If you’re thinking about hiring employees, you need a plan for payroll. But with the added expense of wages and benefits, you might not be too keen on the high price tag that comes with outsourcing payroll. Fear not—you can learn how to do payroll yourself.
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April 3, 2025
How to Generate Pay Stubs for Employees
When payday rolls around, employees receive their wages for hours worked. They may also receive a digital or paper pay stub, which breaks down their earnings and payroll deductions. As an employer, you must know how to generate pay stubs.
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April 2, 2025
How Much Does an Employee Cost? Busting Myths With an Infographic
The greatest expense for small business owners is often payroll. Why? Because when you hire employees, you pay more than just their wages—you also pay payroll taxes, benefits contributions, and other miscellaneous expenses. So how much does an employee cost?
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March 31, 2025
Can You Cancel Payroll After You’ve Run It?
You ran payroll … and realized you made a mistake. Great. If you catch the mistake quickly enough, you may be able to void or cancel payroll. But, there are several factors at play.
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March 25, 2025
Employer Student Loan Repayment: Up to $5,250 Tax-free Through December 31, 2025
If you’re looking for a new benefit to offer employees, you might consider employer student loan repayment. The benefit itself isn’t new, but it got a tax-exemption makeover in 2020 thanks to the CARES Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act.
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March 18, 2025
State-mandated Retirement Plans: Don’t Get Tripped up
State-mandated retirement plans are here to nudge (erhm, push) employers into helping employees save for their future. But, all the different rules and regulations can cause you to trip on your way to offering retirement plans.
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March 18, 2025
What Is Time and a Half Pay, and Who Qualifies for It?
If you have nonexempt employees, you have to pay them overtime, or time and a half, for any hours worked over 40 during the workweek. Learn all about time and a half, who qualifies for overtime, and how to calculate time and a half when running payroll.
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March 17, 2025
What Is a Furlough?
When it comes to business, things don’t always go according to plan. At some point, you may find your company struggling to stay afloat financially. And if that time comes, you may need to furlough some workers to avoid drowning. So, what is furlough?
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March 17, 2025
Is Unlimited Paid Time Off Right for Your Business?
Paid time off (PTO) is a benefit employers often offer to their employees. Offering PTO is not federally mandated in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), but there are some state-mandated paid sick leave laws. Many companies simply give employees a few PTO days per year, but employers also have the option to offer unlimited […]
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March 17, 2025
1095-C Form Obligations: Do Employers Have to File Form 1095-C?
Do employers have to offer health insurance? Sometimes. And if you are required to offer health insurance, you need to send a 1095-C form to all full-time employees.
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