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Way Beyond The 9-to-5: Could A 70-Hour Workweek Ever Be A Good Thing?

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While there’s been much talk about the sought-after four-day workweek, or even the five-day, 32-hour workweek, have you heard of the proposed 70-hour workweek? Conversely, a shorter workweek, such as a four-day workweek, is often proposed as a way to improve work/life balance.

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4 important payroll issues to keep an eye on in 2023

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Nevertheless, 2023 is looking like another challenging year for Payroll as we get a few insights into what to expect. Proposed regulations covering white-collar employees were included in the Department of Labor’s spring 2022 semiannual regulatory agenda. We wish we had a crystal ball, but we don’t. Final e-filing regs.

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New overtime regulations are open for comment

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Proposed regulations raising the salary employees must earn to be exempt from overtime were published in last Friday’s Federal Register. You need to use this time wisely to determine the impact final regulations may have on your payroll by auditing your employees and your pay policies. You have until Nov. 7 to comment.

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4 Monumental Ways Banning Noncompete Clauses Will Transform The Future Of Work

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced a proposal that would ban noncompete clauses, which are contracts that can prohibit employees at a company from job jumping within their career field, trading company insights, and more. . Research from the Economic Policy Institute shows 49.4%

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Crypto’s creep into the workplace is creating concerns

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You can have a policy against paying employees in crypto and it probably won’t be a deal-breaker for the vast majority of employees. Not easy to value: None of the proposed models for valuing cryptocurrencies are as sound as traditional discounted cash-flow analysis for equities or interest-and-credit models for debt. It’s happened.

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Hamilton, Jefferson and Trumpcare's Impact on the Self-Employed

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The quick summary from that article is: self-employed who are younger or have higher incomes will likely be better off under the Republican proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA, a.k.a. percent increase on the Medicare payroll tax, and a 3.8 Most of what we say in that article is still true. Trumpcare). So they are winners too. 

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