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🍪 Cookies and Compliance: What You Need to Know 🍪 2560 1707 PayReel
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🍪 Cookies and Compliance: What You Need to Know 🍪

Let’s Start With a Quiz: What is a Cookie? A delicious cake-like ball of baked dough.  A marketing director’s dream.   A compliance liability.  All of the above.  It is indeed all of the above. From here on out though, we’re skipping the sweet treats and talking specifically about the small text files stored on a…

Key Strategies for Weathering Market Highs and Lows 2560 1707 PayReel
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Key Strategies for Weathering Market Highs and Lows

Being nimble is a major strength in any economic conditions, and during market uncertainty, it is even more important for companies to adapt to changes easily. The financial markets are inherently subject to highs and lows, including the market shifts we’ve seen in the last week. These changes can test a business’s resilience. Still, certain…

Audit-Proof Your Business: Essential Practices for Compliance 150 150 PayReel
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Audit-Proof Your Business: Essential Practices for Compliance

Companies have a great responsibility. Not only do they need to manage growth and profitability, they have to do it all while also ensuring that day-to-day operations comply with various laws and regulations. Compliance topics encompass everything from onboarding to pay transparency as well as a handful of HR topics in between. Like a lot…

Understanding the 2024 Overtime Rule Changes Plus 6 Steps to Compliance 2560 1667 PayReel
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Understanding the 2024 Overtime Rule Changes Plus 6 Steps to Compliance

The latest overtime rule, finalized by the Department of Labor (DOL) with one noteworthy exception introduces significant changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regarding overtime pay exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees.  Key Changes to Overtime Rules Salary Threshold Increase: As of last week (July 1st), the salary threshold for overtime exemption…

Who’s in the Hot Seat for Misclassification Now? Hint: It’s a Big One 2560 1707 PayReel
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Who’s in the Hot Seat for Misclassification Now? Hint: It’s a Big One

There has been a reckoning in recent years around misclassification–especially with delivery drivers at many large companies. The latest to hit the headlines is Amazon—one of the world’s largest and most influential companies in the world. The mammoth is currently facing scrutiny over its worker classification procedures. The issue revolves around whether Amazon’s delivery drivers…

Contingent Workforce Management: Simple Steps to Ensure Compliance 150 150 PayReel
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Contingent Workforce Management: Simple Steps to Ensure Compliance

In today’s economy, engaging a contingent workforce is a common practice for many businesses. However, the complexities of classification, documentation, and compliance can pose significant risks if details are not managed properly. For human resource (HR) departments, ensuring that workers are engaged legally is crucial to avoid hefty fines, legal disputes, and reputation damage.  8…

Ghostbusters: Preventing Payroll Fraud 2560 1707 PayReel
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Ghostbusters: Preventing Payroll Fraud

Most big companies have multiple checks in place to prevent payroll fraud, but even the big dogs are not immune from nefarious practices seeking to compromise information or steal money. If you’d rather not have a jealous employee swindle your fruitcake factory or a payroll administrator use other people’s personally identifiable information for their own…

Nail Onboarding For Compliant Companies and Successful Workers 2560 1170 PayReel
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Nail Onboarding For Compliant Companies and Successful Workers

It’s important to get onboarding right. Not only does it set the tone for a contract worker or new hire’s experience, but it also is an area of business ripe with opportunities for compliance missteps and related fines. A solid system for the onboarding process ensures that new hires can get to work (which is…

Combating Scammers and Cyber Criminals: Solutions to Help You Sleep Better 2560 1707 PayReel
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Combating Scammers and Cyber Criminals: Solutions to Help You Sleep Better

If an individual’s personal information gets compromised, that individual suffers. When a company or organization’s data is compromised, on the other hand, the cascading repercussions can be catastrophic. The collateral damage extends to innocent customers, clients, and even patients–as is the case in breaches of healthcare systems. For that reason, such entities bear a much…

Are Your Contract Workers Getting Stolen? The Cardinal Rule For Retaining Talent 2560 1647 PayReel
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Are Your Contract Workers Getting Stolen? The Cardinal Rule For Retaining Talent

The very best contract workers are in high demand and retaining top talent is a persistent challenge. High turnover rates not only inflate costs but can also undermine client/customer satisfaction. This issue often stems from factors such as job insecurity, limited career development opportunities, inadequate compensation, and poor communication. Any company that engages contract workers…

Non-Competes Are Banned: What to do NOW to Protect Your Business 2560 1920 PayReel
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Non-Competes Are Banned: What to do NOW to Protect Your Business

