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Columbus Day Holiday May Require Change in Processing Schedule
Monday, October 8, 2012 will be Columbus Day, a federal holiday. Although the offices of Vision Payroll will be open and payrolls will be processed, most banks will be closed in observance of the...
Labor Day Holiday May Require Change in Processing Schedule
Monday, September 3, 2012 will be Labor Day, a federal holiday. The offices of Vision Payroll will close Friday, August 31 at 5 pm EDT and re-open Tuesday September 4. Most banks will also be closed...
Unemployment Rate Steady at 8.2 Percent in June
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to edge up in June (+80,000), and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Professional and business...
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report Update for June 30, 2012
According to the US Department of Labor, in the week ending June 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 374,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised...
Tip of the Week: The NLRB’s Social Media Policy Memorandum
On May 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon issued a memorandum regarding social media policies in the workplace. The General Counsel’s memorandum...
Colorado Issues Over $630,000,000 in Bonds to Stabilize Unemployment Insurance
In a letter from Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper and Treasurer Walker Stapleton, Colorado employers were informed of the benefits of a recent bond offering by the State of Colorado. UITF Was...
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report Update for June 23, 2012
According to the US Department of Labor, in the week ending June 23, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 386,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised...
Question of the Week: What Is the Additional Medicare Tax?
This week’s question comes from Savannah, a corporate controller. Savannah asks: Some of our employees are asking us about the Additional Medicare Tax and when we will start withholding it. What is...
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report Update for June 16, 2012
According to the US Department of Labor, in the week ending June 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 387,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week’s revised...
Tip of the Week: DOL-based Smartphone Apps Employees Might Use Against Employers
Which smartphone tools are employees downloading about their workplace rights that can be used against their companies? Smartphone Apps That Employees May Be Using Are Varied in Approach and...
