ASAP Payroll BLOG
How Important is Pay Frequency to Your Business/Employees?
Pay frequency means how often you, the employer, issue a “paycheck” to your employees. And, who doesn’t love payday? Whether you pay weekly, biweekly (every 2 weeks), bimonthly (twice a month), or monthly, “Christmas” comes with every payday. Generally, payday occurs on a Friday, 4-5 days after the period has been closed out. However, ...
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Keeping Up with the Growing Needs of HR
If you’re an HR professional, you know the volume of paperwork that comes with the job. HR is required to keep vast numbers of records on each employee; this can fill multiple file cabinets. Plus, keeping this data secure is another issue. Then there’s the “democratization” of HR data, which means the demand for ...
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Is Your Onboarding Process the Retention Weak Link?
It’s a long, arduous process landing the right talented people to fill positions within your company. Onboarding done properly can boost job performance, while improving job satisfaction and retention. You should plan for/expect the onboarding process to take approximately a year, because it’s a critical component to developing and retaining the quality workforce you’ve worked ...
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Why Benefits Enrollment?
The open enrollment window for 2020 marketplace coverage starts November 1, 2020 and runs for 45 days through December 15. Open enrollment is when your employees can start, stop, or change marketplace and individual health insurance plans. If they miss this enrollment window, they’ll have to wait until late 2021 to make adjustments. However, in ...
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Payroll Tax Deferral
With COVID-19 continuing to wreak havoc on businesses of all sizes and individuals nationwide, the U.S. government is searching for ways to provide additional relief to employers. In an effort to help alleviate the negative effects of the coronavirus, President Trump issued multiple executive orders on August 8, 2020. One, in particular, relates to ...
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Ramifications of Buddy Punching and How to Avoid It
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. small businesses are affected annually by “time theft” or buddy punching. It occurs when a coworker punches your timecard in your absence. That employee accepts pay for time they didn’t actually work, such as staying clocked in during breaks, not clocking out to run errands, or checking social media during work ...
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HR Tech in Manufacturing Payroll: Streamlining and Enhancing Experience
Your employees are the engine that keeps your manufacturing business producing. Attracting and retaining top
Navigating Payroll Challenges in Home Healthcare
Managing payroll for a home healthcare business can be challenging due to multiple satellite locations,
Regulations and Best Practices Regarding Time Clock Rounding: Everything You Need to Know
Organizations depend on human beings for labor and running operations. They, therefore, understand the imperfect
A Quick Checklist for Employee Onboarding in Indiana
All employers hiring in Indiana, and hoping to stay on the right side of the
How to Leverage the Value of Employee Self-Service Portals
HR teams –your business needs them to function seamlessly. But too often, they spend most
