The requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) administered by the Internal Revenue Service seem to be always evolving. As changes come into play, employers and their HR staff must be diligent about staying informed and up-to-date. A lack of compliance is becoming increasingly costly for businesses.
Topics: payroll tax filing, Affordable Care Act, HR compliance, aca, obamacare, IRS, hsa
There are numerous CA labor laws and regulations governing the employment relationship. Employers are tasked with understanding these laws and maintaining HR compliance so they can help ensure their organizations avoid costly fines and other penalties.
In addition, a company's HR professionals are often the buffer between the company and potential harm to the organization’s reputation.
Topics: minimum wage law, ca labor laws, payroll tax filing, HR compliance, payroll compliance
It's a sobering reality in California: labor law requires that the FUTA tax rates will continue to increase. The projection of increases through 2018 is also a sobering reminder of the fiscal state of California.
Topics: payroll tax filing, UI filing, FUTA credit reduction, HR compliance, california labor law
Reductions in the credit that employers can apply to their federal unemployment tax rate (FUTA) will be effective again for 2015, according to the federal Labor Department’s Office of Unemployment Insurance. This means that employers in those states are still working to repay their loans from the federal unemployment account. In particula, these continued FUTA credit reductions will impact payroll management for California employers.
Topics: payroll tax filing, UI filing, FUTA credit reduction, HR compliance
Payroll tax filing and properly executing your end-of-year payroll obligations is often a process fraught with potential mistakes and missed deadlines. Full and part-time employees already require a great deal of compliance for employers. But managing California labor laws and pay for independent contractors adds another level of complexity.
Topics: payroll tax filing, independent contractors, payroll process, california labor laws