The Next Evolution Of Embedded Payroll
Check launches new tools to help build and scale payroll businesses: Credit & Fraud Protection, Embedded Setup, and Embedded Support. Addressing the most complicated and cumbersome aspects of launching and running a payroll business, these tools allow you to scale and monetize faster.
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Lauren Ferrara
Head of Growth Platform
Announcing our partnership with NEXT for workers’ comp insurance
We're excited to spotlight our partnership with NEXT Insurance, which extends embedded, fast, digital and flexible workers’ comp insurance coverage to our partners.
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Check Team
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July 11, 2023
Build, Buy, Partner vs. Check
Before Check, there were three options for payroll: build, buy, or partner. Each of these options has its uniques advantages and disadvantages, but none come without compromise. Now, with Check, platforms can get the best of all three without the associated costs and time commitments.
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Check Team
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June 21, 2023
Deep Dive into Payroll Complexities: New Hire Reporting
New Hire Reporting is a legal requirement imposed on employers by federal and state regulators. The information is reported to designated government agencies, usually the state's labor, employment or workforce agency. This reporting assists in various government initiatives. Most payroll companies offer this reporting as a service. In this blog, we'll dive into what this reporting entails and how Check serves its partners with it.
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Jim Kohl
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June 6, 2023
The Invention of the Employee Time Clock
The employee time clock was invented by Willard Le Grand Bundy in Auburn, New York in 1888. The value of the clock was immediately obvious to employers, who had the unenviable task of monitoring the arrival and departure times of dozens or hundreds of employees every day to determine how much they should be paid at the end of each pay period. The device's major innovation over a standard clock was that it allowed for a piece of paper, or a card, to be fed into a slot, and when it hit a contact at the back of the slot, the current date and time information would be stamped onto the card.
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Ian Zapolsky
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May 16, 2023
Could payroll protect your platform during a recession?
When times get tough, businesses are forced to cut costs by eliminating services that they deem non-essential. However, payroll is not one of those services. As businesses tighten their budgets, they are less likely to cancel their payroll service because it’s critical for any business to offer timely and accurate payments to their workers. Said differently, everyone loves (and needs) payday!
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Jim Kohl
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May 1, 2023
Payroll in the American Whaling Industry
The whaling industry in America grew 1,400% between 1816 and 1850. At its peak in 1880 it contributed $10 million to the United States GDP, making it the fifth largest sector of the economy. However, it wasn't just consumer demand that led to hyper-growth. A unique employee compensation structure also encouraged an entrepreneurial rush to whaling.
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Ian Zapolsky
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April 7, 2023