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New Payroll Tax Holiday Available September 1 – December 31, 2020
New IRS Guidance related to employee payroll tax collection has been issued to allow for deferral of payroll taxes through the end of 2020 in an effort to provide income relief to those employees who have been impacted by COVID-19. Notice 2020-65 was issued on...
New FMLA Forms Available
If you’re an employer of 50 or more, you have likely had the experience of handling an employee’s leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and know just how many forms are required to process and authorize an employee’s FML leave. Just recently,...
Understanding the Ins and Outs of Compensation Reviews
Have you ever been asked by an employee how you decided what they would make? Or perhaps tried to identify whether a role should be classified as Exempt or Non-Exempt? Or created a new position and had to determine how much to pay the new employee? One of the most...
ALERT: Fraud against small businesses on the rise!
ALERT: Fraud against small businesses on the rise! During the general kerfuffle that has arisen around COVID-19, many small businesses have been hit hard by fraudsters. One of the latest areas that we have seen a dramatic uptick in fraud has to do with Direct Deposit....
Continuing Education with HR Best Practices
We are committed to helping businesses continue their training and education with the most current HR best practices. JB Consulting Systems has 14 webinar offerings taught by our President and author, Juli Bacon. The lessons from the webinar are derived from her...
Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in Your Workplace
Take a good look at your workforce. What do you see? Is it a homogeneous population? Or is it rich and diverse with vibrant backgrounds, ages, genders and races? In recent months, our country has witnessed events that have provided us with the opportunity to reflect...
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The Risks of Misclassifying Workers
Correctly classifying your workers is an important decision that should be evaluated when adding to your workforce. If you misclassify a worker’s status, your business could end up in some hot water at both the state and federal levels. Beginning in the late 90s and...
Company Culture: Pride and Inclusivity
Every year, in June, we celebrate Pride Month, but to understand why it’s a celebration we should look to the roots. At the end of June, 1969, when many laws against homosexuality still existed, the New York City Police raided a popular Greenwich Village gay bar, The...
The Lasting Impact of Burning Bridges
We’ve all heard about the Great Resignation. COVID-19 changed the way people view integrating work and life including what they are willing to do to ensure more flexibility in the workplace. I am one hundred percent in agreement it was time for many employers to...
Building a Successful Digital Nomad Workforce
Everywhere we look these days there is a lot of talk about remote work, businesses are in a precarious position to learn to adopt to a new way of interacting and managing their employees, but what does this really look like? This is a two way street too, employees...
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