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Payroll Tip: Run an Assessment Before Summer’s Busy Season!
Run an Assessment Before Summer’s Busy Season *This article was updated 3/1/2019 Now that the year-end crunch has passed and payroll’s been completed, it’s tempting to take a step back and relax. But any downtime before the summer is actually...Case Study: An Electrical Contractor Takes Payroll From Good to Better
Most people (and companies) will probably encounter a version of this sentence at some point in their career: “It’s not personal; it’s business.” That was what Massachusetts-based Pine Ridge Technologies, Inc. found themselves saying as the business was growing...Payroll Tip: Prepare With a Payroll Contingency Plan
Prepare With a Payroll Contingency Plan. They call it the unexpected for a reason — but you can pretty much expect it to happen. It’s not just the vacation Sue’s taking; it’s what happens if the bank isn’t authorized to...Taking on Multi-State Taxes Like a Pro
How to Cross the Border: Taking on Multi-State Taxes Like a Pro by Fred Ode In a construction company, you have thousands of moving parts to keep track of at all times — literally and figuratively. Besides maintaining and tracking...Payroll Tip: Check Your Worker Classifications
Check Your Prevailing Wage Worker Classifications When is a laborer, not a laborer? Potentially, when they’re an equipment operator — or working as anything else, for that matter. That’s because when agencies look for prevailing wage compliance, they aren’t necessarily...5 Reasons Why You Should Review Pre-Check Reports
Construction offices know how invaluable good payroll reports are — whether that’s for keeping track of accruals through the year, reprinting an earnings history or filing W-2s — but what about pre-payroll reporting? Pre-check reports that let you view the effect of a...Case Study: For Tight Line Construction, One Good Decision Leads to Another
With any new company, the work at the very beginning is easily the most challenging, as early decisions shape the future of the business. In 2014, the Boston-based wall and ceilings specialty contractor Tight Line Construction* had been operating for...Payroll Tip: Put Construction Payroll Processes First, Then Adopt Mobile
Put Construction Payroll Processes First, Then Adopt Mobile Everyone is telling you to ditch the paper time sheets and pick up a timecard app…Will it really save you money without having the proper construction payroll processes in place? There are...