You know employees like employer-sponsored benefits. As an employer, offering benefits is advantageous for your business, too. A nonqualified deferred compensation plan is one type of benefit that both you and your employees can enjoy.
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In July 2025, the government passed a massive bill (“The One Big Beautiful Bill”). The bill made sweeping changes like no tax on overtime and no tax on tips. It also established “Trump Accounts” for children.
Read More Trump Accounts: A New Benefit for Your Team?
A payroll deduction authorization form is a signed document that lets an employer withhold a set amount from an employee’s pay for a specific purpose.
Read More Payroll Deduction Authorization Form: What to Include
Pay compression happens when the pay gap between newer and longer-tenured employees shrinks, often because starting salaries rise faster than existing raises.
Read More Pay Compression: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Fix It
If you’re looking for a new benefit to offer employees, you might consider employer student loan repayment. The benefit itself isn’t new, but it got a tax-exemption makeover in 2020 thanks to the CARES Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act. And in 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the tax exemption permanent.
Read More Employer Student Loan Repayment: Up to $5,250 Tax-free Permanently
Key Takeaways − Payroll data is a top target because it contains sensitive details like Social Security numbers, bank info, and salary history. In 2026, the primary threats to small businesses are phishing, weak passwords, unsecured remote access, and human error. You don’t need a massive budget to stay safe; prioritize multi-factor authentication, encryption, and […]
Read More Payroll Data Security in 2026 and Beyond: How Small Businesses Can Stay Protected
As an employer, it’s your responsibility to store records in an employee personnel file. From new hire documents to payroll information, there are a variety of documents (and some confidential information) you need to securely store and have on hand. So, what should be in an employee file?
Read More What Should Be in an Employee File? Payroll Recordkeeping Requirements
Remote work is becoming more common. If you hire remote workers who work in a different state than where your business is located, you need to know how to handle pay and employment issues.
Read More The Best Guide to Paying and Managing Out-of-State Remote Employees (2026)
A new Patriot Software survey of 1,000 U.S. adults who voluntarily switched jobs in the past five years found that 59.9% believe staying at one company for five or more years actively hurts their earning potential. Among Gen Z, that number climbs to 70.4%. These job hoppers’ personal experiences back up that belief: 60.6% of switchers […]
Read More The Loyalty Tax: Why 60% of Workers Say Staying Hurts Their Pay
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.
Read More Essential Payroll Tax Recordkeeping Requirements Every Employer Must Know