Perquest, Inc., a provider of online web-based payroll services, announced today a new tool expected to bridge language barriers between Spanish speaking employees and their U.S. based employers. The new bilingual solution is part of the Perquest Employee Self Service (ESS) feature which gives employees the option to view their personal payroll information online in English or in Spanish. ... [full story]
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ADP has beefed up its RUN payroll service for accountants who process payroll for their small business clients, adding new security and data entry features and more payment options. The latest version of RUN Powered by ADP Payroll for Accountants is able to restrict access to client data to individual users within the same firm. Accountants can choose, on ... [full story]
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Running an organization means a lot of responsibility, and if responsibility is delegated across the organization then things definitely work better. Yet delegating responsibility can be a tough task since along with responsibility, authority also has to go hand in hand. The trouble is that the top level of an organization can take this decision of delegation of responsibility and ... [full story]
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With Mayor Shirley Franklin warning of even more service cuts to help make up a $50-60 million budget shortfall, the idea of taxing Atlanta's commuters has reared its head again. Councilman C.T. Martin confirmed for 11Alive News he wants to resurrect his proposal of a payroll tax on commuters who come into the City of Atlanta to work, but ... [full story]
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Companies in the U.S. cut an estimated 157,000 jobs in October, the most in almost six years, a private report based on payroll data showed today. The drop was larger than forecast and followed a revised 26,000 decrease in September that was bigger than previously estimated, ADP Employer Services said. The decline in employment was the biggest since November ... [full story]
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Payroll can be a highly profitable component to a successful public accounting practice, often driving other aspects of business. Whether adding payroll services or upgrading from a current payroll system, select software that will serve client needs today and flex to meet client needs into the future. Sending clients away for payroll service opens the door for direct competition ... [full story]
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Running an effective and successful business can be a very challenging task. If you have those times when you feel overwhelmed or if your company has reached a plateau, maybe it's time to start thinking about the details of the business. There are plenty of little and big ways to make your systems more efficient and smarter. It just requires ... [full story]
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As if meeting payroll isn't hard enough for small businesses, the process involved in producing the checks is basically a nightmare. Just keeping up with constantly changing local, state, and federal government rules can easily be a full-time job. On top of that, the opportunities for mistakes are virtually limitless, and the most innocent slip-up can open you to fines, ... [full story]
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NEBS Canada now offers Canadian small business owners and entrepreneurs a payroll alternative to cash for employees without bank accounts. The new NEBS(TM) Prepaid MasterCard(R) debit card is designed primarily for those who employ seasonal and migrant workers. The card is reloadable, PIN-protected and provides employers with a fast, simple and secure way to electronically process deposits for employees, ... [full story]
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Sage Software has signed a deal with CompuPay to provide outsourced payroll services for Sage customers, including those using Peachtree Managed Payroll. The agreement will allow Sage's Employer Solutions business to focus more on delivering human resources software to small and midsized businesses. "The best way for us to deliver outsourced payroll today to our existing payroll clients, ... [full story]
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Easy payroll services help companies to get their paychecks quickly. For people working within a business that is in need of this service, it is important to know that they do exist. This system works closely with businesses in order to get the kind of service and productivity they need when it comes to payroll. With this, one has the ... [full story]
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Ok, so next to the taxman, your company payroll department might well be the most criticised people on the planet. Of course, when your pay is accurate and on time then you love the payroll people with a passion but when things go wrong it is a completely different matter. Rightly or not the payroll professionals come in for an ... [full story]
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Small businesses that do not want to deal with or do not have the resources to deal with payroll management and administration, seek professional payroll service providers. They are cost effective, more experienced, reliable, well trained and takes care of mundane chore such as paying employees, and filing taxes etc., saving valuable time that can be devoted to building and ... [full story]
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Whether you process payroll manually or use a payroll service, the time is right to reevaluate your payroll processes - as the new year approaches, small business payroll outsourcing options are better than ever. Are you bogged down with tedious, time-consuming administrivia that prevents you from focusing on your core business? Instead of growing your business, are you suffocating ... [full story]
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Payroll processing services, also called online payroll services are used to collect information on hours worked, pay rates, end and other payroll connected information from their patrons and use that information to make paychecks, payroll reports and tax filings. It has become a popular option. Payroll processing services, also called online payroll services are used to collect information on ... [full story]
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McKesson Corp is opening a shared service centre in Bangor, Wales to support the integrated payroll and human resources system for the NHS. The investment, which will create 300 jobs over the next three years, has been supported with grant aid from the Welsh Assembly Government. A consortium led by McKesson, which includes Oracle Corp and IBM, is supplying ... [full story]
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Einstein HR, a full-service HR services firm, proudly announces that it has been named as the official human resources and payroll source for the Gwinnett Gladiators. "We are pleased to have chosen Einstein HR as the official HR and Payroll Service firm of the Gwinnett Gladiators," says Steve Chapman, President of the Gwinnett Gladiators organization. "Einstein HR offers access ... [full story]
