Payroll

October 15, 2019 

Ghosts and goblins may spook you this Halloween, but what’s far scarier for your business is the current talent shortage haunting the accounting industry. Still more frightful is the fact that employees today are more willing than ever before to seek ...

Jodi Chavez

October 14, 2019 

Almost all respondents agreed how someone dresses for the job interview is significant: 52% reported it's very important, and 42% said it's at least somewhat important. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the research also shows recommended job interview attire ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 14, 2019 

Avoiding monumental debt loads and college tuition sticker shock may be possible by saving early, planning ahead, and making smart choices. The Illinois CPA Society suggests some options for covering education-related expenses down the road.

October 14, 2019 

In the gig economy, how important is payroll? Just as much as ever! While many firms make the majority of their profits from compliance work in tax and audit, the firms providing Client Advisory Services (CAS) have discovered that payroll can be a ...

Randy Johnston

October 10, 2019 

The average retail credit card APR is 26.01%, up 37 basis points from last year and nearly five percentage points higher than the average overall credit card APR (21.10%), according to a new report from CreditCards.com.

October 10, 2019 

The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 63 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2020. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2019.

October 8, 2019 

Among the 28 U.S. cities in the study, Sacramento (66%), Miami and Tampa (58% each) had the most workers who departed because they didn't like their supervisor.

October 2, 2019 

Baby Boomers (ages 55-73) are the generation most likely to be focused on just keeping up or getting current on the bills (44%), while Older Millennials (ages 30-38) are the most likely to be prioritizing saving more money (41%), which is most...

October 1, 2019 

The national jobs index experienced its largest gain in three years (0.21 percent), breaking with recent trends; however, the index remains down 0.97 percent year-over-year.

September 30, 2019 

Companies are going beyond providing traditional health benefits to address employees' well-being, finds a survey from global staffing firm Robert Half. In research conducted for the Robert Half 2020 Salary Guides, most employers said they ...

September 25, 2019 

Paychex says it will introduce five new solutions at the 2019 HR Technology Conference & Expo, taking place in Las Vegas, October 1-4. Included among them are a wearable solution for tracking time worked, real-time payments, pay-on-demand, the next generation of its Paychex Flex intelligence engine, and an integration partner network. “The future of HR...…

September 24, 2019 

Projections show the share of seniors working or actively looking for jobs to rise from 19.6% in 2018 to 23.3% in 2028, nearly double the rate of 1998, when it was less than 12%.