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Unpaid overtime is illegal. There’s no way around it. Companies that break overtime laws pay huge sums of cash in unpaid overtime benefits and civil or criminal penalties. Mistakes can happen when calculating overtime, but […]

Overtime is a legal requirement for employers to pay certain employees. In addition to making sure you pay your employees properly, companies should also take steps to align their overtime policies with employee needs while

If you stop paying attention to overtime at your company, you’ll probably end up with some bad results—like employee burnout from working excessive hours, unauthorized overtime, and surprise spikes in labor costs that quickly boot

Yes, free payroll software exists. Businesses use it every year. But we don’t recommend using free payroll software if you can avoid it.  Free payroll software usually offers only the most basic functionalities. This might

Gross pay is the amount of money your employees make before anything is taken out for taxes, health insurance, and retirement. Net pay is what’s left over.  When it comes to budgeting, which one should

Your employees deserve to get paid quickly and reliably so they can use their money when they need it.  Considering that, offering your employees payroll cards as a mode of payment seems to make perfect

Yes, both separation pay and severance pay are legally binding once employees have signed an agreement and taken their pay.  These types of payments are a way for employers to help employees transition to a

Once you have employees on your team, you can’t simply pay them whenever you want as long as they get paid. When you pay your employees matters as much as the amount you pay them.

So you’ve hired a nanny, housekeeper, or landscaper to perform regular services for your household. There’s no need to put them on a payroll because you don’t have a business, right? Wrong. According to the

Payroll is a risky business. Think about it: when you run payroll, you pay out thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars to your employees. There are lots of payroll laws to follow—and plenty