Written by Caleb Masters

Every holiday season provides companies with unique challenges and opportunities. This year, retailers are recognizing the shift in our shopping habits by bringing on the seasonal staff needed to fulfill online orders. Three of America’s largest retailers announced they will collectively hire an estimated 240,000 seasonal workers, with 20,000 of those dedicated to staffing seasonal […]

Changes to Social Security tax calculations are coming soon. Starting Jan. 1, the maximum earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax will be $142,800. This represents an increase of $5,100 from the current taxable maximum of $137,700. The increase, which was announced this month, accompanies a 1.3% cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security recipients. For […]

Just because an organization has yet to fully embrace the potential of digital technologies doesn’t mean it’s too late. It just means the time to move forward is now. In her most recent appearance on Paycom’s HR Break Room® podcast, real estate mogul and Shark Tank co-host Barbara Corcoran focused heavily on the topic of […]

Time is a finite resource, especially during the hiring process. Even though you might prefer your top candidate to get on the schedule as soon as possible, it’s important to be diligent as you vet their qualifications. But when it comes to more time-intensive steps like pre-employment screenings, if you don’t move fast enough, the […]

For too many organizations, a gap exists between leaders’ desire to develop their workforces and the time and ability needed to implement a practical development strategy. In fact, 60% of respondents in a recent TalentCulture survey said they want to focus more on learning and development — and would, if only they had the time. […]

To truly appreciate the technology of today, it helps to look back and ponder the road to progress. For documents and paperwork in the workplace, that road goes back a long way. A brief history In ancient China, bureaucrats recorded agreements between states in triplicate — one copy for each party and one for the […]

For some borrowers, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness just got easier. Last week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a new, simplified forgiveness application form. Borrowers are eligible to use the Form 3508S if their total PPP loan amount was $50,000 or less. However, borrowers who received PPP loans totaling $2 million or […]

If there’s one thing HR professionals love, it’s entering and re-entering employee data that employees could enter themselves one time, the first time: their hours worked, their dependents, their expenses and more. Carpal tunnel syndrome, here we come! And if there’s one thing employees love, it’s having multiple systems to navigate, each requiring its own […]

Compliance is a pressing issue for organizations of any size, even championship-caliber operations like the New England Patriots. That’s where the HR team at the Patriots’ parent company, The Kraft Group, comes in. In episode 84 of our HR Break Room® podcast, Robin Boudreau, senior vice president of human resources, and Miranda Blaiklock, director of […]

Helping businesses achieve peak HR efficiency in a digital world is a reward unto itself. Receiving recognition from experts is the icing on the cake. This week, one of our cutting-edge digital tools, Manager on-the-Go™, earned a spot on Human Resource Executive magazine’s Top HR Products 2020 list. “Paycom’s Manager on the Go strikes that […]

It’s hard to imagine a workplace without HR. But people have worked since the beginning of time, so when did managing people become an essential part of business? Believe it or not, the idea didn’t come about until the late 18th century! In fact, it wasn’t until the Industrial Revolution that Robert Owen and Charles […]

Due to the President’s memorandum signed on Aug. 8, which included an employee Social Security tax deferral, Form 941 must be updated for the third quarter of 2020. Most employers are required to fill out this federal tax document quarterly. On Sept. 30, the IRS released the new form with instructions for completion. The Internal […]