Payright Payroll Affiliates, a TPS Group Company, offers customized payroll solutions to meet your business’s needs.
TPS Group is a provider of payroll services, serving the entire Northeast with offices in CT, NY, MA, and ME.
Highly impressed with their level of expertise and outstanding customer service.
I highly recommend TPS Group and their quality third-party administration for our 403(b) plan. During our long relationship with TPS Group, we have never failed to be impressed with their level of expertise and outstanding customer service. They keep their promises and it’s easy to work with them. Having our own rep Lauren McNabb is a plus!
- Don Senecal
They are a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend their services.
For many years we’ve relied on TPS Group’s extensive knowledge and industry expertise to keep us in compliance with state and federal regulations as well as changes in the law. Their attention to detail is just what we need to keep our business operations running smoothly. They are a pleasure to work with and we highly recommend their services.
- Dan Neal
Payroll Provider Services
HR Compensation Analysis and Benchmarking
For most organizations, compensation and benefits are its largest expense. TPS utilizes an analytical approach to obtaining and evaluating jobs and benchmarking compensation.
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Payroll/Tax
Payright Payroll Affiliates, a TPS Group Company, offers customized payroll solutions to meet your business’s needs.
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Tax Pay & File
Payright Payroll Affiliates offers a unique payroll experience. Let Payright customize a payroll experience based on your sophistication and needs not just by how many employees you have. Call 1-855-828-2229 to help us customize a solution for you!
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Benefit Accruals
Payright’s Evolution software is extremely flexible. Employers can accrue and track paid time-off with an option to create unlimited time-off accrual codes, and accrue based on pay frequency, employee anniversary dates, or per hours worked.
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Common Account
This time-saving process automatically debits payroll, payments, and payroll tax monies from a business account, alleviating the need to track and reconcile checks individually.
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Time and Attendance
Payright Payroll Affiliates, a TPS Group Company, offers a unique payroll experience. Let our team customize a payroll experience based on your sophistication and needs; not just by how many employees you have.
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Employee Self-Service
Save Time! Employee Self-Service gives your workforce access to pull personal data, pay information, W2s and time off accrual information securely via the internet.
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Workers’ Compensation
Gain better control of your cash flow and expenses. Our workers’ compensation services provide efficiencies by having premiums based on your actual payroll deducted automatically from each payroll cycle. No up-front deposits requirement (to avoid year-end audit issues) and a time savings on administration.
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Evolution's Human Resource Module
Payright’s Human Resource system is fully integrated with our payroll system. With Evolution's HR Module, you have the ability to handle comprehensive tracking of all important employee information throughout their employment period.
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Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Offering your employees Flexible Spending Account Benefits. FSAs offer many benefits for both employers and employees, including substantial savings on qualified healthcare expenses.
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Premium-Only Plans
POP plans are limited scope Section 125 plans that allow employers to pay health insurance premiums without FICA taxation. Employees also save by paying their portion of health insurance premiums with pre-tax income.
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COBRA Administration
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires that employers follow specific guidelines when notifying individuals of their benefit continuation rights under Health and Welfare plans. Employers may face heavy government fines and penalties if found in non-compliance of COBRA requirements.
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Payroll Provider Resources
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- Federal wage and hour law
- Exempt and non-exempt employee status
- Compliance assistance
- Independent contractor rules for DOL
Maine Revenue Services (MRS)
- State tax laws, rules and forms
- Businesses and individuals
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Labor statistics & wage data
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Federal tax laws, rules and forms
- Businesses and individuals
- Independent contractor rules for IRS
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination & enforcement
American Payroll Association (APA)
Payroll guidance and information
Payroll Provider Articles
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The Cost of Aging: Are You Ready?
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To Roth or Not to Roth
To Roth or Not to Roth A compelling feature of a 401(k) plan has always been the opportunity to contribute money from your current income on a pre-tax ...
Steps To Take To Protect Your Investments
Retirement accounts have become an attractive target for cyber-thieves, and fraudulent activity is on the rise nationally. Here are important steps to ...
Gen Z in the Workplace: Are Companies Ready?
Young adults of Generation Z, defined as the cohort of people born from 1997 on, are entering the workforce and will change the rule book just as the Millennials ...
The Vanishing Employee: “Ghosting” at Work
It’s a new, startling labor trend in one of the strongest job markets in 19 years: “ghosting.” Once a term used primarily in the dating world to describe ...
The Sobering Facts about Health Care Costs in Retirement
Unless you are one of the lucky few with a lifetime medical plan paid for by your employer, health care costs are one of the largest expenses in retirement ...
Should You Borrow from Your 401(k) Account?
Eric’s landlord was raising the rent again, and this time Eric decided he was ready to move out and buy his own house. After meeting with a loan officer ...
Are You Taking Advantage of Your Employer’s Matching Contribution?
Many employees don’t contribute enough to their 401(k) to take full advantage of their employer’s matching contribution. Are you one of them? Maybe you ...
"Hot Topics in HR" Complimentary Seminar
Don't Miss This Opportunity! "Hot Topics in HR" Complimentary Seminar November 13, 2018 You are invited to a complimentary seminar and brunch buffet ...
TPS Group Now Offers 3(16) Plan Administration
With TPS 3(16) Service, LLC as the 3(16) fiduciary, employers can rest easy knowing that all plan decisions are made in the best interest of the participants. Does ...
Managing Re-Hires
Publication: Solutions in a Flash Volume/Issue: October 2018 Managing Re-Hires Aaron R. Moody As we approach Halloween, let’s take a look at a real ...
Salary Deferral Deposits: Avoiding Fiduciary Violations
For the 401(k) fiduciary, the importance of timely salary deferral deposits cannot be overstated. An employer that fails to remit employee contributions ...
Cybersecurity Threats and Retirement Plans
Are you at risk of a cyber-attack? The answer to that question is yes. Millions of credit card numbers and other forms of personal information are stolen ...
Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Plans: Key Points for Employers
The Davis-Bacon Act is a federal prevailing wage law governed by the Department of Labor that applies to contractors and subcontractors who perform work ...
Boost Retirement Savings with a HSA
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) offer significant tax advantages and can be an effective way to cover health care costs in retirement. By law, HSAs are ...
Maximizing Social Security Income
Bill and Sue, a married couple seeking advice from their financial advisor, felt that they were in a quandary. At age 62, Bill wanted to retire within ...
How Cash Balance Plans are Redefining the Retirement Savings Industry
Although the traditional annuity defined pension plan has mostly gone the way of the rotary phone, cash balance plans are growing in popularity, especially ...
Are Millennials Saving for Retirement?
Samantha, age 27, is a special education teacher in her third year of teaching. She and her fiancé have just bought their first home and are planning their ...
CEFEX Certification: The 'Gold Standard' in TPA Validation
Advisors and plan sponsors benchmark plan fees, nvestments and other services that can be provided by a record keeping platform, but rarely have I encountered ...
Sexual Harassment Training: Is Your Company in Compliance?
The recent spate of sexual harassment accusations in Hollywood and in companies all over the country should serve as a reminder to employers about their ...
4 Great Reasons Why Even Small Businesses Need HR Services
For most businesses, their workforce is not only their biggest asset but their largest expense. No matter how small or large the business, strategic management ...
Fiduciary Responsibilities
Key Facts Employers Need to Know Employers who offer 401(k) Profit Sharing Plans must meet standards of conduct and practice under ERISA, but misconceptions ...
Organizational Pressure Points
Why you should consider utilizing qualified HR Consultants to manage your organizational pressure points! Are you concerned with the direction your company ...
