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Danger Ahead: Are You Misclassifying Workers?

May 30th, 2023
Human Resources, Payroll Management

By: Laurey West, SHRM-CP Director of Operations

Is your company at risk for financial or criminal consequences for...

National-PEO-Week

May 12th, 2023
Employee Benefits, Human Resources, In The News, Payroll Management, Risk Management, Tax Administration, Workers Compensation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laurey West, SHRM-CP Director of Operations 214-739-0695 lwest@eralp.net

Employee Resource...

Keeping Employees Calm During an Economic Downturn

July 11th, 2022
Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Uncategorized

Author: Laurey West, SHRM-CP, Director of Operations You are not alone if you have employees’ experiencing high levels of stress...

Protect Yourselves from Cyber Attacks and Fraud

July 14th, 2021
Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Uncategorized

Author: Laurey West, SHRM-CP, Director of Operations

Recently the payroll software platform we use was a victim to ransomware. ...

Covid-19: Our New Reality

May 28th, 2020
Covid-19, Human Resources, In The News, Payroll Management, Risk Management, Tax Administration, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation

By: Laurey West, SHRM-CP Director of Operations

The past few months have been a challenging and interesting time to say the very...

Coronavirus Pandemic Support

April 2nd, 2020
Employee Benefits, Human Resources, In The News, Payroll Management, Risk Management, Tax Administration, Workers Compensation

By:  Laurey West, SHRM-CP

Director of Operations

 

The Coronavirus has created many new daily challenges for...

The Emergency Coronavirus Bill and How This Will Impact Employers

March 16th, 2020
Human Resources, In The News, Risk Management, Workers Compensation

By:  Laurey West, SHRM-CP

Director of Operations

 

In my previous blog post on Dec. 12, 2019, I addressed the...

Workplace Violence and Active Shooters Are On the Rise

January 28th, 2020
Human Resources, Risk Management, Uncategorized

 

By: Laurey West, SHRM-CP Director of Operations

Sadly, every time we listen to the news we hear about another...

Does Your Company Have a Natural Disaster or Emergency Contingency Plan?

December 12th, 2019
Human Resources, In The News, Payroll Management, Risk Management, Uncategorized

By: Laurey West, SHRM-CP Director of Operations

Most of you who are not from the Dallas area know that we had a very catastrophic...

Are Your Employees Eligible for Overtime Pay or Minimum Salary of $35,568 effective January 1, 2020?

October 14th, 2019
Human Resources, In The News, Payroll Management

By:  Laurey West, SHRM-CP, Director of Operations

The U.S. Department of Labor announced the final ruling on overtime pay and...