Payroll Processing and Tax

Designed around compliance, Forework’s custom payroll
and tax software moves companies’ work forward.

Designed by a leading wage and hour attorney, Forework’s payroll system is coded to keep employers in compliance with complicated wage and hour laws. Forework anticipates and addresses sensitive payroll issues involving overtime, tip credits, travel time pay, spread of hours, split shift rules, overnight shift issues, single-employee shift exceptions, and everything else.

Compliance Made Convenient

Forework’s payroll services module provides employers with all of the following services:

  • Weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly payroll
  • Compensation for hourly, tipped, salaried, exempt and non-exempt employees, and commissioned employees
  • Processing of garnishments and payments on behalf of the client
  • Processing of all withholdings and deductions
  • Paid family leave and disability payment processing
  • Form1099 compensation
  • Compensation paid by direct deposit, live checks, or daily pay systems
  • Integration with other vendors (e.g., HHAexchange)
  • Paid time off accruals and time off tracking/reporting
  • Payroll tax deposits to the IRS and State agencies
  • ACA 1095-c forms
  • W2 preparation and filing
  • Legally compliant pay statements
  • Mobile application that allows employees to check they pay statement, PTO balance, and any HR-related documents/information

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The Full Slate of HR and Tax Services.

Learn about Forework’s full spectrum of software and counseling services, for a business’s every labor need.

Frequently asked questions

Like all payroll companies, Forework’s payroll service transfers dollars out of the company’s designated bank account and pays employees either by mailing a live check or directly depositing the wages to the employees’ accounts. We can also leave the printing and mailing of checks to you. Forework will handle the computation of all your employees’ gross and net wages, and file the quarterly tax reports. Any deposits for taxes are automatically made for you.

Forework tracks the accrual of these private insurance costs and reports them on employee’s pay statements. The premium for the insurance itself can be paid by the client or by Forework. Forework does not pull the insurance money from the client for paid family leave insurance or short-term disability insurance unless the client wishes for Forework to make premium payments on behalf of the client.

There are a number of ways this is done and supported by Forework. Employees can utilize the Forework mobile application or desktop to log into their account and “clock” in and out from a shift. For exempt employees, a salary and hours can be pre-populated in the system, subject to amendments for exceptions. Employees can also record their time in a different time-tracking system, and then have the time data imported into Forework for payroll processing purposes.

The most common payroll cycles are weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly. When you hire employees for the first time, you’ll need to determine how often to pay them:
– Weekly payroll results in 52 checks per year and is common for hourly employees.
– Biweekly payroll results in 26 checks per year and is common for both hourly and salaried employees.
– Semi-monthly payroll results in 24 checks per year and is usually reserved for salaried employees.
– Monthly payroll results in 12 checks per year and is almost always used for salaried employees only.
Be sure to review wage and hour laws in your state to ensure your payroll schedule is compliant.

Once you enter your payroll data, we automatically calculate, deduct, pay, and file all federal, state, and local payroll taxes to the appropriate government tax agencies.

Yes, you can move the pay date for a particular payroll or change your entire payroll calendar. You can run supplemental or additional payrolls as needed (e.g., to pay out unused vacation time or bonuses to your employees, or to correct pay errors).

Yes.

Yes.

Yes, but we will counsel you about any tax or labor law issues associated with doing so.

Yes, Forework will print live checks and deliver them to clients in time for pay date. Clients can also request that employees who are receiving direct deposit receive a printed copy of their paystub, which Forework will deliver to the client.

Yes, Forework has an open API which allows it to integrate with countless benefits vendors.

Forework generates the necessary reports to deliver to 401(k) providers and allows clients to schedule and program 401(k) withholdings from their employees.

Forework tracks compensation data for purposes of workers’ compensation reporting and payment obligations.

Billing for the payroll processing services occurs on each pay date. Forework will automatically withdraw the fees for its services at the same time that money is withdrawn to pay employees.

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