Employers need to pay attention as similar regulations pop up around the country. Payroll specialist are taking note as more cities, and possibly states, start to pass ordinances related to Fair Workweek laws. The purpose of these regulations is to set employee work schedule requirements, particularly for certain industries, and compensate employees for any adjustments [...]

According to the DOL, the #1 most common 401(k) plan violation is the failure of the trustee to  remit employee 401(k) contributions in a timely manner. There are good and bad aspects to offering your employees a 401(k) plan. Like any successful business owner, you have worked hard to get your business to a place [...]

Time & Pay now offers our Employee Benefit Enrollment system. Partnering with EverythingBenefits, Time & Pay can provide a system integrated with our PayEntry that will allow employers to manage benefits and their employee enrollment in company benefit offerings. If you are tired of all the work involved in managing employee benefits, now is the time [...]

The Tennessee Labor Dept has implemented changes that require a new labor law poster. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Unemployment Division updated the unemployment benefit claims website, Jobs4TN.gov, as the official website to file claims and has connected the unemployment system with a job search database.  This will allow a better connection [...]

Tennessee SUI Wage Base to Remain Unchanged  for 2017.  Tennessee Dept of Revenue announced that the State's Unemployment Trust Fund did not exceed 1 billion dollars and thus the wage base for 2017 for determining SUI taxable income will remain at $8,000. As of late December, Tennessee was the only state in the union unable to [...]

The Labor Department (DOL) is in the news at the beginning of 2017. DOL files legal brief regarding delay in new OT rule. The Labor Department filed a Brief on December 15, 2016 stating the the Texas court acted in error in delaying the implementation of the new OT rules that increased the wage cap [...]

Employers with over 50 employees now required to use E-Verify. Starting January 1, 2017, all Tennessee employers with 50 or more employees will be required to use the E-Verify system in order to verify the employment eligibility of workers hired on or after January 1. This new requirement results from a 2016 amendment to the [...]

20 states increased minimum wage levels on January 1, 2017. They are: Washington DC   +$ 1.00   to  $ 12.50 Mass.                     +    1.00   to     11.00 Washington         +    1.53    to     11.00 California   [...]