Payroll: US

In Canada, one of the first areas of the employment relationship to be regulated was Workers’ Compensation, with the first Workers’ Compensation Boards created during WWI. There are now Workers’ Compensation Boards in every province and territory in Canada, while federally-regulated employers are required to provide wage loss replacement benefits equivalent to the Workers’ Compensation […]

Double Overtime is relevant to your company if any of the following applies, You’re a California, US-based company You’re a British Columbia, Canada based company You have employees who work in either of the above locations If none of the above applies to your business, you don’t have to worry about double overtime. You only […]

If a map of overtime requirements by state is what you’ve always dreamed of, you’ve come to the right place! Scroll below to find your state. If you’d like to learn more about overtime, or see these state requirements in a detailed chart, you should also view: Overtime Payroll Requirements You Need to Know for […]

There are the different types of vacation policies in place at startups that want to build the best company culture. In the face of all these unlimited paid time off possibilities, how should you structure the vacation policy for your own small business or startup?

As with minimum wage, it’s the employer’s responsibility to calculate and provide overtime when it’s due to employees. It also affects the payroll taxes that are calculated each time you run payroll.

A simple and straightforward payroll looks at an employee’s gross annual or hourly pay rate, divides it by the frequency of your payroll and then applies the necessary Federal, State and Local taxes. This final amount is the net income that gets deposited into your employee’s bank account.  Occasionally though, you’ll need to go beyond […]

You have probably heard of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is the first health reform act responsible for the largest middle-class tax cut in history. An Overview of the Affordable Care Act More commonly known by its nickname ObamaCare, the purpose of the ACA is to reform existing healthcare practices by giving consumers more […]

Unless you’re us, or an accountant, you probably don’t get too enthusiastic about payroll topics. Well, today that’s all about to change with our 5 craziest payroll rules of the past! Over the years, employees have been paid in strange ways, and we’ve compiled a list of the craziest ones complete with beer, clay tablets […]

It would be great if the only thing you had to do to register your business with the government was to get your Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) and be done with it. However, to be a payroll-compliant small business, you also need to apply for your State Withholding Identification number as well as your […]

In the 1950s, checks were a really popular payment instrument with about 28 million checks being written daily. But as consumer preferences moved towards electronic payments that allowed them to pay for point-of-sale purchases faster, the popularity of checks started to plummet. According to the recent Direct Deposit and Check Statistics report, released by the […]