Insperity

JANUARY 18, 2018

In fact, when considering lawsuits about back wages, the federal government has the authority to deem a business owner an “employer” if certain criteria are present under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). I build extra pay into employees’ salaries to make up for any overtime. It’s too costly to pay overtime.

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Insperity

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Moreover, when you sign on with a PEO, much of the risk and responsibility of employee administration and government compliance is transferred to the PEO. Unfortunately, since small businesses employ a smaller number of individuals, providers make less money than they do with the big guys. Ensure government compliance.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

Some background: T he federal government divides all workers into two categories: exempt workers, who are not required to receive overtime pay, and non-exempt workers, who must receive overtime pay. To be considered exempt, you have to meet that duties test, be paid on a salary basis (i.e., What about nonprofits? Weirdly, no.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

1. “I am an ‘older’ worker, and had gotten to a comfortable position in a government agency (let’s say llama inspector) that, while not the best, I thought I could ride to retirement. And, I am making more than double my previous salary! It’s your Friday good news! I am appreciated. I am heard. I am respected!

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Insperity

APRIL 26, 2018

For small businesses, it’s worth finding out if your PEO sponsors a 401(k) plan that would allow your employees to defer compensation for retirement while taking advantage of employer matching or other contributions. This new wave of regulations prohibits requesting salary history on job applications. Retirement plans.

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Insperity

AUGUST 9, 2011

Small Business Administration, owners of small companies spend as much as 25 percent of their time dealing with employee-related issues. This is time and money that would be better spent tending to the moneymaking functions of the business. Keeping an eye on the government. Small business competition is fierce.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Especially around salary, negotiation, and just keeping my cool and not stressing about it. I really credit your blog with giving me the confidence to stay cool about salary and negotiation. I didn’t get to negotiate the salary but I did successfully get an extra week of vacation, putting me at 19 days. Thank you so much!”

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

There are several types of retirement plans that your small business could potentially offer; each functions differently and carries different benefits. 401(k) is the most well-known retirement plan available to any business. The employer is required to contribute at least two percent of the employee’s annual salary to the plan.

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JULY 8, 2019

My boss is too busy to be a manager, and I always felt as if I were wasting her time when I asked questions. Additionally this tiny organization has terrible benefits, and a huge part of my salary was going towards trying to make up for not having benefits by planning for healthcare and retirement. That risk reflecting badly on you.

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Work Life

JUNE 6, 2024

Like many firms during the pandemic Worxbee, a small business that provides virtual executive assistant services, brought on bodies when Chief Executive Kenzie Biggins thought she found a good match. Once we increase all these salaries we can’t reverse out of that,” she said. in May from a year earlier to around 12.7

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I’ve recently started trying to learn the ropes at my dad’s small business. He has an office manager who runs the day to day business. He doesn’t want to make her salaried because that opens up the opposite problem, that she won’t be there the full 40 hours each week and there are phones to answer, etc.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

I work for a relatively small business, less than 40 employees. There aren’t any laws governing who’s allowed to view employee pay information or process payroll; it’s up to individual employers. (In There are always going to be coworkers who know your salary because they’re involved in payroll in some way.

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Insperity

JANUARY 29, 2019

If you think most laws and regulations don’t apply to your company because you have a small number of employees, think again. When it comes to compliance, small businesses are often subject to the same laws and regulations that govern large corporations. Let’s look at five of the most common compliance mistakes.

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JULY 21, 2015

I recently started a new job at a small business. I’m salaried (not hourly). There isn’t an official office in my city; I work largely out of my home, with a small workspace/office in a building that really is just intended to one person. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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Insperity

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Although no one would argue that local governments enact employment laws with good intentions – to help ensure area workers’ well-being – each new law or change to an existing one can present new compliance hurdles for businesses. But the salary history question isn’t just a California thing.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

You determine where you are in life, not the government or the stock market or the boss of a company you don’t own. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy found that “the median net worth of self-employed families at $380,000 in 2019 was over four times that of families of workers ($90,000).”.

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Vantage Circle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

of small businesses had to lay off some or all of their workers because of Covid-19. Since unemployment is compensated by states, not by the federal government, it will not suffer a budget lapse in the financial federal government shutdown. Have salaries been cut across the board, for instance? Access to benefits.

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Productivityist

MAY 21, 2015

Felix is an entrepreneur that helps small business owners outsource work to virtual assistants. Any business, regardless of size or scale, will benefit from outsourcing services. This is especially true if you own a small business with tight budgets and limited access to capital. Lower your costs.

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APRIL 22, 2016

. • Business groups are lobbying the White House and Congress for changes to the proposed new rules on overtime pay that we talked about last week. (If I have no sense of whether this bill has any chance of going anywhere, but thought people would be interested.

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JUNE 25, 2015

Responding to an unofficial salary offer. I am currently a candidate for a job with a state government agency. The salary is at the low end of the published range, and is much lower than I am currently making, although the cost of living difference would make it fairly comparable. Finding a job after multi-level-marketing sales.

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