Editor’s Note

Global labor compliance issues are on the rise — wage and hour litigation has skyrocketed by 358% since the year 2000 in the United States. This issue isn’t just limited to the US; litigation for unpaid wages has cost Australian businesses over $250 million in the past decade, Japan is attempting to remedy its rampant overtime problem, and labor disputes are on the rise in the Philippines, South Africa, the UAE and China. For leaders managing gross pay and compliance, each day presents a new challenge.

How To Manage Payroll If Your Company Has No Legal Entity In A Country?

Just so you are aware, many countries are cracking down on overuse of business visas and non-compliance with employment and payroll laws. When deciding which option to choose, you will have to weigh in the factors of cost, complexity and the risk of non-compliance (which carries its own costs with penalties and fines).

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Global Time And Gross Pay - Part 1: 80% compliance is not enough

As businesses grow and expand beyond their initial locations, gain diverse employee types, and need to comply with varying labor laws, centralized payroll becomes a challenging issue with respect to driving growth. And by extension, global time and gross pay — which directly contributes to 60% of time and effort in payroll — becomes a high priority item on any company’s list. Still, addressing the payroll challenges of multi-location growth isn’t always easy.

HR Tools: How to select one

What are HR tools? HR softwareare software programs or tools designed to automate, streamline and improve human resources operations and processes.

How HRMS Helps You Get More from Your HR Data: Embracing your analytics software

The potential benefits of better use of your HR data include enhanced performance against KPIs and other targets, more objective corporate insights, smoother team working and collaboration, and better management and resources decisions, at all levels.

3 Strategies To Help Manage Contingent Workforce Costs

It can be difficult to keep track of your contingent workforce, and Peter Drucker’s adage, ‘you can’t manage what you don’t measure’, applies. You may have hiring managers in different branches of your company engaging contingent or non-permanent workers, creating unseen workers who are not entirely visible to your human resources department.

An Overlooked Impact Of Natural Disasters: Getting employees paid

As hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated regions of the country this past summer, residents in impacted areas had to deal with extra expenses due to property damages or evacuations during the storms. Both events had a significant impact on the local economies, with spending plummeting 59 percent week-over-week in Houston and surrounding areas and 55.7 percent week-over-week across the state of Florida, according to First Data’s SpendTrend report.

How To Maximize Your Employment Tax Credits And WOTC: Top 4 tips

Employment tax credits, particularly the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) program, can be extremely lucrative for employers who meet optimal criteria for these programs. Between state credits and WOTC, there are many opportunities for employers in a variety of industries to significantly improve their bottom lines through these credits.

Payroll And Performance - A Surprising Connection: What is the money for?

But the question still stands: What is the money for? If your employees are getting a regular salary and good benefits, shouldn’t that be enough? How do you create a compensation strategy that keeps your employees both satisfied and productive? The answers to these questions don’t come with the right dollar amount. They come with an understanding of workplace satisfaction.