If you’re a business owner, you may have made the choice to handle your company’s payroll functions yourself, or at the very least, internally. While this may be the right decision for you and your company, it could prove damaging for others. Why could it be a mistake to handle your own company’s payroll?  Two […]

Retirement plans for employees should certainly feature in a company’s financial planning structure, and recent research has shown that workers are becomingly increasingly dependent on them, particularly as less of their wealth tends to be in home equity and savings accounts, than used to be the case. However, while the importance of retirement plans to […]

Paying your employees can at times be complicated, especially if you have staff working different shift patterns and being paid varying salaries, and there are several pitfalls that business owners can encounter if they’re not careful. If you’re new to the world of business, or have recently taken on more employees and want to know […]

If you’re in the process of starting up your own business and are ready to take on employees, here are a few of the most basic payroll pointers to get you started. For more detailed information, you should seek advice from a professional company offering specialized payroll services. When should you pay your employees? This […]

Every employee who has any form of complaint in relation to their regular pay, overtime wages or vacation pay, has the right to take their complaint to the appropriate state employment agency. Oftentimes, this will result in an investigation by the employment agency, and in some cases, can even lead to a lawsuit against the […]

As a business owner, paying your employees accurately and in a timely manner is a top priority and an important legal obligation. It can be tempting – especially when times are tough – to delay staff payments or avoid paying terminated employees, but in doing so, you leave yourself open to costly lawsuits and potential […]