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Nearly half of HR leaders in medium and small businesses doubt that what they do impacts the bottom line. Learn how HR can help predict and manage an organization’s most important expense.
Webinar: Goodbye Reports. Hello Insights. Meet Paycor Analytics
At Paycor, our goal is to empower HR Leaders with the latest technology advances, so they can focus on what really matters, their people. With Paycor Analytics, say goodbye to messy spreadsheets, time consuming data analysis or making assumptions without the data to back it up. Give us 30 minutes of your time and we’ll show how Paycor Analytics will change the way you answer important questions about your workforce.Speaker: Kelly Silverman and Kyle Baker
Leap Year Payroll: How to Handle 27 Pay Periods
If you pay employees bi-weekly, you normally have 26 pay periods a year. But 2020 brings you an extra one—thanks, leap year. True, an extra pay period isn’t exclusive to leap years, sometimes it just depends on which day of the week you pay your employees. But regardless of when it occurs, it can cause headaches for HR and payroll administrators who aren’t prepared.There are a few ways to approach a 27-pay-period year, but the most important thing is to communicate your plan to your workforce. Make sure they understand what to expect so there aren’t any surprises surrounding their paychecks. How to Pay Employees During a Year with 27 Pay Periods Option 1: Everyone gets an extra paycheck. Woo-hoo! The extra paycheck would be for the same...
The Future of HR
Paycor asked 500+ CEOS, CFOs and HR executives about their human resources challenges, the impact of artificial intelligence and big data and their priorities over the next few years. We compiled the results and are sharing the findings and key takeaways in our report, The Future of HR. Here’s a sneak peek. 45% of Human Resources Professionals Are Concerned About Recruiting & Retention With unemployment at an all-time low, companies are being forced to up their recruiting game or risk missing out on top talent. But it’s not just about attracting employees. The average worker will change jobs at least 12 times throughout their career, which puts pressure on HR to engage, train and develop talent so they’ll never want to leave. This is...Banker
CFOs’ Biggest Challenges in 2020
It’s never a bad time to look forward to changes that might have an impact on the business… especially financially. Many CFOs find that they’re faced with four primary areas of focus in 2020: People, money, data and technology, with some overlap among the four. Here we’ll briefly cover our predictions for the challenges heads of finance will likely face in the coming year. Challenge 1: Attracting and Retaining Talent Finding new ways to thrive despite a very tight labor market continues to plague businesses overall in 2020. But the finance department is discovering that it’s increasingly challenging to find people to build out their teams. Ten years ago, the three areas finance hires were judged on were accounting, auditing, and...
Webinar: How Paycor Can Take Blackbaud's Payroll 7 Clients To The Next Level
Blackbaud’s Payroll clients have been asking for a more robust payroll offering and we’re excited to announce a new partnership between Blackbaud and Paycor.An industry-leading HR and payroll provider with nearly 30 years of experience serving small to medium-sized businesses, Paycor will not only deliver more robust payroll functionality, but also a suite of products and services to help Blackbaud clients better serve their mission.Join us as Paycor Senior Vice President, Rick Chouteau, showcase why Paycor can be chosen to replace the Payroll 7 module, helping your organization improve operational efficiencies while reducing risk.In this webinar, we’ll share: • A comparison between Payroll 7 and Paycor’s Payroll platform • A review of...
Webinar: Industry Spotlight: Higher Education - People Management and Labor Metrics that every CFO and President should know
Paycor reviewed proprietary data from nearly 4,000 customers to identify key metrics that uncover opportunities to lower your labor costs and increase the productivity of your people. This session will: • highlight key areas of your business operations (recruiting, labor costs, and turnover) and detail true operational costs. • Identify key metrics that can be tracked and benchmarked for improved performance. • provide a cumulative and holistic look at the financial impact to your organization. Dean Bishop, Paycor’s ABACC Relationship Manager, will analyze the critical labor and people management metrics that matter to you and your executive peers. Plus, he’ll provide some tips to start benchmarking and implementing these metrics.Paycor,...
What is a W-4 Form?
What is a W-4 Form? W-4 forms are essentially very basic tax returns filled out by employees. Specifically, it tells employers the correct amount of tax to withhold from the employee’s paycheck. Need a W-4 Form? Download it here. Why are W-4s important? The accuracy of an employee’s W-4 submission will determine the size of their tax refund (or bill) at the end of the year. The amount withheld should be as close as possible to their actual tax obligation—a big deficit can be an unwelcome surprise and may be accompanied by further penalties. Withholding more than necessary is considered by some employees as an easy way to save but, while refunds may seem like a nice treat, you are taking away the chance for employees to invest (or use)...
