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Critical Year End Payroll Deadlines

Critical Year End Payroll Deadlines In 2016, significant changes were mandated by the IRS, DOR and Social Security Administration to filing deadlines. This year all W2s and 1099s must not only be provided to the employees, but also filed with the appropriate taxing agency by January 31, 2020. This is a full 30 days in […]

BizChecks Time Solution

Did you know, a Massachusetts employer was forced to pay more than $420,000 in unpaid wages and liquidated damages due to an overtime lawsuit? A simple way for you to keep the risk of a lawsuit low, is by implementing a time tracking solution. BizChecks Payroll offers a robust and customizable time tracking solution through iSolved. Whether your employees […]

Paid Family and Medical Leave Update

Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) has gone through the wringer in preparation for its implementation. BizChecks has stayed on top of all the changes, and we are happy to provide you with a final update. Contributions The Department of Family and Medical Leave (DFML) has clarified and emphasized that contributions apply to all checks […]

Somebody to Lean On

For less than $10 per person a year, area employers can now provide their employees with a powerful mental health and wellbeing tool. The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and Rogers & Gray Insurance recently announced the availability of an employee assistance plan (EAP) which provides confidential counseling services to employees and their families. The […]

Invest in your business….Join the Chamber of Commerce

I am often surprised to hear from fellow business owners that they are not members of their regional chambers of commerce. Reasons vary from “the chamber only benefits tourism related businesses” to “I am too busy for networking events” to “my business is too small to benefit from a chamber membership.” While the chambers of […]

Our New HCM System is a Game Changer

With the introduction of iSolved HCM’s cloud-based platform, BizChecks Payroll Partners will save time and money. If there’s one thing we hear over and over again from business owners throughout Cape Cod and the South Shore, it’s that there just aren’t enough hours in the day. From the mundane to the momentous, the number of […]

What you need to know as an Entrepreneur

If you own a small business in Massachusetts, you’re not alone. With nearly 21% of people in the commonwealth employed by small businesses, according to an article on CBSNews.com, we have one of the highest small business employment rates in the country. The same story ranks Massachusetts as one of the 10 best states in which […]

Does Telecommuting Make Sense For Your Company?

New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has stirred up a hornet’s nest recently with her decision to end the company’s “work from home policy”. This controversial decision seems to fly in the face of a growing trend in this country to not only allow telecommuting but also encourage it. Forbes Magazine recently reported that 1 in 5 […]

To Accrue Or Not To Accrue Vacation

A client of ours recently spent a great deal of time and money contesting an employee’s claim that he was owed his four weeks vacation after giving his notice on January 10th. Unfortunately, this business owner chose to ignore repeated suggestions that his employees should accrue vacation time and he should put his vacation policy […]

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