COVID-19

What Is the Risk of Delaying A Start Date Due to Covid?

We recently hired an older individual whose start date is next Monday, but I would like to push back their start date because we’ve just had an employee test positive for COVID-19. Would this be allowed? We will be testing everyone in the workplace, but...

29 October, 2020

Payroll Tax Deferral Guidance Issued by Treasury, IRS

The Department of the Treasury, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service released guidance on the payroll tax deferral executive order from President Trump last Friday. What We Know In layman's terms, this new guidance defines the following: It allows employers to defer the withholding, deposit, and...

31 August, 2020

Working at Home – the New Reality

Before the pandemic, about half of American workers were working from home — more than double the fraction who worked from home at least occasionally in 2017-18. While some jobs just can't be done at home, the pandemic accelerated the trend to telecommuting, and the...

24 August, 2020

Payroll Tax Deferral Update

To our esteemed Clients, Payroll Partners is monitoring the rapidly changing situation related to the executive actions taken by President Donald Trump over the weekend and their effects on your employer and employee responsibilities. In question are the following actions the President signed off on this past...

10 August, 2020

Six Tips for Managing Stress in the Workplace

We’re all supposed to feel stress from time to time. It’s the way the body responds to demands and dangers. A stressful event triggers the release of hormones. These hormones, according to Psychology Today, “increase heartbeat and the circulation of blood to support quick action, mobilize fat and sugar...

03 August, 2020

COVID-19 Updates For Current and Prospective Clients

We’re committed to not only delivering trusted and valuable service and expertise to you and your employees, but also to providing insight into relevant trends to help you better understand your employees and the marketplace. Since the pandemic began in March, Mammoth HR, our HR partner,...

31 July, 2020

Texas Employers will be protected from chargebacks if workers are separated from their job due to COVID-19

Texas Employers will be protected from unemployment chargebacks if workers are separated from their job due to COVID-19. Please provide this required information to your workers at the time of any separation: Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits are available to workers who are unemployed and who meet...

30 July, 2020

5 Ways the COVID-19 Crisis Will Transform HR’s Role

Human Resources is at the front lines of employers’ response to the COVID-19 crisis. The crisis is forcing almost every business to immediately develop, adapt or improve remote work policies and procedures. As HR pros struggle to keep employees safe and informed, it helps to think about what...

28 July, 2020

From The HR Support Center: What do we do if an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19?

First, notify other employees of potential exposure to COVID-19, if any, in the workplace. You should tell them that someone was diagnosed with the illness, but you should not identify which employee is sick, even if employees ask so they can gauge their own risk....

16 July, 2020

From the HR Support Center: How You Can Support the Mental Health of Your Employees During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health. People have experienced financial hardship, additional challenges with childcare and school cancellations, job loss, reduced hours, sickness, and grief. The future is uncertain, and the present is extra stressful. And to make matters worse,...

13 July, 2020