Payroll

Small business employment growth has remained relatively stable for the second month in a row, according to payroll service giant Paychex.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Collection division is piloting an initiative to make early contact with employers who may be falling behind in their payroll taxes.

Millennials are seeing gains in wage and employment growth, according to new data from payroll giant ADP that also found significant gains among older workers who delay retirement.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 jobs in June, sending the unemployment rate down two-tenths of a point to 5.3 percent.

Private sector employment increased by 237,000 jobs last month, according to payroll giant ADP, in a sign of further strengthening in the economy.

Accountants could gain some extra business from the Obama administration’s proposed changes in determining overtime pay, according to the payroll giant Paychex, which found a slight decline in small business job growth in June in a mostly positive payroll report that it released Tuesday.

Owners of small businesses are finding their stress levels going down as the economy improves and their money troubles lessen.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total nonfarm employment increased last month by 280,000, with job gains mostly occurring in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care. However, employment in accounting and bookkeeping services declined a bit.

Hiring at small professional services firms grew a bit last month, according to the latest figures from CBIZ.

Chris Rush of ADP describes some of the latest products and services that ADP is offering for accountants, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Chris Rush of ADP discusses the changing demographics, technology and regulation in the accounting profession and how firm leaders can deal with succession planning, recruitment, retention, cloud computing, and the Affordable Care Act, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.

Employment in the private sector increased by 201,000 jobs last month in another healthy sign of an improving economy, according to figures from payroll giant ADP.

The pace of small business hiring appears to be leveling off, according to a new report from payroll giant Paychex and the research firm IHS.

A little advance planning can help you make the right choices in payroll.

Improvements are needed to safeguard and protect employers that use payroll providers.

A new survey from the staffing company Accountemps of 2,200 CFOs across the U.S. found that 63 percent plan to promote their top performers, while 52 percent intend to offer raises.

ADP reported Wednesday that private sector employers added 169,000 jobs in April, as low oil prices and a strong dollar slowed down the hiring pace.

The hiring picture at small businesses improved slightly in April, according to the payroll giant Paychex.

ADP found that declining energy prices, the strong dollar and winter weather contributed to slower growth in the U.S. labor market in the first quarter of the year.

Small businesses are benefiting from the improving economy, and both hiring and access to credit have been picking up in recent years, even though there have been some recent slowdowns.