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The economy has election anxiety, too

It’s finally election day. Whether you spend tonight celebrating with a Mazel Tov cocktail (yes, it’s a thing) or working on your emigration papers, here’s a look at how the election may affect everything from the world’s economy to your own small business. Economic uncertainty Election season uncertainty knows no limits—it affects individuals as well as…

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Payrolling freelancers? Here are 4 ways to be ready for new overtime rules. 3504 2336 PayReel
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Payrolling freelancers? Here are 4 ways to be ready for new overtime rules.

  The Department of Labor’s Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) will make about 4 million more workers eligible for overtime on December 1st, 2016. With 21 states suing to end the act altogether, some businesses may be hoping it all just goes away before they have to make changes. But waiting is risky. Getting ready for upcoming…

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Ten questions to help you decide if you really need to pay for payroll services 5472 3648 PayReel
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Ten questions to help you decide if you really need to pay for 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.   Do you regularly hire independent contractors and/or temporary employees?   Is said…

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Contractor payroll is changing. Here are four ways to be prepared.

Like it or not, upcoming overtime exemption rules will change the way the production industry engages with contractors and freelancers. In the past, we talked about where things have been. Here, we’ll talk about where they’re going and what you can do to stay ahead of the curve. Be aware. If you hire contractors, you need…

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Best Insurance For Temporary Employees? Prevention

When staffing special events or hiring freelance video crews for one-off projects, temporary workers are an incomparable asset. As a special breed, they also require special attention to everything from worker classification to the Affordable Care Act. Protecting these workers, who often spend extended time outdoors, requires a little extra forethought and attention, too. When it comes…

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Are You Buried In Vendor Payment Paperwork? We Have a Solution 1666 1666 PayReel
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Are You Buried In Vendor Payment Paperwork? We Have a Solution

There are two certainties in life: Death and paperwork. Mountains and mountains of paperwork. From teachers to creative professionals, every role has its own version of the dreaded TPS report. The joy-sucking chore of managing stacks of paper often supplants dreams of making paradigm-shifting creative work. A paperless vendor payment solution, on the other hand, liberates…

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Be prepared: Is setting up independent contractors about to get harder?

  In any game-changing endeavor, the trailblazers have both the most to gain and the most at stake. Since its start in 2009, Uber, a spearhead in the gig economy, has earned a $62.5 billion valuation and forked out millions in legal settlements due to worker classification missteps. The gig economy and technological advances are redefining business as…

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When net 90 kills creativity, you need to pay contractors quicker and easier

When you pay contractors quickly, they’re more likely to answer your calls and ramp up your projects in a short amount of time. For busy department heads with big projects and short turnaround times, there’s nothing better than diving right in with tried and true creative partners. Saving time, money, and hassle by working with people who just get…

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Uber Lessons on Avoiding Worker Classification Problems 3917 2611 PayReel
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Uber Lessons on Avoiding Worker Classification Problems

Need a ride? Get a Lyft. Want a meal? Here’s your hub for grub. Need a bed? Skip the air mattress: Airbnb instead. Companies providing on-demand products and services have revolutionized the economy. And Uber is at the front of the pack; pushing boundaries in both worker classification and technology. While this new frontier is sometimes undefined,…

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This Worker Classification Myth is Hurting Your Business

Sorry, y’all: The five-second rule is bogus. Germs don’t offer a grace period before jumping on your food. Not even your last bite of the really delicious stuff. But that one about metal objects dissolving in a glass of Coke? Still up for debate. And we won’t be testing it to find out. Myths can be…

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Successful Businesses are Built on Trust

After nearly three decades, my business and I have matured. In a nutshell, this means I get to shut up more. This luxury is a direct result of being surrounded by advisors and team members with varied experience and whose strengths function well together. Trust powers a sustainable business. Here’s how it helped me build…

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Three Reasons You Need to Get Comfortable With Change

As an entrepreneur, you must either get comfortable with change or find a new career path. Just as the once cutting-edge typewriter is now obsolete, every shiny piece of equipment in your office will soon be replaced by something sleeker, faster, and seemingly impossible to live without. Keeping up with evolving technology is just the…

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3 Steps to Relieve Freelance Payroll & Tax Season Headaches 3504 2336 PayReel
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3 Steps to Relieve Freelance Payroll & Tax Season Headaches

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of companies with large contingent workforces digging through piles of paperwork, shipping out tax documentation, tracking down addresses, updating changed addresses, fielding endless calls from freelancers, and running around like chickens who have been recently separated from their heads. During Tax Day, and tax season, managing freelance payroll is more than just…

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Implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for Contingent Workers

Implementing the Affordable Care Act is challenging for any business, but for those who must provide insurance for temporary employees, it’s a real pain in the ACA. Below are three of the biggest challenges (plus one solution to them all): 1) Interpreting and Following the Rules Balancing a complex law like the Affordable Care Act with…

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Payrolling & Paid Sick Leave Laws: What Employers Need to Do 785 523 PayReel
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Payrolling & Paid Sick Leave Laws: What Employers Need to Do

If you’ve been waiting to look into the new paid sick leave laws until the dust settles, you can be assured the dust won’t settle and the time is now. Here’s what you need to do to get your payroll in good shape and your people covered: Know YOUR Rules: From state to state and…

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What You Need to Know About Paid Sick Leave Laws 760 523 PayReel
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What You Need to Know About Paid Sick Leave Laws

If you’ve been waiting to look into the new paid sick leave laws until the dust settles, you can be assured the dust won’t settle and the time is now. Here’s what you need to know to get your payroll in good shape and your people covered. The Times, They are a Changin’ The past…

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Classifying Employees and Independent Contractors—A Worker Classification Cheat Sheet 5760 3840 PayReel
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Classifying Employees and Independent Contractors—A Worker Classification Cheat Sheet

Employee misclassification is on a lot of people’s minds. Hillary Clinton has even made it a part of her campaign. It’s pretty irritating that the rules are confusing, vary from state to state, and are often subjective, but there are a few standards that remain true across the board. If you want to get all…

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Top worker classification mistakes to avoid

Employee misclassification is getting to be a big deal for the government and a bum deal for businesses. Back in 2000, Microsoft paid $97 million, plus legal fees, in a benefits dispute with its long-term temps. More recently, FedEx shelled out $228 million. And then there’s Uber, which just lost in a dispute over whether…

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Worker Classification: 5 Reasons Companies Can’t Ignore Compliance Rules 4506 3811 PayReel
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Worker Classification: 5 Reasons Companies Can’t Ignore Compliance Rules

With the rise of the sharing economy, workplace compliance issues are surfacing at an alarming rate. Uber and similar enterprises have been at the forefront of news on the subject of late, but the IRS is expanding its attention. And when the IRS pays more attention to this topic, companies need to do the same…

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Worker Classification: What’s the Problem And Why Should You Care? 550 459 PayReel
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Worker Classification: What’s the Problem And Why Should You Care?

Employee misclassification (noun): The kiss of death for companies. See also: Number one on the IRS’s list of least favorite things. The National Conference of State Legislatures provides an alternative description here: “Employee misclassification is the practice of labeling workers as independent contractors, rather than employees.” As the shared economy blossoms and remote work becomes…

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