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned non-compete clauses for the vast majority of workers. Such employment contracts exist across various industries and the new rule will significantly alter the employment landscape in the United States. Non-compete agreements traditionally prevent employees from joining competing firms or starting similar businesses within a specified time after leaving…

Impact of California’s PAGA Cases Ruling on HR (Plus Proactive Measures for Compliance) 2560 1630 PayReel
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Impact of California’s PAGA Cases Ruling on HR (Plus Proactive Measures for Compliance)

In a pivotal legal update, the California Supreme Court has ruled that lawsuits filed under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) cannot be dismissed on the basis of unmanageability. This judgment reaffirms California’s dedication to upholding labor laws through PAGA, enabling employees to sue employers for breaches of compliance. For HR professionals, it’s essential to…

US Staffing Agencies: Have You Tapped Into This Potential Goldmine? 2560 1707 PayReel
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US Staffing Agencies: Have You Tapped Into This Potential Goldmine?

For US staffing agencies, the Canadian market represents a compelling expansion opportunity. For those looking to expand operations beyond the US, Canada is a natural next step because of the shared cultural norms, lower language barriers, and familiar industries. This post explores why US-based staffing agencies might want to consider venturing into the Canadian market…

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Understanding the Updated U.S. Labor Policy: A Path to Compliance 2560 1708 PayReel
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Understanding the Updated U.S. Labor Policy: A Path to Compliance

The latest amendments to U.S. labor legislation have introduced a layer of complexity and ambiguity to the task of accurately classifying workers. It is important for all businesses–particularly those for whom contract workers are essential to operations–to adopt a forward-thinking strategy to reinforce their classification processes. Failure to do so could lead to inconsistent worker…

Navigating New Labor Policies: The Path to Compliance for Engaging 1099 Workers 2560 1707 PayReel
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Navigating New Labor Policies: The Path to Compliance for Engaging 1099 Workers

The recent federal update to U.S. labor policy has introduced complexities and ambiguities into the process of classifying workers correctly. Every company that engages workers–especially those for whom such workers are key to operations (such as staffing agencies) – must take a proactive approach to shoring up their practices. Otherwise, they risk applying inconsistent determinations…

Press Release: PayReel Expands Operations into the Canadian Market 2560 1707 PayReel
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Press Release: PayReel Expands Operations into the Canadian Market

PayReel–a long-time trusted provider of workforce management solutions– is excited to announce its entry into the Canadian market. With extensive experience in various industries, PayReel is well-equipped to assist Canadian businesses in managing the evolving workplace landscape. PayReel offers custom solutions for contingent workforce management and helps clients effortlessly hire, manage, and pay contract workers.…

Ensuring Compliance and Success: The Critical Role of Accurate Worker Classification in Staffing Agencies 150 150 PayReel
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Ensuring Compliance and Success: The Critical Role of Accurate Worker Classification in Staffing Agencies

For staffing firms, accurate worker classification is critical to avoid hefty penalties, including back wages and taxes, legal fees, and reputational damage. Firms should regularly audit worker classifications, train staff on labor laws, implement rigorous systems for compliance, and stay updated on labor regulations. The alternative to doing these tasks internally is to engage a…

Maximize Temp Worker Success: The KEY Strategy for Recruiters & Staffing Agencies 2560 1707 PayReel
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Maximize Temp Worker Success: The KEY Strategy for Recruiters & Staffing Agencies

Engaging temporary workers is a nuanced process under the best of circumstances. Juggling state-by-state and federal compliance with the regular burden of onboarding temp workers is one of the many reasons agencies traditionally focused on direct hires stay out of temp staffing. When temporary or contract workers are brought on for last-minute projects, those challenges…

Unlock the Power of Temp Staffing: How the Right Strategic Partner Can Change Everything 2560 1440 PayReel
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Unlock the Power of Temp Staffing: How the Right Strategic Partner Can Change Everything

Venturing into the realm of temporary staffing can seem like a daunting leap for agencies traditionally focused on direct staffing, especially when considering the hefty investment and complex infrastructure needed to get started. Engaging the right partner can lower those barriers to entry. An Employer of Record (EOR) mitigates the substantial upfront costs and compliance…

HR Departments: Prepare for it to Feel Like California Everywhere 2560 1707 PayReel
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HR Departments: Prepare for it to Feel Like California Everywhere

I’m sorry, though, I’m not talking about the Golden State’s weather. The upcoming changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are about to make it feel like it’s as hard  to engage employees nationwide as it is in California. January’s federal ruling–which goes into effect in a matter of days (March 11th!) has significant…

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