Global payroll concerns rarely ever come into play when meeting new staff. They pop up when money gets distributed, a filing is overlooked, or data transfers are questioned by regulators. Which is why that global payroll complexity index has become such a valuable...
Payroll has long been viewed simply as a back-office chore: silently, and accurately. However, this mentality only works until companies start hiring employees overseas, working remotely, or growing into other regions. At this stage, payroll ceases to be a job and...
Historically, U.S. firms have held finance and payroll functions as parallel and distant units. Payroll processes labor costs, and finance computes expenses. Given the current workforce imbalance, leaders have recognized the greatest distance between functions that...
The vast majority of U.S. employers have labeled GDPR as a “European problem.” It is not, at least once you hire, pay, or store employee data connected to the EU. Payroll information is among a company’s most sensitive personal data. Salaries, tax IDs, bank...
The majority of issues related to global payroll do not originate from the payment of salaries, but rather from the provision of employee benefits. One employee may be entitled to mandatory health benefits, while another employee is entitled to statutory pension...
Most U.S. jobs are at-will. However, this is only a fraction of the entire scenario. Laws at the state level add real and meaningful protections to shape employee rights, such as paid sick leave, deadlines for final paychecks, and PTO payment on termination. For...
