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Although unemployment rates are down, Americans still view the economy as fair to poor, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The United States’ jobless rate fell to its lowest since 2008, just over 6% after holding at just under seven percent since December 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) “Economy at […]
President Obama signed an executive order to raise the minimum wage for employees in federal contract jobs including food service, sewing military uniforms, and truck driving. One Democrat, California Representative Barbara Lee agrees, and wants to see the minimum wage in California go to $26, almost double what Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants for his […]
National Small Business Week took place May 12th to May 16th this year. The theme was honoring America’s entrepreneurs, and the Small Business Administration used this week to highlight outstanding entrepreneurs and small business owners all across the country. The kickoff event May 12th was at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California, with a focus […]
Democratic Assemblyman Mark Stone from Scotts Valley believes his bill, the Wage Theft Recovery Act AB 2416, is a tool that workers need to ensure they have recourse in cases of wage theft, when employers don’t pay them what they’ve earned. An Assembly labor committee passed AB 2416 to a judiciary committee in April 2014, […]
According to the National Employment Law Project’s “Winning Wage Justice: A Summary of Research on Wage and Hour Violations in the United States,” pay violations are alarmingly high among employers of low-wage workers. Various occupations across the economy are affected, including restaurant and grocery stores, retail, domestic work and home care, manufacturing and construction, janitorial […]
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), originally passed in 1938, has complex rules for classifying employees and paying overtime. Under the FLSA, employers are not required to pay overtime to exempt employees, but are required to pay overtime to non-exempt employees. As this part of the law is often the focus of IRS and Department of Labor […]
There’s good news for taxpayers when it comes to federal tax payments.As of January, 2011, IRS regulations require all Federal taxes to be paid electronically, and the EFTPS tax payment service is the tool used to submit tax payments electronically to the IRS. Employers outsourcing payroll services to a vendor that figures and pays federal […]
Tuesday, April 8th was National Pay Equity Day, and President Obama signed two documents to make it easier for federal contractor employees to get information about compensation. Supporters of equal pay demonstrated in New York City while the President criticized Republican opposition to closing the income gap that is necessary to support families and working […]