The IRS recently announced that its program to provide advanced monthly payments of 2021 Child Tax Credits will begin in July. They also announced the option for participants to unenroll...
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I was recently asked if employers have to offer breaks to employees. The answer probably sounded like the most canned response an HR professional can give: it depends. There’s no...
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…Just kidding. As we’re learning, 2021 is basically an extension of 2020 --- and 2021’s W-4 is no exception. But while there aren’t any changes to the new W-4 format,...
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Nearly half of all states in the U.S. have announced new minimum wage rates for 2021, most with an effective date of January 1, 2021. While the federal minimum wage...
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On October 8, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released an amended application (Form 3508S) for eligible business owners seeking forgiveness from their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. This simplified form...
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Two separate pieces of legislation with the word “deferral” have been passed in the last six months to provide more cash flow during the pandemic. While one is for employers...
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On Saturday, August 8, 2020, President Trump issued an executive memorandum for an employee payroll tax deferral that would allow Social Security tax withholdings and payments be postponed until 2021...
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Update: On June 17, 2020, the SBA released two “borrower-friendly” updates to the PPP loan forgiveness application to reflect changes made to the program by the PPP Flexibility Act. See...
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Update: On June 17, 2020, the SBA released two “borrower-friendly” updates to the PPP loan forgiveness application to reflect changes made to the program by the PPP Flexibility Act. See...
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Unauthorized overtime? What you should do...Let's say you have a company policy that says employees must get permission to work overtime, but they work overtime anyway --- without authorization. What...
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