Being an expert in all areas of employment law is a daunting task. But it’s important for both new and experienced managers to have a basic understanding of HR best practices.
Free Webinar: HR Essentials – What Every Employer Needs to Know
Focus on the Benefits
Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) has emerged in the last few years as an important tool for businesses to more effectively manage their people. To date, attention has usually been placed on WHAT HCM does — payroll, time and attendance, and HR. But by fixating solely on what HCM does, employers and their software vendors often miss capturing the full value of what HCM can bring to a business.
Free Webinar: Wage & Hour Done Right
Please join us for a free webinar that dives into the exempt versus non-exempt employee classification. In this session, you’ll learn the important policies to keep in place to ensure your managers understand the details of time tracking and payment of non-exempt employees.
Washington State’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Act
Washington State’s Paid Family and Medical Leave program will begin collecting premiums from employers and employees beginning on January 1, 2019. For employers, this means new reporting requirements about employees who are based in Washington State, as well as a new withholding from those employees’ pay statements.
An Evergreen Company
How Evergreen Principles Guide PayNorthwest – Mike Anderson, Founder & CEO One of the less visible, but most impactful, shapers of PayNorthwest is our adherence to the concepts of being an evergreen company. It’s not about our deep Pacific Northwest roots (which we have), or that we actively recycle (which we do), but instead, it’s about … Continue
Free Webinar: Complex Wage & Hour Calculations
Please join us for a free webinar discussing the requirements to produce the perfect paycheck every time, even in complex payroll situations. Employee wage calculations are complicated, even before you start considering unique pay situations. In some cases, unique pay structures like piece rates and non-discretionary bonuses make sense for an organization, but require complex … Continue
PayNorthwest Clients Recognized Among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle
We’re wishing warm congratulations to all the companies recognized in Seattle Business Magazine’s 2018 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, in particular PayNorthwest clients Olympia Federal Savings, Pacific Crest Savings bank, Pivotal Communications, RealSelf, SHW and YAPTA.
Free Webinar Opportunity: Properly Paying Exempt Employees
We’re always happy to connect our friends and clients with expert advice relating to payroll and HR. Hosted by Kara Govro of HRAnswerLink, this free webinar discusses the specific guidelines of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that allow employers to classify employees as exempt from overtime.
General Data Protection Regulation Takes Effect
A new personal data and privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), goes into effect this week, affecting all organizations who offer goods or services to, or collect data about, EU residents. Adopted in April 2016, the regulation aims to give control of personal data to anyone based in the EU and to simplify the regulatory landscape for organizations doing business in the EU.
Five Critical Questions to Determine Your HR and Payroll Compliance Readiness in 2018
Are you prepared for the next wave of tax, healthcare and regulatory changes affecting payroll and HR? Managing compliance can be complex and tricky for any business today. It can be overwhelming trying to stay current on proposed guideline changes, updates to existing regulations, and rollouts of new legislation. Despite the complexity, a recent survey … Continue
