Global payroll and compliance challenges cost businesses more than fines. Worker misclassification alone has generated penalties exceeding $240 million in a single case, FedEx’s 2016 class-action settlement involving misclassified drivers across 20 US states....
What is EOR? An Employer of Record (EOR) is a third-party organization that legally employs workers on behalf of a business in another country. The EOR becomes the legal employer and manages employment contracts, payroll, taxes, statutory contributions, and local...
What payroll taxes do employers pay? Employers pay statutory contributions on top of employee salaries. These taxes fund programs such as social security, healthcare, unemployment benefits, retirement savings, and workforce protection schemes. The exact obligations...
Most businesses understand they owe payroll taxes. Few understand exactly who pays what, and what happens when they get it wrong. What is payroll tax in plain terms? It is a mandatory tax on employee wages that funds federal social insurance programs. These include...
The US Department of Labor recovered more than $259 million in back wages for nearly 177,000 employees in fiscal year 2025. That was the highest recovery since 2019. Most of it came from overtime miscalculations, missed filings, and misclassified workers that quietly...
