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Leading outsourced payroll and human resources provider Sunkiko was recently honored by Inc. magazine today as a member of the Inc. 500, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The 2017 Inc. 5000, unveiled online at Inc.com and with the top 500 companies (including Sunkiko) featured in the September issue of Inc. (available on newsstands August 16) is the most competitive crop in the list’s history. The Inc. 5000’s aggregate revenue is $206 billion, and the companies on the list collectively generated 619,500 jobs over the past three years. About Sunkiko Founded in 2009, Sunkiko is a leading provider of integrated professional employer organization (PEO) and administrative services organization (ASO) outsourced employee and HR management services, Sunkiko’s offerings include payroll and benefits administration, tax reporting, human resource management, workers’ compensation and compliance.

According to the IRS, “the individual shared responsibility provision requires you and each member of your family to have basic health coverage – also known as minimum essential coverage – qualify for a health coverage exemption, or make an individual shared responsibility payment for months without coverage or an exemption when you file your federal income tax return. That being said, if you look back on the calendar year and realized that you did not have the proper health coverage at any point during 2016, you need to be on the look out early next year for forms you’ll receive regarding the coverage that you had or were offered during 2016. Below are some examples that IRS.gov provides of coverage that qualify as minimum essential coverage: * Group health insurance coverage for employees under a governmental plan such as the Federal Employees Health Benefit program a plan or coverage offered in the small or large group market within a state * a governmental plan such as the Federal Employees Health Benefit program * a plan or coverage offered in the small or large group market within a state * Comprehensive health care programs offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs U. S. citizens, who are residents of a foreign country for an entire year, and residents of U.S. territories, are considered to have minimum essential coverage for the year.

Below are just a few ideas to boost the fun quotient at your office: Schedule Team Events that Include Employees’ Families Prioritizing family time becomes front and center during the summer months. Host a Contest Companies promote a wide range of inter-company contests like weight loss challenges to encourage employees to get active (it is beautiful outside after all) and lose weight. * Schedule a fitness instructor to come in and teach a team class – whatever is most popular among your team. Empathize with team members who are experiencing challenges and, whenever possible, work with team members who need to ‘flex’ time in order to attend an important summer event with their family such as a dance recital, music concert, summer camp performance, etc.

The new rule (dol.gov/whd/overtime/final2016) will double the income level under which employees must be classified as non-exempt and, therefore, must be paid overtime for any hours worked over the standard 40-hour work week. Proponents argue that this change is necessary to keep pace with inflation and eliminate potential abuses by employers who misclassify employees or effectively force those working long hours to work for less than the minimum hourly wage. While the DOL heralds this as a major win for working Americans, this rule change will send huge ripples through employers’ cost to do business and classification of employees and will require a major shift in payroll and HR processes, as well as retraining employees to avoid doing work outside of business hours. The rule takes effect on December 1, giving employers very little time to make major adjustments in terms of budgets, payroll activities, employee duty assignment and classifications, time capture systems and making the cultural changes necessary to ensure that employees accustomed to working after hours limit their activities to set work hours.