Author: Robert Hernandez

Payroll Compliance for the Multistate Employer

If your business has only one location, you need to worry about federal law and applicable state and local laws for only that single location. But if you're operating out of multiple states, you must heed federal law plus the rules for all the different...

01 May, 2019

Restaurant Scheduling Best Practices

Welcome to the Payroll Partners blog. Today's post addresses restaurant scheduling best practices. We have helped many restaurant owners improve and simplify their employee scheduling with TimeSimplicity, the leading scheduling system for the hospitality industry. Extend Your Scheduling Forecast If you make schedules available two weeks or...

30 April, 2019

From the HR Support Center: How Do We Increase Employee Retention?

We’ve seen a lot of employee turnover lately. Do you have any tips for increasing retention? Employee retention is one of the most difficult and expensive challenges faced by business owners, managers, and HR departments. Fortunately, the keys to retention are simple and straightforward, though certainly...

29 April, 2019

TimeWorksPlus: How To Approve Time Cards

Time Card Approvals is a feature that allows an employee, supervisor, and/or manager to mark time cards electronically prior to payroll. This can eliminate the cost of printing and storing signed time cards while still ensuring the approval process takes place. This article explains how...

26 April, 2019

Do You Need an Official Designation to Receive a Housing Allowance?

The allowance must be officially designated in advance by the church. The designation should be stated in writing, preferably by resolution of the governing body and/or in an employment contract. In addition, the designation should be recorded in the church budget and payroll records. If the only reference...

25 April, 2019

Mitigating Workplace Injury Risks for Telecommuters

First, the good news. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) generally doesn't cover your employees' home offices. The Department of Labor (DOL) states that home-based workplaces aren't explicitly excluded by OSHA, but the law doesn't hold employers responsible for home offices and won't conduct inspections. An...

24 April, 2019

Cloud-Based Time & Labor Management Review

Today we want to discuss our Time & Labor Management Suite: WorkforceHUB and how it can contribute to the overall success of your business. No matter what industry you are in, you are looking for ways to be more profitable. We are excited about our Time &...

23 April, 2019

From the HR Support Center: Should We Ban Romantic Relationships in the Workplace?

Depending on the nature of the relationship, how you handle workplace romances is mostly up to your organization’s preference or policy. If the employees do not report to one another and are engaged in a mutually consenting relationship, no action may be needed. Some organizations prefer...

22 April, 2019

Advanced HR 2.0 – Assigning a New Hire Employee to Complete their Section of the I-9 Form

Form I-9, officially the Employment Eligibility Verification, is a United States Citizenship and Immigration Services form. Mandated by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, it is used to verify the identity and legal authorization to work of all paid employees in the United States. I-9...

19 April, 2019

Will Outsourcing Save Your Church Money?

When Steve Dawson first started working with churches more than two decades ago, much of the accounting work was still being done by hand. Churches were just starting to use computers for spreadsheets and bookkeeping software. Not everyone was convinced that was a good idea, said...

18 April, 2019