Human Resources Compliance Checklist
Let your PEO help keep you HR compliant Maintaining human resources compliance can be a difficult task, often fraught with unseen pitfalls and potential litigation. Understanding the regulations and laws that govern HR in your state can be challenging for many small and mid-size business owners. Though not exhaustive, this checklist can help give you […]
4 HR Mistakes Your Small Business May Be Making
When you are busy starting or running a small business, it is easy to push human resource management to the side, failing to give it the proper attention it commands. Even innocent mistakes can carry serious monetary fines, penalties, and costly legal action. Here are a few we see regularly: Mistake #1—Lax Vetting of New […]
The Affordable Care Act: Employer Penalties on the Rise
Penalties for failure to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) provisions for the 2017 and 2018 tax years are expected to rise. Even if employers that failed to comply with the law have not yet received penalty notices, they are coming. The IRS has announced that penalty notices for the 2015 tax year will […]
What Happened to the FLSA/DOL Overtime Rule?
In May of 2016, the Department of Labor issued a final rule updating the federal overtime regulations. This update would have increased the minimum salary for exempt employees to $913 per week, or $47,476 annually as of December 1, 2016. Businesses had to decide to either increase salaries for affected individuals or change them to […]
Disney and the Department of Labor Woes
The happiest place on earth may not be very happy after their recent audit by the Department of Labor (DOL)! During the audit, the DOL discovered Disney was deducting costume expenses without the employee’s authorization and taking them below the federal minimum wage of $7.25. They were not paying employees for pre and post-shift work. […]
Background Checks & Adverse Action: Are You Compliant?
Many companies run background checks before hiring a qualified candidate to ensure they hire an employee with the necessary experience and a clean record. However, some candidate’s records are not clean and you may be unwilling to hire them due to the results of their background check. Is your company liable to do anything at […]
Why you need an employee handbook
Many employers ask, “Why should I have an employee handbook for my company?” Handbooks communicate consistent information to all employees about company rules and expectations, explain the company mission and values, and can provide legal protection for your business. It’s good business practice to have a handbook in place and we’ll explain a few of the reasons why. […]
Concerned about the PBJ data reporting deadline for long term care providers? Sheakley has you covered.
Effective July 1, 2016, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will require all Long Term Care facilities to start capturing staffing information based on payroll and timekeeping. The Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) will collect staffing and census information from nursing homes and LTC facilities on a quarterly basis. This new report is being called the Payroll-Based […]
Sheakley partners with Tennessee Medical Association
We’re excited to announce our newest partnership with the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA). TMA is Tennessee’s largest professional association for physicians and works to continually improve the effectiveness of physician care and ensure proper policy to serve the best interests of patients and the profession. TMA offers a Member Marketplace with preferred vendors to offer […]
ACA Reporting Requirements are Coming…Are You Ready?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the biggest healthcare change in over 100 years. Without comprehensive data integration between these systems, it will become increasingly more difficult to maintain compliance. The ACA reporting and compliance requirements affect companies with 50 or more full-time or full-time equivalent employees. Full-time status is defined as 30 or more […]