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Super-star Wars: holding on to your heroes 620 412 PayReel
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Super-star Wars: holding on to your heroes

The Great Recession has certainly pushed the battle for workforce talent off the front pages … at least temporarily. But surely we haven’t forgotten that the population of the U.S. is still aging. Fortune 500 companies expect to lose 50% of their senior management within the coming decade. And the pipeline of college graduates with…

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The Affordable Care Act: Will it put your business in the penalty box? 187 280 PayReel
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The Affordable Care Act: Will it put your business in the penalty box?

If you haven’t heard about the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to uphold the individual mandate provision of “ObamaCare”, you’ll likely be pleased to know that “Gone with the Wind” won the Oscar for best picture. Volumes are being written about how this law will affect individuals, yet those of us who depend on the flexibility…

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Safe Bet: Workers’ Compensation Rates on the Rise 2580 1932 PayReel
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Safe Bet: Workers’ Compensation Rates on the Rise

I never imagined I could actually feel sorry for any insurance company. By that I mean, feel sorry for its corporate balance sheet. I’ve got close friends working for behemoths in the industry and I could never feel ambivalent about their misfortune. But since learning about the underlying causes behind the trend in workers’ comp…

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Physician, Heal Thyself: PayReel Gets Audited

For years, PayReel has been helping clients avoid going through what has been known to be a painful and expensive ordeal. Being audited by the IRS or Department of Labor is not, in itself, a sign of any wrongdoing. But an audit often uncovers illegal practices that have embarrassed and even toppled otherwise healthy businesses.…

Bold As ICE: Non-compliance Gets Riskier 150 150 PayReel
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Bold As ICE: Non-compliance Gets Riskier

It’s old news that the Obama administration increased funding to the Department of Homeland Security’s ICE division (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).  It’s also been widely reported how this increased funding is being spent.  Like the Employer Compliance Inspection Center which houses a team that expressly targets I-9 audits of large businesses.  With all the press,…

Don’t Be an Audience of One 150 150 PayReel
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Don’t Be an Audience of One

Within the IRS and Department of Labor, red flags start flying from any number of triggers. Consider the example of a legal secretary who presented herself as an independent contractor to a prominent Colorado law firm. After her project with the firm ended, she filed for unemployment benefits. An investigation into her claim revealed she…

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PayReel Execs Gain Insights, Lose Cash

Sometimes it’s a good idea to get away from the office to recharge your batteries, to sharpen the axe, to network with colleagues, and to lose a few bucks in a casino. PayReel’s CEO and I managed to do just that last month in Las Vegas while attending an Executive Forum sponsored by Staffing Industry…

U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Fate of “ObamaCare” 150 150 PayReel
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U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Fate of “ObamaCare”

Once you get past all the legal jargon, it’s a really simple question:  Does the Constitution of the United States give Congress the power to compel every citizen to either purchase health insurance or pay a penalty? Our Supreme Court justices listened to arguments for three days in late March and are expected to hand down…

Turning Up the Heat on Worker Misclassification 150 150 PayReel
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Turning Up the Heat on Worker Misclassification

If you’ve come anywhere near an HR newsletter in the last six months, you know there’s a big crackdown in progress targeting misclassification of employees as independent contractors.  The heat has risen to the point where one piece of pending legislation would make misclassification a federal offense regardless of whether the infraction was intentional or…

Up the Down (Unemployment) Staircase 150 150 PayReel
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Up the Down (Unemployment) Staircase

The U.S. economy’s jobless recovery has improved over the past few months to a mostly jobless recovery.  While most pundits are cautiously optimistic about the employment outlook, employers in many states are still facing increases in unemployment insurance taxes.  Yes, you read that right.  Unemployment is down and unemployment insurance taxes are going up. Like…

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