances raising the minimum wage.

Snapshot: How satisfied are employees with their benefits?

04/25/2017
Not too many workers are absolutely wild about their benefits packages.