Not surprisingly, employees are hyper-focused on their benefits right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many are struggling to understand precisely how their health coverage works — what exactly is ...

This guideline outlines the procedure for requesting and processing a manual payroll check between regular scheduled paydays (off-cycle). Off-cycle payroll check processing is an exception and is not ...

In the employee benefits world, a significant amount of employee benefit programs have a January 1 effective date. This presents a challenge for introducing new voluntary benefits in several different ...

Example: A monthly-paid employee misses pay on the regular payroll. An off-cycle payroll is run to issue payment before the next regular pay date. Off-cycle payrolls are used only when employees ...

Voters headed to the polls on Nov. 7 to elect members of the Legislature, municipal governments, and local school boards. Looking into our crystal ball, Ballotpedia was able to announce one week prior ...

Voters swung left in every major election this year since President Trump's return to power in January. Why it matters: The off-cycle election results — combined with low approval ratings on Trump's ...