W-2 Employer Responsibilities
What is a W-2 Form? W-2 forms are an important part of employees’ tax filings, listing all wages and salary paid along with the amounts withheld for taxes and benefits. W-2 forms include information about your business and employee details along with how much employees earn (including tip income), how much they withhold for tax (as specified on their W-4 form) plus social security and Medicare contributions, also factoring in retirement and special benefits plans. A W-2 form is required for all employees. However, for independent contractors, for whom taxes are not withheld, an employer is required instead to submit a 1099-MISC form, which simply reports payments. (Here’s how to figure out whether someone is an employee or an independent...
2020 Small Business Health Insurance Requirements
Small business owners aren’t insurance experts and they shouldn’t have to be. Many businesses are so small that the folks in charge of evaluating benefits packages are sometimes in the dark about the myriad compliance requirements surrounding health insurance coverage. Even though small businesses that employ fewer than 50 full time employees aren’t legally bound to offer health insurance, many of them offer coverage to improve employee engagement and morale and also to attract the best talent. So, if your company plans to provide health insurance for your employees, it’s important that you understand your choices and the laws around them.If you’re looking to offer health insurance in 2020 you should consider adding these five popular...SMB
3 Restaurant Problems That Human Resources Can Help Solve
People get into the restaurant business for a lot of reasons but managing complex HR challenges is usually not one of them. As a restaurant owner or operator, you’ve got a lot on your mind - menus, vendors, pricing, and of course keeping your customers well-fed and happy. The problem is, those complex HR challenges - the ones you don’t want to think about it - can become serious problems if you don’t get a handle on them. The good news is, with the right strategy and the right technology, you can dramatically simplify complex HR challenges before they become problems, protect your business, and get back to doing what you love to do. Restaurant PROBLEM #1: SCHEDULING THE WORKFORCE You don’t need us to remind you that restaurant profit...CFO
The Importance of Non-Financial Incentives
Employees are motivated by more than money. Finding, recruiting and hiring talented people is just the beginning. Keeping them motivated throughout their careers is another challenge entirely. Ideally, talented people will have such a great work ethic that they’ll stay engaged no matter how they feel. But let’s face it, how we feel influences how we approach our work.Great managers need to become experts at keeping employees engaged—companies with highly engaged employees are more productive, have 21% higher productivity, and staff are more likely to stick around (Gallup). The problem is, though employee engagement is on the rise, it’s still only a minority of the US workforce who are engaged at work. Employee engagement is way more...
2020 Report: The Future of HR
The landscape of HR is shifting from everyday HR functions to strategic HR initiatives like recruiting, people & labor cost management and more. To gauge the present and future of HR, Paycor interviewed more than 500 leaders of medium and small businesses.In this trends report you’ll learn: Where the best HR & business leaders plan to invest the most money Why CFOs are losing faith in HR’s ability to work with data (and what you can do) Which 2020 compliance regulations are keeping leaders up at night and what you should do to mitigate risk Why 48% of business leaders believe many core HR functions will be automated by 2022 And more!
Buyer's Guide To HCM And Payroll Technology
An HCM platform is the foundation of your business, and choosing the technology is one of the most important decisions you'll make.
Get ExpertiseLabor Costs, Overtime, Turnover and More
Labor costs, especially if you’re not tracking them, have a way of getting out of control. Employee wage growth (or lack thereof), overtime, employee turnover and time theft are just a few of the ways things can go off the rails. Yet, according to a recent Paycor survey, HR professionals only spend 15% of their time managing labor costs. So, why isn’t it more of a priority?
There’s a number of ways HR can help reduce labor costs. Overtime expenses tend to wreck the most havoc on a budget, which is why it’s important to figure out the culprit and create a plan to deal with it. Try hiring temporary workers during peak times of productivity or streamline the overall process. You can curb time theft and buddy punching with technology and modern time and attendance software/products. In the restaurant industry, margins are already thin but optimizing schedules can help reduce labor costs.
And that’s just a start. HR can use workforce analytics to obtain key information about talent and how it influences current and future business strategy. As an HR pro, you have the power to predict what’s going to happen—it’s all in the data.