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Keeping Good Employees

March 23, 2016 by ces

Keeping good employees is tough. There is always someone looking to hire them away. If you have an environment that does not value employees, give them opportunity for advancement, encourage contribution of ideas, then you will likely lose your best employees.

If you have a big enough organization where the possibility of advancement and pay increases are there for your employees to achieve, then your chances of keeping good employees are better.

One of the critical mistakes most companies make is in the process of bringing new employees on board. Most companies wait until the need for new employees reaches a critical state. While that is economically more feasible, often times new employees are not taught about the culture of your business. The company they came from may have different methods of accomplishing goals. It can quickly become frustrating for the employer, and the new employee when things aren’t done they way you expect them to be done.

You may be crazy busy, but things are going to become critical faster if you don’t take the time to stop, show them how you want things to be done, listen to their ideas, and integrate the two. Mutual respect and a sense of accomplishment is every bit as important to most people as the wage they make. In an environment where the services of your company are in demand, employees need more than wages as incentive to stay with a company.

Make sure when you hire someone that they feel like someone who will fit well with your other employees. And sometimes, might it not be better to look for someone who has great skills, but not necessarily in your industry. Perhaps training a new employees from scratch can turn out to be a better choice.

Jennifer Comer

Payroll Services – Sick Days

March 16, 2016 by ces

Most companies have a fixed policy regarding the number of sick days they offer to their Employees. In the case of injury or a serious illness there are some exceptions made, but for the most part is important that company policies regarding Maternity, Paternity and Sick Leave are all spelled out clearly so there are no misunderstandings on anyone’s part.

I know that many of the companies we work with have a very limited sick leave policy, only 4 or 5 days. But I was curious to find out what the basic guidelines are. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics it looks like the average number of paid sick days for white collar workers is around 8 days. For blue collar workers, the average appears to be more like 6 days.

These are not regulations, especially if your company is under certain number of employees.
Should you want to learn more about the paid leave policies and how it affects your company, Complete Employee Solutions is here to answer your questions!!

Jennifer Comer

When Hiring Employees

March 8, 2016 by ces

If you have a company that is growing, you to need hire more employees, and you have never hired employees before, Complete Employee Solutions is here to help. Give us a call, come on in, and we will get you started. If you are not quite ready just yet, call us anyway, and we can tell you what you need to prepare for.

We also want to be a repository for helpful information for all shapes and sizes of companies in our area here in Indian River County. Before you hire an employee, make certain you read and understand this information from the IRS. gov website:

“To know how much income tax to withhold from employees’ wages, you should have a Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate (PDF), on file for each employee. Ask all new employees to give you a signed Form W-4 when they start work. Make the form effective with the first wage payment. If employees claim exemption from income tax withholding, they must indicate this on their W-4. The amount of income tax withholding must be based on filing status and withholding allowances as indicated on the form. If a new employee does not give you a completed Form W-4, withhold tax as if he or she is single, with no withholding allowances. Additional withholding may be required on wages paid to non-resident aliens.

A Form W-4 remains in effect until the employee gives you a new one. If employees claim exemption from income tax withholding, they must give you a new Form W-4 each year. If an employee gives you a Form W-4 that replaces an existing Form W-4, begin withholding no later than the start of the first payroll period ending on, or after the 30th day, from the date you received the replacement Form W-4. For exceptions and invalid Forms W-4, refer to Publication 15 Circular E, Employer’s Tax Guide.

You may also refer your employees to the withholding allowance calculator. Remember that this application is to help employees to ensure that they do not have too much or too little income tax withheld from their pay. It is not a replacement for Form W-4, but most people will find it more accurate and easier to use than the worksheets that accompany Form W-4. They may use the results of this program to help them complete a new Form W-4, which they will submit to their employer. Special rules may apply to agricultural employers.”

If you find any of this information confusing, remember, we are pretty much experts at Payroll and Employee Leasing.

Jennifer Comer