Students will be able to submit a 2017–18 FAFSA as early as Oct. 1, 2016, rather than beginning on Jan. 1, 2017. The earlier submission date will be a permanent change, enabling students to complete and submit their FAFSAs as early as October 1 every year. (There is NO CHANGE to the 2016–17 schedule. The…

Clergy may be able to deduct certain expenses of moving to a new home because they started or changed job locations. Home means the taxpayer’s main home. It does not include a seasonal home or other homes owned or kept up by the taxpayer or family members. Eligible taxpayers can deduct the reasonable expenses of moving…

Know The Options To Help Maximize Your Financial Flexibility. If you left school owing thousands in student loan debt, you don’t need to put your life on hold or risk your future financial security while repaying them. You have options … and your first step is to take action.  Learn how to take control of your…

Sick leave guarantees you time of to stay home when you’re sick without losing your job. Paid sick leave includes also a guarantee of pay during the time you’re sick. Sometimes Paid Sick Policies allow paid sick leave to be used to take care for sick family members, to go to medical appointments or to…

Document Customization is one of the many reasons why churches use our HR services.  With our document service our team of certified HR Pros, can easily: Submit your policies for a compliance review Request a custom policy With HR On-Demand, there’s no limit to how many policies can be requested and drafted. Learn more about our HR Support…

Most employees are not engaged at work—70% according to Gallup. This is no new trend. The combined number of unengaged and actively disengaged employees remains high from year to year. Poor engagement results in less productivity, less creativity, higher absenteeism, and higher turnover. “You can’t force an employee to be engaged—engagement is ultimately their choice….

At some point in your career, you’ve probably participated in team-building exercises that made you wonder, “What’s the point?” Maybe they were useless group activities that everyone mocked under their breath. Or maybe they were inconsequential events with colleagues that, while fun, didn’t change the way anyone interacted in the workplace.  Team-building activities don’t have…

You’ve spent a lifetime planning your retirement goals, contributing to your 401(k) and perhaps investing additional assets in IRAs and other accounts. Now, you’re finally on the verge of retiring. However, you may be surprised to find that retirement planning doesn’t stop once you retire. To keep your life and retirement goals on track, here…

The Acting Inspector General of Social Security, Gale Stallworth Stone, is warning citizens about a new Social Security Administration (SSA) employee impersonation scheme.   SSA and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) have recently alerted citizens about an OIG employee impersonation scheme and a scheme targeting former clients of Kentucky disability attorney Eric Conn;…

Churches can be a popular target of cyber criminals. Thousands of attacks happen every day, successful ones can cost organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars. Fortunately, there are effective measures you can take to prevent hackers, scammers, and other ne’er-do-wells from compromising your network, stealing information, and harming your organization, employees, clients, or customers.  Here are…