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Employee Retention: Strategies & Success
What Is Employee Retention? Employee retention is an organization’s ability to keep employees over time, maintaining a stable workforce and reducing how often people leave. It is measured by the retention rate, which shows the percentage of employees who remain with the organization during a specific period, and is the counterpart to the turnover rate, […]
What is HRIS?
Understanding the Basics of HRIS Systems A Human Resources Information System, commonly abbreviated as HRIS, is a software platform that centralizes and manages the data, processes, and workflows associated with an organization’s HR function. At its most fundamental level, it replaces the disconnected combination of spreadsheets, physical files, and manual processes that characterize underpowered HR […]
H-1B Visa: Requirements & Eligibility
Understanding the Importance of the H-1B Visa The H-1B is a US temporary work visa for foreign professionals hired to perform services in a specialty occupation, meaning a role that requires the theoretical and practical application of specialized knowledge and, typically, at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in a specific, directly related field. […]
The Operational Benefits of Partnering with a Managed Payroll Provider
Payroll has never been a “set it and forget it” function, but the pressure firms face has increased. Rising client expectations, increasingly complex compliance requirements, and tighter internal resources are pushing many accounting and CPA firms to rethink how they manage payroll operations. For a growing number of firms, the answer isn’t adding more headcount or stretching existing […]
The 22 Minimum Wage Changes US Employers Think They Handled (And the Gaps Most Missed)
Twenty-two states and Washington, D.C. made minimum wage changes at some point in 2026. Most payroll teams caught the January 1 wave. Fewer caught what came after: the July 1 step-ups, the September 30 outlier, the local ordinances that outpaced state rates, and the tipped-wage rules that moved in the opposite direction from what employers expected. […]
L1 Visa Explained: Requirements & Eligibility
Understanding the Importance of the L-1 Visa The L-1 visa is the United States intracompany transfer route, allowing a multinational employer to move an existing employee from a related foreign entity to a US office. It is available to managers, executives, and employees with specialized knowledge of the organization’s products, services, processes, or techniques, and […]
Florida Hits $15/Hour Minimum Wage on September 30
What Mid-Year Minimum Wage Changes Mean for Your Payroll Most employers think of minimum wage compliance as an early January task. But Florida is a reminder that wage law doesn’t run on a single calendar, and payroll teams that only check for updates at the start of the year risk missing critical mid-year changes. On September 30, 2026, Florida’s minimum […]
Global Workforce Operations Playbook for US Employers
Global workforce operations encompass the legal, financial, and HR processes required for a US company to hire, manage, and pay employees located in other countries. For operations and finance leaders, expanding internationally introduces severe compliance risks, including permanent establishment tax liabilities and local labor law violations, making a unified global payroll and Employer of Record […]
Payroll Errors and Employee Experience: What Businesses Overlook
Payroll errors and employee experience are more closely linked than most businesses realize; the two rise and fall together.
How to replace email attachments at your CPA firm with secure document requests
If you want your CPA firm to stop receiving sensitive documents via email—and avoid the pitfalls that can bring—your best bet is a document management system. As we’ll see in more detail below, this software must run the whole exchange hands-free, from sending information requests to handling client uploads and saving everything to your client […]
Surya Sagi
Surya Sagi is the Chief Data and AI Officer at IRIS, where he leads the company’s global enterprise data, applied AI and Enterprise Business Architecture agenda. He is responsible for strengthening trusted data foundations, scaling responsible AI, and modernising managed services and business operations to deliver measurable outcomes for customers and the business. Surya brings […]