Glitch for PTO banks: Constructive receipt

  • May 29, 2017

Before you take the leap into PTOs, two private letter rulings from the IRS may temper your enthusiasm for them by dredging up the dreaded concept of constructive...

10 simple payroll rules HR should know

  • April 05, 2017

As predictably as the sun will rise tomorrow, every April 15 the local news will show people lined up at post offices frantically getting their 1040s in the mail...

Bring Lean methodology into work

  • March 13, 2017

Lean methodology was adapted from the Toyota Pro­duction System and focuses on the elimination of waste within work.

An end-of-year memo from Payroll

  • December 21, 2016

For Payroll, next month will put meaning to the phrase “stupid busy.” So, to avoid the annual onslaught of questions from employees about their W-2s, you...

Worksheet for 2016 Forms W-3/941

  • December 20, 2016

Use this worksheet to reconcile your four quarterly 941s and W-2s, so the amounts you report to the SSA and the IRS match.

How much should you document your workday?

  • December 01, 2016

Question: "I have an admin friend who tells me that I should be documenting every single task I do in my job daily, with special detail given to any sort of small or...

Standardize your documents

  • September 28, 2016

One way to avoid, or minimize, challenges involving shared documents is by creating and using standardized naming conventions.