Prior to hiring an employee, it’s important to develop a fundamental understanding of how employees are classified under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Certain conditions must be met in order to classify as exempt or nonexempt, and that dictates whether an employee is eligible to earn overtime, whether their worked time must be tracked,…
A Guide to Exempt vs. Nonexempt Worker Classification Read More
The window of time an employer has to deliver a former employee’s last paycheck is contingent on their state’s laws. Some states have final paycheck laws, while others do not. Some states appoint different time frames depending on whether the employee has quit voluntarily, or was fired. While no federal law requires employers to give former
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Has your company become more of a revolving door for new hires than a productive place of business? If you’re struggling to retain employees, here are some factors that might point to the mystery behind those high turnover rates. Low compensation Everyone needs to start somewhere but depending on the work, the conditions, and the
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While it’s every business’s objective to minimize employee turnover as much as possible, for small businesses, the effort expended in advertising, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and training an employee is a significant investment. It’s estimated that the cost of replacing an employee is one-fifth of a worker’s salary, and that’s not factoring in the productivity losses
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We would like to notify our New York payroll clients of some minor but important payroll changes they might notice on their employees’ pay stubs. Starting July 1, we automatically began deducting 0.126% of each employee’s weekly wage with a maximum deduction of $1.65 per week as the employee contribution for the new New York
Notice of New York City Withholding Tax Changes & New Payroll Deduction Read More
In response to popular demand, we’ve added a new feature that gives you the option of displaying PTO hours and earnings on your employees’ printed pay stubs. Your employees can always conveniently view their pay stubs and PTO balances on the mobile app or within the employee self-service portal online, but if you’re a traditionalist who
New Payroll Feature: PTO Displayed on Employee Pay Stubs Read More
If you have Fingercheck360, you know that hiring is just one aspect of the 360 platform, which is an all-in-one cloud-based platform that integrates Hiring, Employee Onboarding, HR, Time Tracking, Payroll, and Insurance and Benefits. If you’re signed up with our all-in-one platform, our newest feature is the ability to generate your company’s job offer
Fingercheck Now Generates Job Offer Letters! Read More
As our platform grows more robust, we’re adding to the list of accounting software users can set up a general ledger to export their payroll costs too. In addition to QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online, users that operate on Sage 50 (Peachtree) now also have the option to view their complete payroll costs in their company’s
New: General Ledger Integration with Sage 50 (Peachtree) Read More
Do you ever want to pay your employees a take-home pay of a certain amount? You may have a rate you want them to earn, but find that their net pay is significantly lower after taxes and deductions. If you can relate, you’ll enjoy our newest payroll feature, which automatically grosses up your employee’s paycheck
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