The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has created an online tool to help workers determine whether they qualify for paid leave under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The tool poses questions to help employees assess whether their employers are subject to the paid leave provisions of the FFCRA. Then, for employees whose employers ...

For many employers, workers’ compensation insurance is all about one number—the premium quoted. Understandably, employers want to pay the lowest amount possible on this mandatory coverage. While some brokers try to compete on a low bid, those who do miss the chance to educate employers on how their mod affects their premium, and how lowering ...

A key to understanding your workers’ compensation premium is the experience modification factor, also known as your mod. Understanding your company’s mod and the data used to obtain it helps you identify ways to minimize your workers’ compensation premium. Who calculates the mod factor? Most states use the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) to ...

Having a sound safety program designed to continuously improve can yield significant savings by reducing injuries and illnesses over the long run–saving workers’ compensation dollars and protecting your bottom line. The Five Steps You can control workers’ compensation costs with five steps designed to create a well-rounded safety program that produces a safer job site, ...

With employees to work from home, the list of to-dos for implementing a strategy can seem daunting for many businesses. Fortunately, having the necessary steps together in a single list can pave the way for companies to effectively deploy their telecommuting options. Is Telecommuting Required or Requested? The first step in developing a telecommuting strategy ...

Here at Payroll Medics, we understand how important your business is to you. That’s because our business is important to us, and as getting things right for your business is what we thrive upon, your business is by extension extremely important to us too. We recognize that when it comes to your business, your number ...

It’s common for business leaders to find themselves in unfamiliar territory when it comes to their company’s taxes, and tax credits specifically. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is one tax credit that many are underutilizing, meaning they are leaving money on the table when it comes time to do their taxes. WOTC helps transform ...

As cities, states and the federal government take increasingly aggressive moves to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, a shelter-in-place order and its many exceptions for “essential” activities are becoming familiar to millions of Americans across the country. Payroll Medics is supporting our clients offering a “COVID-19 Essential Employee Authorization” template. This is for employers ...

No matter the scope you envisioned for your business when you were first starting out, it’s likely that if your company has been successful, then that scope has been broadened. If you have expanded as a company, then you’ve probably found that you often have more work that needs to be done than you can ...

On March 18th, 2020 The Senate passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act today, an economic stimulus plan aimed at addressing the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Americans and introducing paid sick leave and an expanded family and medical leave act to the nation’s employers. The leave provisions will go into effect on April ...