ASAP Payroll BLOG
Illinois Standard Minimum Wage and Tipped Wage Rates
How up-to-date are you on the minimum wage laws in Illinois? As an employer in the state, you are responsible for staying compliant with the minimum wage and tipped wage rate laws. For example, if you’re still using Illinois 2021 minimum wage rates of $11 per hour, you’d be underpaying your employees by $2 an ...
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Understanding Illinois Taxes for New Employees
If you’re hiring new employees, you want to make sure you’re handling their Illinois taxes correctly. That includes understanding tax requirements and complying with those requirements every time, for every employee. HR professionals and employers must make sure they’re creating a payroll system that’s fair and compliant, so everything operates the way it should. Here’s ...
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An Overview of Employee’s Illinois Withholding Allowance Certificate: IL-W-4
Are you making sure your employees are filling out their IL-W4s and keeping them updated? The IL-W4 is Illinois’ state withholding form, and it ensures that the correct amount of Illinois state income tax is withheld from the employee’s pay. Let’s take a look at what’s on the IL-W-4 form and how to fill it ...
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Illinois Overtime Laws for Salaried Employees
The Illinois Minimum Wage and overtime pay law parallel the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including the requirement that overtime pay is 1.5 times the employee’s regular hourly pay rate. Although many salaried workers are entitled to overtime pay, some workers are exempt from this requirement under both FLSA and Illinois law. Illinois employers and ...
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Protecting Sensitive Data During Employee Departures
Small and medium businesses in Indiana have an advantage: Our people are some of the friendliest and most helpful you’ll find. However, this shouldn’t sway you from protecting your data whenever an employee leaves or is terminated. The majority of data breaches within organizations are due to people who have left the company, taken company ...
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Tips for Properly Handling Outgoing Employees
How well do you handle employee offboarding? Employee offboarding is the process by which an employee leaves your company, and there are steps you must take in order to ensure a smooth offboarding process and to make sure your company adheres to any legal considerations. To help you properly offboard employees, ASAP Payroll has devised ...
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Moonlighting: What Employers Need to Know When Employees Have Two Jobs
With remote work more common than ever, the cost of living rising, and wages not
A Hassle-free Payroll Process
Every employee looks forward to receiving an accurate paycheck, whether weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.
What Does a Modern Benefits Package Look Like?
When a person evaluates an employment opportunity, they look at things like the salary, the
How to Keep Competitors From Stealing Your Employees
Employee poaching is more common than most businesses think. In fact, over 70% of hiring
Kentucky Minimum Wage & Overtime Salary Requirements
Navigating complex state and federal wage and hour laws can be especially challenging for small