Employee count, compensation, benefits, and taxes are all key components of payroll, the process of paying your employees. Changes in the economy, employees’ priorities, and technology shape everything from how you run payroll to your payroll costs. Are you staying on top of the latest payroll trends?
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How to Simplify HR Processes (With Tools, Templates, and Compliance Tips)
HR compliance can be a nightmare for overwhelmed small business owners. You need buttoned-up HR processes to avoid compliance-related penalties and lawsuits. This takes time, which is a commodity most business owners don’t have.
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You Paid an Employee Too Much. Here’s How to Correct a Payroll Overpayment
So, you ran payroll and noticed a big oops. You overpaid an employee. What can you do? You can start by learning how to correct a payroll overpayment.
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Ready to Beef up Your Benefits Package? Here’s How to Set up a 401(k) for Your Business
Want to claim 401(k) tax credits worth up to $16,500? Ready to attract and retain employees with a better benefits package that lets them save for retirement? If so, you might be interested in starting a 401(k). But to do that, you need to know how to set up a 401(k) in your small business.
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What You Need to Know About a Conflict of Interest in the Workplace
Many different issues can come up in business. At some point, there might be a conflict of interest in the workplace. To ensure business operations run smoothly, you have to take action and do what’s best for your company.
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Learn How to Calculate Your Absenteeism Rate, and Use It, Today
From time to time, employees miss work. Expecting employees to come in every day throughout the year is likely unrealistic. But when employees make a habit of missing work unexpectedly, their absences can set your business back. Learn how to calculate your business’s absenteeism rate to reduce absenteeism in the workplace.
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How to Calculate a Full-time Equivalent Employee
As an employer, at some point or another, you may have stumbled across the term “full-time equivalent employee.” Maybe you noticed it while researching information about the Paycheck Protection Program loan. Or, maybe you came across it while looking into COBRA. Whatever the case may be, you should know how to calculate a full-time equivalent […]
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Payroll Recordkeeping Requirements: IRS, FLSA, EEOC, and State Rules
Your to-do list as a business owner seems to get longer every day. There’s one more item you’ll have to check off, and this one is part of federal law. You’re required to retain payroll records, sometimes for up to four years.
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Employee Termination Checklist: Steps, Forms, and Final Paycheck
Over 3 million employees quit their jobs in December 2025. Thousands of quits happen in businesses nationwide every day. In some cases, there’s not much you can do to stop it from happening in your business. But, you must respond to it. One way to make employee separations easier is to have a termination checklist […]
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44% Won’t Apply Without Pay Transparency: What Job Seekers Expect in 2026 [Survey]
Our survey of 1,000 Americans who applied for jobs in the past year across multiple industries shows that pay transparency is no longer a nice-to-have. It has become a deciding factor in whether candidates trust an employer enough to engage at all.
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