What benefits are employers offering now?
The Society for Human Resource Management is out with their 2025 benefits survey, and it’s packed with information. It’s prudent to take a look, do your homework and present HR with the skinny on taxes now.
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Payroll Today
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Friday wrap: FIRE’s retirement, no more zombies in the SSA’s Death Master File and more
FIRE and subminimum wages are dying, noncitizens in the Death Master File are alive in our Friday wrap.
Notes from the July IRIS working group meeting
Billie Crawford covered FIRE, TCCs and coming changes.
Where were your employees born?
If your employees were born in the U.S., they’re probably OK (for now). If they’re naturalized U.S. citizens, watch out. The Department of Justice is embarking on an aggressive campaign to denaturalize certain naturalized citizens.
OBBBA’s changes to benefits, tax credits and some miscellany
The OBBBA makes changes to health savings accounts, introduces a new savings account benefit and extends and increases some tax credits.
The OBBBA makes it over the finish line
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, technically named “To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” was signed by the president on July 4. Today we’ll discuss the individual and payroll tax provisions; tomorrow we’ll cover everything else.
Pre-July 4 Friday wrap: CMS hacked, smartwatches for everyone, key changes to Forms 941 and 940, and more
Medicare data breach, Form 941 and 940 drafts, 2026 ‘moops’ and more in our long Independence Day weekend wrap.
Let’s talk about money
Employees who know more about money will be able to make wise decisions about how to invest in their 401(k) accounts. Better money managers won’t bug you for wage advances, which will have the salutary effect of booting on-demand pay vendors off your payroll. The FDIC, insurer of banks where money i
DOL substantially changes its take on FLSA liquidated damages
If all you had to pay employees for violating the FLSA were the minimum wages and overtime you should have paid, you’d have no incentive to comply with the law. So the FLSA also includes a liquidated-damages provision, which requires you to pay twice the amount you owe, in addition to the wages you