Is it legal to claw back maternity leave pay?

  • December 23, 2016

Q. Our maternity leave policy offers paid leave for female employees who plan to return to work after the birth of the child. If the employee quits before returning to...

An end-of-year memo from Payroll

  • December 21, 2016

For Payroll, next month will put meaning to the phrase “stupid busy.” So, to avoid the annual onslaught of questions from employees about their W-2s, you...

Worksheet for 2016 Forms W-3/941

  • December 20, 2016

Use this worksheet to reconcile your four quarterly 941s and W-2s, so the amounts you report to the SSA and the IRS match.

Help ‘too-busy’ employees

  • December 09, 2016

After you delegate work to an employee, he or she replies with “I’m too busy to do that,” and insists that someone else take on the work. What do you...

Work-at-home abuse? Demand accountability

  • December 05, 2016

Are you sure employees are working when they are supposed to be? Or are they abusing your flexible rules about taking time off and working from home?

How much should you document your workday?

  • December 01, 2016

Question: "I have an admin friend who tells me that I should be documenting every single task I do in my job daily, with special detail given to any sort of small or...