IPS is pleased to welcome payroll specialist, Ruxy McPherson, to our team. A graduate of St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul, Minnesota, (Go Wildcats!), Ruxy has a degree in German and Marketing Management. Ruxy recently sat down with us to…
With the New Year right around the corner, now is the ideal time to consider making adjustments to your company’s payroll process, or perhaps even an outright change of service providers. IPS recommends taking a proactive approach to analyzing your…
Fall is considered the final hiring spree of the year for businesses before the holiday season and coming New Year. So, if a candidate has accepted your recent job offer, are you prepared to efficiently and successfully merge that employee…
This time of year, a lot of IPS clients are laying the groundwork for the coming year, putting together budgets and financial forecasts. And there is a lot of data available to guide them in the process – sometimes to…
It’s summertime and the last thing on your mind may be thinking the time is right to switch payroll providers. Conventional thinking holds that switching payroll providers is best accomplished at the beginning of the year. After all, it’s the…
So, you want to hire an intern? There are a number of things to keep in mind regarding wage laws and more before bringing someone on board. One of the big questions for employers when hiring interns these days is…
With Memorial Day behind us and the Fourth of July just around the corner, we’ve been hearing from IPS customers lately about how to best handle employee holidays and compensation. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act from the U.S. Department…
Are employees having difficulty getting their timesheet turned in each month? As their employer, is there anything that you can legally do about it? This is just one of the thousands of real-life questions fielded by our HR Professionals –…
More than 80 percent of U.S. employees have their paychecks directly deposited into a bank account and never lay eyes on the paystub. But out of sight should not mean out of mind when it comes to monitoring take home…
In an age where job turnover is higher than ever, it’s important for organizations to be smart about how they handle the pending or sudden departure of an employee. In part 1 of our 2-part series, we addressed how to…
