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Strategies to Help You Through The Changing Workplace 2560 1700 PayReel
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Strategies to Help You Through The Changing Workplace

Like a lot of you, we’ve been reading about how to adjust to the changing workplace. We hope you find this curated list of the Harvard Business Review’s resources to help you through the changing workplace. The Great Resignation 6 Strategies to Boost Retention Through the Great Resignation (Harvard Business Review) How to Hang On to…

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Hiring Independent Contractors The Right Way 2560 1920 PayReel
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Hiring Independent Contractors The Right Way

Hiring independent contractors has many benefits. Companies appreciate the ability to engage only when needed and end engagement whenever it makes sense, outsourcing tasks not related to your core business, have less onboarding hassle, and not having to pay for benefits. It makes sense why engaging independent contractors is often to a company’s advantage, but…

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Is Your Brand Ambassador an Employee or an Independent Contractor? 1814 2560 PayReel
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Is Your Brand Ambassador an Employee or an Independent Contractor?

Clients tell us they grapple with worker classification over and over. They wonder whether workers should be treated as W-2 employees or as 1099 independent contractors. It can be a complicated subject and every time the game changes, the rules change, too. Fortunately, with brand ambassadors, it can quickly become simple. The answer comes down…

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Customizable Contractor Payroll And Benefits 2496 1664 PayReel
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Customizable Contractor Payroll And Benefits

Many businesses can outsource an entire department and save mountains of paperwork by partnering with a company specializing in online payroll and HR administration. Such a partner facilitates employee and contractor payroll while also tracking and managing benefits and taxes. While it’s a natural fit for small businesses, large companies often engage payroll partners, too,…

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What to Look For When Partnering With an Employer of Record 2560 1707 PayReel
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What to Look For When Partnering With an Employer of Record

Compliance is hard, time-consuming, high-stakes work. Many companies find that keeping on top of the ins and outs with an in-house team gets harder as laws change (and then change again). Whether you partner with a payroll service or build a team to do the job, you want to be sure they’re fully in position to protect…

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How to Know It’s Time to Simplify Your Process For Onboarding Freelancers 6000 4000 PayReel
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How to Know It’s Time to Simplify Your Process For Onboarding Freelancers

If one or more of the following statements is true for you when it comes to onboarding freelancers, it might be time to reconsider your methods: We spent more time onboarding freelancers in 2021 than we did in 2020 Our team has a basic understanding of the terms exempt, non-exempt, W-2, and 1099 but can’t…

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How to Get More Mileage Out of Hybrid Events 2560 1707 PayReel
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How to Get More Mileage Out of Hybrid Events

You’ve hired a team to professionally film and broadcast your event. You’ve considered the content to be sure it translates well both in-person and online. When you’ve already gone to the effort of putting together a hybrid event, you may as well get the most you possibly can out of said event. Three Ways to…

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The #1 Myth About Hybrid Events 1244 844 PayReel
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The #1 Myth About Hybrid Events

While in 2020, virtual events reigned supreme, 2021 brought the rise of hybrid events–those that combine both in-person and virtual experiences. We saw trade shows, company rallies, and conferences turn to hybrid events for the best chance at reaching their audience. Raise your hand if you’ve participated in a hybrid conference. ✋ It’s easy to…

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The Evolving Workplace And You 2560 1697 PayReel
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The Evolving Workplace And You

The workplace was already evolving, but you might’ve noticed things accelerated in the last year and a half or so. For many of us, work relationships are no longer made up of people we see on a regular basis. It is more and more possible by the day to have an entire functioning relationship without…

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Mitigate Workers’ Compensation Risk in Four Steps 2560 1707 PayReel
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Mitigate Workers’ Compensation Risk in Four Steps

Just like any other insurance, workers’ compensation is a “just in case” plan you hope you’ll never need. But if you do need, it’ll save your butt a million ways and you’ll be so glad you have it. Workers’ compensation provides wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment. Employers…

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4 Skills That Increase Your Hireability 5760 3840 PayReel
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4 Skills That Increase Your Hireability

