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From the HR Support Center: What You Need to Know Before Disciplining or Terminating an Employee

The prospect of corrective action or termination makes a lot of managers nervous. That’s understandable. For employees, being disciplined or losing their job can be anything from moderately embarrassing to financially devastating, but it’s rarely a happy occasion. For the employers, these actions always come...

13 May, 2019

Claiming the Housing Allowance During Interim Ministry

Churches normally hire an interim minister for the time between the departure of a pastor and the calling of a new pastor or a “sabbatical interim pastor” when a pastor is granted sabbatical leave. Full-time, interim ministers are usually paid on the same scale as...

09 May, 2019

Make Sure Employees Are Eligible to Work in the United States

Under the Immigration Reform and Control Act, employers are required to examine certain documents, such as drivers' licenses, when they hire new employees. They must then record the information on I-9 forms and keep the documents for a specified period of time. Responsibilities By law, employers must...

08 May, 2019

9 Advantages Of Automated Time Tracking

As a manager, you need to optimize your workforce. Optimization means saving money, and increased profitability. Automated time and attendance tracking offers advantages every manager could use. Here are our top nine: 1. Real Time Reports It's pretty nice to have all the answers at your fingertips....

07 May, 2019

From the HR Support Center: If an employee comes to work sick, can we legally send them home?

Yes. You can absolutely send a sick employee home, but you’ll want to make sure you’re doing so consistently for visibly-ill employees. In fact, we would recommend having a policy to that effect and clearly communicating that policy to your employees. That way sick employees...

06 May, 2019

Flat Dollar Reimbursements Considered Taxable by the IRS

Employees often use their personal cell phones for church business. The church requires that they submit monthly expense reports and they’re reimbursed through an accountable plan. The church board wants to ditch the paperwork and just pay flat-dollar allowances to employees every month. Would that be...

02 May, 2019

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