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50 Free Tools to Empower Your Small Business in 2023
Hey there, small business owners! Are you tired of feeling like you're always one step behind the competition? If the answer is yes then it's time to take your business to the next level with the help of some powerful free tools. In today's fast-paced digital...
Alabama Payroll Tax Forms
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Workplace Investigations- Part I
Many businesses find themselves having to conduct workplace investigations for many different reasons—from harassment to conduct-related issues. Knowing how to conduct a thorough investigation is key for reducing the amount of liability to which employers expose...
Workplace Bullying
Although workplace bullying may be a new concern for some employers, others are all too familiar with its perils. Before we discuss facts of bullying, let’s look at its role in the workplace today. While bullying is not only a company culture issue, it is also a major...
Employer Pay Obligation for Travel Time
For many employers, sending employees out into the big, wide world to perform their job duties is an everyday occurrence. However, many employers are not aware of the situational details that may make time compensable or not compensable for non-exempt employees....
HOLIDAY NOTICE: Columbus Day
Monday, October 8, 2018 (Columbus Day) is a Federal Banking Holiday. The Federal Reserve will be closed on this day, as well as AdvaPay. If you have a file transmission that falls between the dates of Tuesday, October 2, 2018 through Monday, October 8, 2018 you may...
ONE of the Common Hiring Mistakes to Avoid: Foster A Great Company Culture
A great company culture is the lifeblood of an organization. It brings together a business’s most valuable resource-- its people-- under a solitary mission to help the organization and the individuals succeed and reach their goals. It’s because of this consideration...
8 Reasons WHY Your Org Should Have an Employee Handbook
1) Introduces Employees to the Organization’s Culture, Mission, and Values Perhaps the most important aspect of your Employee Handbook is the introduction of new employees to your corporate culture and how they will fit in. This helps to foster a sense of pride and...
HOLIDAY NOTICE: Labor Day
Monday, September 3, 2018 (Labor Day) is considered a Federal Banking Holiday. Therefore, Federal Reserve will be closed on this very day, AdvaPay included. If you own a file transmission that comes under these dates of Tuesday, August 28, 2018 to Monday, September 3,...
Workplace Evacuation Plans: How Prepared are they?
Many organizations dedicate minimal time, if any, to evacuation and workplace safety, unless they are engaged in a high risk industry. The mindset of “it will never happen to me”, or “that could never possibly happen here!” is a common reason for inadequate disaster...
Four Keys to Improving Your Culture
In the previous articles of the series on workplace culture, we showed you how to identify and evaluate your culture by examining the rules that govern behavior, the traditions that facilitate interactions, and people you employ. We turn now to the final topic in this...
Non-Traditional Careers for Women
Women are increasingly being encouraged to pursue careers in nontraditional fields such as science, technology, engineering, medical, military and blue collar fields. From higher salaries to a diversified skillset, learn how women may benefit from pursuing careers in...
What Is Culture, Anyway?
When you belong to an organization, there's usually a reason, right? Whether the organization is a business, club, or other group, something about it appealed to you, and you chose to associate yourself with it. You personally identified with it and felt like you...
HR Tip of the Month
Employee Files: When More is Better As much as we may want to simplify our HR processes, not all employee information is best kept in the same place. For instance, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recommends storing Form I-9s in a...
Courts, States, and Employers Are Focusing on Pay Equity, Why is like that?
The federal Equal Pay Act went into effect in 1963, but it hasn’t brought an end to pay disparities between men and women. Neither have state laws with the same objective. Long story short: the laws weren’t strong enough, and they didn’t account for all the causes of...
FIT Definition & Meaning
According to FitSmallBusiness.com, AdvaPay is one of the best providers for payroll and HR services. FitSmallBusiness.com recently published an article comparing AdvaPay, Intuit and Gusto. The report included AdvaPay as “one of the best small business payroll...
2015 ACA Penalty Letters
Remember a few years ago when the big ACA question for employers was to decide if they would play or pay? Well the IRS has just announced they will begin sending out Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP) penalty letters. So it looks like we are about to see...
What Is EFTPS and Is It Secure?
Are you still taking time out of your day to make tax payments in person? It's time to put down the checkbook and step away from the post office. There's an easier way to pay your taxes now: the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System. With 12 million enrolled...
What is FUTA & How Much Do I Need To Pay?
The unemployment rate in America is hovering around 4 percent right now - much lower than it used to be following the 2008 financial crisis. Still, there will always be a few people on the unemployment lists. The FUTA tax is the government's way of making...
What is Time and a Half and Who Qualifies?
In a perfect world, we're all paid a fair rate for our hard work. But for some people, this is far from reality. In most cases, employers pay workers each hour they put in. And when they go over 40 hours per week, they're given a bonus known as "time and a half." What...
What is SUTA & What Your Business Needs to Know
SUTA stands for the State Unemployment Tax Act. It's payable by employers and covers eligible employees in case they become unemployed.Employers pay the money into each individual state's unemployment tax fund. This tax fund is available to employees who lose their...
How To Bring Your HR Team Into The Digital Age
Before the advent of computer networks, if you wanted to find a book at the library, you had to thumb through card catalogs. Libraries were the first to dispense with extensive analog file systems. But some businesses haven't caught up with the digital age. They're...
7 Benefits of Paperless Payroll
Finding a payroll system that works for both you and your employees can be incredibly tricky.However, if you want to streamline your efficiency, improve office morale, and save yourself serious time and money, you need to find the solution that's right for your team....
Reasons To Outsource Payroll Management
It is difficult to run a business without a great payroll management system. Getting it wrong can cost you a lot of time, employees, and money. Every small business must apply some common sense tips to succeed. They include using free marketing tools, networking...
Free PHR Courses
Webinars offering FREE HRCI recertification credit SHRM web site (the obvious one) http://www.shrm.org/multimedia/webcasts/Pages/default.aspx Human Capital Institute (free membership required): http://www.hci.org/hr-training-webcasts Free webinar every Wednesday at...
AdvaPay Systems’ Blog named to FeedSpot’s list of Top Payroll Blogs!
We were excited to learn that Feedspot named AdvaPay’s blog as one of the top payroll blogs in the industry and we're just getting started! We have a new editorial calendar and are always on the lookout for more contributors so that we can post great original...
New FLSA Overtime Rules…
Smart, Easy Ways to Manage the Change. It’s true. The long awaited overtime changes are here. This past May 18th, the Department of Labor released its final decision - doubling the salary level that determines whether employees are classified as exempt from overtime...
AL.com News – Payroll service company AdvaPay Systems ready to process payroll for businesses in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, AL – No job is too large or too small for payroll processing company AdvaPay Systems, now assisting Birmingham-area clients with their payroll processing and tax filing. AdvaPay was founded by Darlene Tysinger in 2014. The payroll service quickly expanded...
2017 Payroll Tax Rates and Limits Changes
20162017Social Security Wage Limit$118,500$127,200Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) Wage Limit $7,000$7,000 Retirement Contribution Limit Changes: 401(k)/SEP/403(b)/457 Deferrals$18,000$18,000Qualified Plan/403(b)/457 Catch-up Contributions$6,000$6,000SIMPLE...
The 2017 Social Security Taxable Wage Base
[social_share/] The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced that the 2017 Social Security taxable wage base will be increased to $127,200, up $8,700 from the 2016 taxable wage base of $118,500. When an employee reaches this taxable wage threshold no more ...