Freelancing is a balls to the wall, pride-swallowing siege. How do you make business yours when it seems every other freelancer is fighting for it, too? One way is to solve the problems clients have (the ones they called you about) and then go even further by solving the ones they haven’t even thought about yet.…

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The Hidden Benefit to Paying Contractors in 30 Days 800 534 PayReel
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The Hidden Benefit to Paying Contractors in 30 Days

Internal processes, red tape, and backlogged accounting departments make it hard to get checks in the mail. We definitely understand. Even when a practice is common among other companies, a slow corporate freelance payment policy might prevent you from working with the best people. Paying Contractors On Time Is Good For Companies We know that keeping…

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The Road to IRS Hell is Paved With Preventable Mistakes 2560 1707 PayReel
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The Road to IRS Hell is Paved With Preventable Mistakes

A case involving embezzlement, tax liability, and good intentions added up to a nightmare for one man. Dr. Robert McClendon’s story proves there’s no amount of caution too intense when it comes to payroll tax liability. IRS Mistakes Cost Big (Even When They’re Not Your Fault) In a sobering case reported in Forbes, a man…

How To Improve Client Relations (An Uncomfortable Take) 150 150 PayReel
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How To Improve Client Relations (An Uncomfortable Take)

Olympian Abby Wambach said the thing that concerns athletes the most is when the coach ignores you. If the coach didn’t give feedback, it meant they’d given up on her. On the other hand, if she was getting coaching–even difficult or rough-around-the-edges coaching–she knew she was relevant and they believed in her. It’s time to…

How (And Why) to Give Workers What They Want Most in The COVID World 150 150 PayReel
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How (And Why) to Give Workers What They Want Most in The COVID World

What’s most important to workers in the COVID world? To no one’s surprise, COVID-19 has impacted people’s career choices and preferences. A recent poll shows 53% are currently looking for a new job that would allow them to avoid offices altogether. The poll shows most respondents are doubtful that office jobs will return even after the…

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Do you know if you need to pay local taxes?

If you don’t, it might be time to hire a payroll service. Would you rather think about federal, state, and local (yes, local—such as in NYC and LA) taxes more or less? A) More B) Less If you answered A, you have found your life’s work: Become a CPA and you can spend your days researching tax…

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The Two Most Important Ways to Earn Temporary Workers’ Trust And Loyalty 2560 1707 PayReel
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The Two Most Important Ways to Earn Temporary Workers’ Trust And Loyalty

If the internet was the spark that started the digital revolution fire, COVID-19 certainly fanned the flame. Humans did what we do. We stretched our resources to adapt to the new reality. Technology carried the flag and enabled many companies and workers to stay afloat with remote workplace solutions. But, as always, technology has limits.…

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Here’s Why The Time to Fix Employee Misclassification Problems is Now 550 459 PayReel
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Here’s Why The Time to Fix Employee Misclassification Problems is Now

If you’ve come anywhere near a Human Resources newsletter in the last six months, you know the government is serious about targeting misclassification of employees as independent contractors. More attention on worker classification means an already risky business is about to get riskier. Businesses like to work with contractors because it helps them avoid paying…

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Do You Really Need Payroll Services? 2560 1707 PayReel
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Do You Really Need Payroll Services?

Time is money. And when you have a tendency to get buried under onboarding, vendor payment, classifying temporary employees, and other hiring details, time is priceless. Here’s a brief quiz to determine if hiring someone to handle your payroll services might be worth the investment. Ten Questions to Help You Decide if You Need Payroll Services Do you…

Managing a Contingent Workforce? Here’s Your Audit Prevention Checklist 150 150 PayReel
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Managing a Contingent Workforce? Here’s Your Audit Prevention Checklist

If you work with independent contractors, you know the draw. You get to tap into outside creative resources and outsource work that is not central to your main line of business. It often allows companies to better meet budget. On the surface, the barometer for identifying independent contractors is easy. They are self-employed and hired…

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