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Paylocity | July 21, 2020

Paylocity (NASDAQ: PCTY), a leading provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, today announces its new brand identity and website. The organization's new logo, tagline, overall branding and messaging better reflect its role as a trusted HR and payroll provider that cares deeply for its clients, partners and employees in moving forward together with a priority on people and company culture.The new brand highlights Paylocity's commitment to supporting its clients, esp...

Robin Hood | July 23, 2020

New York, NY, July 23, 2020 – Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization, has awarded more than 500 COVID-19 relief grants in support of the highest-need communities across all five boroughs of New York City. The Robin Hood Relief Fund was reactivated at the onset of the pandemic, making its first grant on March 20, in the opening days of the stay-at-home order before any direct government assistance was distributed to New Yorkers....

SHRM | August 28, 2020

As the new year approaches, benefits managers may find they're being pitched to jump into a "pool"—by jettisoning their current 401(k) plan in favor of a plan shared with other employers. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which became law in December 2019, created a new type of multiple-employer 401(k) plan called a pooled employer plan (PEP). Under the act, "pooled plan providers" may start operating PEPs beginning on Jan. 1, 2...

Microsoft | March 10, 2020

Microsoft will continue to pay vendor hourly service providers as Seattle-area office employees work from home during novel coronavirus spread in the area, it announced March 5. The company has a reduced need for the hourly workers who support its campuses in Puget Sound and northern California, including cafe staffers, shuttle bus drivers and on-site tech and AV workers. However, Microsoft pledged to provide regular pay for these workers "regardless of whether their full services are neede...