State Paid Sick Leave Laws: Your Comprehensive Guide

Updated November 5, 2024 Sickness is part of the human condition, and various illnesses can impact people differently. We’ve all worked with people who have come to work sick (and maybe even been that person in the workplace) but doing so can increase the risk of spreading illness among coworkers. Additionally, sick employees tend to…

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5 Tips to Remind Employees to Punch In and Out

When you have hourly employees, the accuracy of their timecards is crucial for paying them accurately and maintaining your company labor budget. But when they’re constantly forgetting to punch in or out, you could end up with data that isn’t accurate. Here are some helpful tips to remind employees to clock in and out, along…

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Keeping Time—Killing Wasted Hours & Errors

Integrated Timekeeping & Onboarding Management Delivers Tangible Benefits to HR and Payroll Management Utilizing systems that track your employees daily and weekly time is imperative to saving time, cost, and to building good will with your employees. Not only will your company present itself professionally via a time tracking application but there’s a huge opportunity…

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Overtime Final Rule in Effect: How Timekeeping Can Help

The Department of Labor (DOL) released the final rule, which effectively updated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requirements for overtime pay. What is the Final Rule? The final rule determines which employees qualify for overtime pay. To be exempt from receiving overtime pay, an employee must meet the following requirements: Receive a salary (rather…

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The Top 7 Mobile Time Clock Apps

For many people, the workplace is more than one physical location. Your organization might have employees who work from home or handle their tasks from multiple locations while on the go. Old-school tracking methods are making way for more effective mobile time clock apps. Mobile time tracking is essential when your workforce isn’t working from…

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How a Time Clock App Solves 6 Obstacles to Business Growth

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On the fence about whether to get an employee time clock app? You’re not alone. Despite irrefutable benefits, many small businesses don’t use one. What’s stopping you? Perhaps you think you don’t have enough employees. Maybe you are afraid your team will be insulted if you make them use one. Are you so busy you…

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6 Time-Tracking Tools Designed for High-Performing Businesses

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High-performing businesses are found across all industries and come in a range of sizes. When your small business is growing and thriving, it’s important to take advantage of all efficiencies to keep the momentum going. Explore six time-tracking tools for your business and how each can support growth. 1. Manual Tools Of course, your time…

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6 Tips to Say Goodbye to Constant Timesheet Reminders

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Managers hate to nag about an employee’s timecard with ongoing timesheet reminders. It can feel like a power struggle with a bunch of five-year-olds. You hire competent professionals. You don’t want to think of them as kids who refuse to pick up their toys. Getting employees to turn in timecards is a problem that has…

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An Overview of the Overtime Threshold Under the FLSA (Updated May 2024)

On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final overtime rule. The latest rule, titled Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees, revises existing regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This shift has the potential to impact a large number of employees who are…

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Gusto + WorkforceHub Timekeeping: A Match Made in Heaven

Manage your workforce efficiently with the time-tracking solution you need and data that syncs with your payroll platform. If you currently use Gusto, a cloud-based payroll, benefits and human resource management system, you may be looking for something to manage time and labor. After all, failing to track employee hours can put your business in…

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