Even in this age of driver-less cars and Amazon drone deliveries, it’s still quite common to find businesses, both big and small, still manually entering employee time using a cumbersome spreadsheet-based system. If this sounds like your office, please know there…
Pete Feaman, vice president of IPS, recently attended The Payroll Group’s Annual Conference. The Payroll Group (TPG) brings together independent payroll service providers from across the country to help reduce overhead costs, share success stories and develop common methods to better…
For companies that handle their payroll internally, it’s not uncommon to be left in a lurch when the staff member responsible for overseeing payroll departs the team unexpectedly. In fact, we’ve had several clients come to IPS after having an integral HR…
Recently, the U.S. House of representatives narrowly passed a revised version the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the GOP’s bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The Senate has the next move. Rather than vote on the House…
On Tuesday, May 9th, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Working Families Flexibility Act. The Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow employees who work more than 40 hours in a workweek to choose between overtime…
IPS is proud to be added as a Corporate Member of the GCOW. The Golf Course Owners of Wisconsin is a great organization which provides education and advocacy on behalf of its members and promotes golf throughout the state of Wisconsin. IPS…
PTO … it’s one of the cornerstone benefits in today’s corporate America. But what happens when PTO regularly goes unused? Is it beneficial or detrimental to the company when it’s employees stay “hard at work” and forgo earned vacation time….
REMEMBER: OSHA 300A forms were to be posted no later than February 1, 2017. If you have not posted your forms, please do so immediately. OSHA 300A forms will need to be submitted online to OSHA by July 1, 2017….
The new Form I-9, released November 14, must now be used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. Previously, employers have been able to use either the new form (with a…
Regardless of the size of the business, there is no escaping the fact that tax compliance is a mandatory part of operations. Given the complexity of U.S. tax laws, ensuring that your company conforms to all tax regulations requires an…
The Department of Labor updated the guidelines of the Fair Labor Standards Act with the new provisions set to take effect on December 1, 2016. However, a U.S. District Court judge issued an injunction effectively postponing the implementation of Fair Labor…
John Feaman is the president of Delafield-based Integrated Payroll Services Inc., a comprehensive payroll services company. He says companies should never get too comfortable with current success. “Once you achieve sustained profitability, it’s easy to fall into the trappings of…
