by dojodigital | Jul 15, 2019 | Financial Management, General News, Human Resources, Payroll
Question: What is an employee’s regular rate of pay? Is it just what they make per hour of work? Answer from Marisa, SPHR: Not exactly. An employee’s “regular rate of pay” is the amount used to calculate their overtime rate for a given time period. You might...
by dojodigital | Jul 8, 2019 | General News, Human Resources, Payroll, Time & Attendance
Question: How many hours can I assign to a part-time employee? Is there a limit? Answer from Laura, SHRM-CP: There’s no specific limit to the number of hours you can assign to a part-time employee, as it’s up to you to decide how many hours employees need to work in a...
by dojodigital | Jun 27, 2019 | General News, Human Resources, Payroll, Taxes
Minimum Wage Increase for Portland, Maine The City of Portland’s minimum wage is on the rise again, making it higher than the state’s minimum wage. Starting July 1, 2019, employers who operate a business in the City of Portland, Maine will be required to...
by dojodigital | Jun 11, 2019 | Human Resources, Payroll, Taxes
As expected, the IRS has published a draft of a radically revised Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. The agency emphasizes this is just a preliminary version, and until further notice, everyone should continue to use the current version....
by dojodigital | May 28, 2019 | Payroll
Retroactive, or retro, pay is money due to an employee for work already performed but paid at a lower rate. Most commonly, it is linked to late performance appraisals, in which the employee received a pay increase that took effect in a prior pay period. Employees who...
by chris | May 6, 2019 | Human Resources, Payroll
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers generally do not have to provide short breaks or lunch periods to employees. However, the Act places restrictions on employers who choose to provide them. The FLSA also has guidelines for dealing with sleep time and...
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