Establishing and Maintaining Business Credit

Establishing good credit is essential if you intend to apply for a business loan.  But how do you establish and maintain a healthy business credit score? How Business Credit is Measured Business credit is calculated using what’s known as your Paydex score, the...

Performing Background Checks on Employees

Employment Decisions are not always easy.  You want to make the right decision, and checking a candidate’s background may be part of your process.  Making a poor hiring decision could be costly to your businss.  Should you use a background check in your hiring...

Overtime Rules (CA)

In the last post, I discussed the federal overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor.  Today I want to discuss the overtime laws that are in effect in California as they are more stringent.  The Department...

Overtime Rules (Federal)

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is administered by the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor. The Act establishes standards for minimum wages, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor.  Today we’re going to discuss the...

Payroll Deposit Schedules

The Internal Revenue Service has very specific rules for when payroll taxes must be deposited.  This schedule is determined by the amount of tax reported on form 941 during the 4 quarter lookback period.  The dates of the lookback period are July1 to June 30.  For...

Paycheck Date Versus Pay Period Date

There sometimes is some confusion between pay date and pay period.  This blog will explain the difference. An employer decides the pay period they will have when hiring their first employee.  The typical pay periods are weekly, bi-weekly (every other week on the same...

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