Four Tips to Help Take the Pain Out of Union Payroll Reporting

Processing payroll is complicated, and adding union requirements to the mix can make the task feel insurmountable. Contractors who work with union employees not only have to worry about tracking benefits packages, health care, vacation time, and 401(k), but they also need to take into account additional deductions or fringes their home union might require — like political action contributions, …

Five Facts on Davis-Bacon Wages Every Contractor Needs to Know

If you’ve ever worked on a government construction project, you’ve probably heard the name “Davis-Bacon.” Or else, those two words might be why you’ve never bid on a publicly funded job. Technically, Davis-Bacon is the name of just one piece of prevailing-wage legislation. However, people often use it to refer to all sorts of prevailing wage requirements. And it does …

Case Study: Bechter Plumbing, Inc. Takes Back Their Payroll

  People say construction payroll is hard. Really, it’s all about control. What controls the way you process payroll? A single fixed wage in your accounting software? A behemoth processing firm? Since Bechter Plumbing, Inc. partnered with Payroll4Construction.com, they control their own payroll. “It’s so nice to be able to just get in and set stuff up on my end,” …

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 payroll run on your accounting before you finish processing it are often overlooked. Meanwhile, contractors stand to gain a lot from …

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 less than a year. They’d been running their construction accounting on a popular small-business software and were in the final …

Getting Construction Reporting from a Construction Payroll Service

When it comes to the construction payroll, reporting is essential. Whether it’s job labor costing, working prevailing wage jobs and submitting required certified payroll reports, handling complex union reporting, tracking workers’ compensation, or any other number of reporting needs, reporting remains a critical aspect of running a successful construction business. Many contractors handle their construction payroll and reporting in-house, as …