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Markewi Boye, CEO of Smart Business International, PLLC, offers nationwide service in payroll processing. In a recent interview, he explained, “the price you pay for a payroll service is important; but quite honestly, it's the least amount of risk you'll have with a payroll service.” Mr. Boye went on to discuss the items often overlooked and common mistakes made by ... [full story]
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In a shining example of joint working, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Treasury Solicitors (TSol), Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO), have gone live with a single, cost effective, integrated HR solution using the web-based iTrent solution from MidlandHR. The system has been jointly implemented by the four departments, working closely with MidlandHR consultants ... [full story]
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Plans to share IT systems across the Department for Transport (DfT) could end up costing £81m by March 2015 rather than saving the department £57m as originally expected, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report. Human resources, payroll and finance IT systems are to be shared across DfT agencies such as the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) ... [full story]
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NorthgateArinso today announced a business process outsourcing (BPO: 19.70, +0.42, +2.17%) agreement with SAP AG, extending NorthgateArinso's BPO services 'Powered by SAP.' It will enable NorthgateArinso to deliver additional services further up the HR value chain, expanding provision of payroll and employee administration services to offering customers full human capital management outsourced solutions, using its preconfigured euHReka HR services platform. ... [full story]
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Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has expanded his pension fraud probe to include all forms of local government across the state and the way they hire lawyers and consultants. Cuomo said the probe expands on his civil and criminal investigation into potentially fraudulent employment arrangements between public school systems and lawyers. Last week, the state Attorney General's office announced ... [full story]
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Ohio's unemployment rate eased to 5.5 percent in January as payroll levels moved opposite a smaller jobless pool, the state Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. The 5.5 percent jobless rate is down from a revised December rate of 5.8 percent - the state originally reported a rate of 6 percent that month - and only slightly ... [full story]
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Hewitt Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HEW), a global human resources services company, today reported results for its fiscal 2008 first quarter ended December 31, 2007. -- Reported net revenues (revenues before reimbursements) increased 9% in the first quarter, to $793.8 million, from $726.6 million in the prior-year quarter. Consulting revenues increased 18%, Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) revenues increased ... [full story]
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TurboTax takes the trophy again this year. Of the online tax services I reviewed, it did the best job of looking out for my bottom line and minimizing the work without glossing over subjects, though the number of options and the high cost can be a turnoff. I liked the ability to customize the process; proficient filers and speed ... [full story]
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(ARA) - It’s no cliché: Small businesses really are the backbone of the American economy. Representing 99.7 percent of all employer firms, nearly 25 million small businesses have created 60 to 80 percent of the new jobs annually over the past decade, according to the Small Business Administration. Of course, employing all those workers means tax season lasts all ... [full story]
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Canadian-based banking group, Scotiabank, has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar payroll outsourcing contract with ARINSO International. ARINSO International, a Northgate HR company, will implement a new payroll solution, based on SAP, to deliver payroll services to 43,000 of the bank’s employees and pensioners. The deal also includes application management outsourcing and hosting services. “Just as Scotiabank seeks to ... [full story]
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WebApps, Inc. a.k.a. SaaS.com, a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) with a major push in Workforce Management Solutions, today announced an addition to the network of Payroll Service Bureaus it partners with, Sheakley PaySystems. With offices in Ohio, Tennessee and Texas, Sheakley PaySystems provides payroll, human resource, time tracking and payment solutions to clients throughout the country. ... [full story]
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CheckPoint HR, LLC, an innovator and leading Administrative Service Organization (ASO) that offers small- to mid-size organizations an integrated Human Resource Management System (HRMS) for human resources, payroll services and benefits administration, announced that Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn® has selected CheckPoint HR’s Web-Based Human Resource Management System (HRMS) to automate payroll and HR processes as well as deploy ... [full story]
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ICS Computing, a payroll outsourcing services provider in the UK, has announced that it will offer managed and bureau payroll services to housing association The Guinness Partnership. ICS is a privately owned provider of payroll services, offering outsourced payroll, HR and payroll software, HR and payroll services and HR and payroll process consultancy. Its payroll services promise specialist account ... [full story]
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CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ: 9.59, +0.26, +2.78%) today announced that it has acquired certain assets of Computer Payroll Company ("CPC"), a payroll processing company located in Palm Desert, California, effective January 1, 2008. Founded in 1992, CPC provides payroll processing services for more than 800 clients primarily in California and Arizona. CPC recorded approximately $2.5 million in revenue during ... [full story]
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The B.C. government is "tossing a time bomb" into court-forced negotiations between the province and health-care unions, a spokesman for the Hospital Employees Union claimed Friday. The union said the government has been secretly working for months on an organization that would share health services and take away more union jobs in favour of privatization. "If this is ... [full story]
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