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What are the church’s and ministers’ responsibilities concerning the housing allowance?

What is the church's responsibility concerning the housing allowance? Churches should designate a housing allowance in writing before the beginning of a calendar year. Although the IRS has recognized oral designations, they are difficult to prove. The governing board of the church should designate the allowance....

14 February, 2019

The Burden of Payroll Record Maintenance

Paying employees means more than just issuing checks. Your company also needs to keep accurate records for current and past employees for a certain period of time. There are record requirements from both the IRS and the U.S. Department of Labor, which enforces employment rules...

13 February, 2019

Are Your Manual Timesheets Accurate?

Does your business still keep manual timesheets? If so, then this article is for you. In today's post, we are directing our arguments to small business owners who use pen and paper timesheets. Why Paper Time Cards Can Put You at Risk of FLSA Fines How...

12 February, 2019

From the HR Support Center: If business is slow, can we send employees home early?

Yes, you can send employees home early due to a lack of work. Exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (not entitled to overtime) would need to be paid their entire salary for the day. Non-exempt employees (those eligible for overtime) would generally only...

11 February, 2019

Advanced HR 2.0 – Running a Self-Service Setup

Self-Service Setup allows for multiple employees to be given access to Employee Self-Service at the same time. This will create users for all selected employees and attach each user to the Employee Record. Navigate to HR Admin – Employee Actions – Self Service Setup. The...

08 February, 2019

Help Your Church Track Employee Hours More Efficiently

Start saving time and avoid costly errors by automatically calculating total hours worked. Here are five time-saving things your church can do when implementing time sheets or a time clock: Collect employee data faster — There’s nothing more frustrating to a payroll administrator than waiting for, or chasing down, employees...

07 February, 2019

Small Business Finance Tips To Help Sustain Your Operation

Maximize Profit And Reduce Expenses A business is like a ship or a shark—take your pick. A ship has to have all hands on deck when the financial storms come. Everybody needs to be trained such that they can perfectly handle tasks as necessary, and without...

06 February, 2019

Wage Hour Recordkeeping: Are You In Compliance?

One critical component of regulatory compliance is proper recordkeeping. There are over 20 laws that affect employers and every one calls for some form of personnel file maintenance. Lax Recordkeeping Puts You in Legal Jeopardy When an employee brings an action against an employer, courts usually rule...

05 February, 2019

From the HR Support Center: Not All Salaried Employees Are Exempt from Overtime

Most employers have at least a few employees that they classify as exempt from minimum wage and overtime, but many don’t realize that they need to do more than pay these people a salary in order to make the exemption legal. Most employees that are...

04 February, 2019

Using Onboarding Prep to Start the Onboarding Process in Advanced HR 2.0

To start Onboarding, the first place you go to is Onboard Prep to begin the onboarding process and get the new hire’s preliminary information into the system. Onboarding Prep (sometimes also referred to as Self-Service Onboarding) is the process by which an Admin will start and the new hire will...

01 February, 2019